[Homerun04]

I think Manny hurts himself with his attitude to some degree.....he comes across like he doesn't care too much when he messes up in the field, and frankly, I think he really doesn't care. Hell, at $19 million a year -- I wouldn't care either. He always has this stupid little smirk on his face after every error.....kinda like, "Who cares?"

That's baseball.....what is Francona going to do....bench a guy making 50x more per year then he makes....?? Manny can make 10 errors a game, and Francona still can't bench him....and Manny knows it.
All Manny cares about is his hitting, but since neither he nor Ortiz can field a lick, one of them needs to be in the field in order to get both bats in the line-up.

In the old days this would never happen because players played for pride and to be the best - regardless of how much they were paid. They strided for perfection, and becoming an All-Star or HOFer was the pinnacle of success. Nowadays, we have players refusing to go to the All-Star game......all they care about is money....period...! So don't be surprised when they get these guaranteed contracts and then take 4 of the 5 years off, and only start playing hard in their contract year.

P.S. Did you see what a bunch of fools they made of themselves during the weekend of All-Star Game festivities....a bunch of little children.....buffoons, if you ask me.....and before I get too much guff for writing this, I played pro ball for a few years...