and sounds like a Scott Boras-created rumor.

Has only begun. Following his M.O. Scotty Bora$ will make sure this isn’t the last rumor that hits the press! He will find his dance partner when it comes to finding a GM dumb enough with the appropriate pocket depth to give “Ice-Cream Man” a contract that he can understand and or sign…

Now when it comes to dollars and cents I don’t see any GM quite dumb enough to offer him Dodger type funds over a 5 or 6 year period. I want to point out real quickly here that the original stance from Bor-AAAS (insert my Boston accent) was that Manny wanted 100 Mil. for 5 Years and he just may get it since he has slickly added both yrs. and financial demands to this supposed sweetheart deal as of late so that when the teams come back down to “Planet Manny” he will be a happy child… On one hand Scott is got a great poker face but on the other all MLB Executives and Decision Makers should be seeing right through this routine by now!

Manny will never be able to keep up the pace of the last 2 months, and indeed, the Manny being Manny crap will soon return on some minor issue to poison his play. Remember that the Dodgers are NOT in the WS, so what is all this money buying?? As the author’s saying above implies, what I predict is that if the Dodgers pay Manny this and he inevitably does not carry the team to super heights, this fan support will indeed turn around and devour him. He will then go into a deep funk and everyone will be miserable in LA or on whatever team makes this sin. Count on it!

Here.

I like this part:

Ramírez quietly endeared himself to his Boston teammates in other ways, from opening his wallet to help young players like Dustin Pedroia upgrade their wardrobes to withdrawing from the race for the 2003 AL batting title to benefit Bill Mueller. Mueller entered the final day of the season batting .327 to Derek Jeter’s .326 and Ramirez’s .325.

Ramírez, rather than compete for his second straight title, opted to sit out the final game after the Sox clinched a playoff berth.

“I haven’t said this to anybody until now, but Manny told me, ‘I want you to win, I’m not playing,’ " recalled Mueller, now a special assistant to Colletti. "How great is that?”

After Jeter went 0 for 3 and dropped to .324, Mueller batted once, grounding out weakly, to finish at .326, 1 point ahead of Ramirez.

“My knees were shaking, I was a wreck,” Mueller said. “If Manny played that day, he would have won it easily because he’s so good.”

and this is how its turning out.

Every fan in LA wants Manny to come back regardless of the years or money. They want Manny locked up for 5-6 years 25 million a year, no problem.

Frank McCourt on the other hand has been doing the radio shows and he does not sound too enthusiastic about signing Manny. He still has Juan Pierre’s, A. Jones, and J. Schmidt’s contracts to pay off. McCourt sounds like a man who is going to do the bare minimum and say Manny did not want to sign, they did what they could, hoping Manny signs with the Mets or Phillies a long way from LA.

I very much doubt Manny will be a Dodger next season unless Manny cuts a huge deal.