You Know That Right Handed Bat We're Looking For?

This isn’t quite Bobby Bonilla territory (I said it was “close” earlier, but that’s obviously not true — apologies if I offended any of you with such a comparison), anyway, it’s news to me. According to Gordon Edes of ESPN Boston, the Red Sox will pay Manny Ramirez $1.94 million for each of the next 16 years, beginning in 2011. Ramirez was given $31 million in deferred payments as part of the eight-year, $160 million contract he signed with the Red Sox in December of 2000. But that’s not all. Ramirez will also receive $15 million in deferred payments from the Dodgers over the next three years, including $3,333,333 in 2011 and 2012 and $8.3 million in 2013.

If we're gonna be paying the guy for the next 16 years, why not tack on another with about $9 million attached to it? We're not asking him to play everyday and I bet Big Papi would go ape shit to have his best friend back in town. He'd be a great DH against left handed pitchers because Ortiz can't hit against them for shit and in a pinch, Manny can play outfield when JD Drew pulls a hammy. Everyone always talks about how he quit on us and talked himself out of town and blah, blah, blah. I don't give a fuck. Manny can swing the bat and that's all we're looking for at this point. Just something to think about it while kicking rocks. Rocks are all I can afford to kick at this point. Click on some ads or die.