Rice Rips Manny
This Comes Right Out of Left Field ...
Jim Ed Rice: Manny's Not a Leader; Or Really Part of the Team
"Manny Ramirez is really not a part of the team, he’s in the back, in the trainer’s room, not really taking a leadership role. If he was a leader, he would be with the rest of his team and honestly, over the last couple of years, he hasn’t been a leader and that’s not very good. Now, I don’t know if this is true, but Manny Ramirez may be making a big deal over some things so he can become a free-agent. You heard his comments, if he becomes a free-agent, he may be able to make some more money and maybe he’s trying to piss off someone with the Red Sox so, at the end of the year, he can maybe get some more money and some more years if he becomes a free-agent." -- 7.29.08, Jim Rice, XM Radio's "The Show"
Are the Sox Secretly Cranking Up the Anti-Manny Message?
Meanwhile, Manny Trade Looking Like a Long Shot
Report: Phillies Could Be Back in the Manny Hunt
Cafardo: Nothing Doing on Manny
A Nation Stands By Its Manny
