But the big news, of course, is all those trades. And the happiest team in baseball yesterday was the Yankees, ridding themselves once and for all of maybe their No.1 nemesis ever--more than Greenberg, Williams, Feller, Yaz, Palmer, Clemens 1.0, or Pedro.
Manny and his .450-vs.-the-Yankees batting average, Manny with all his home runs to the Mass Turnpike or the left field stands at the Stadium, Manny in the on-deck circle with men on, forcing some overmatched Yankee righty to pitch to Papi . . .
. . . Manny who, in the seventh and eighth, in the yawning gap between a starter and Mo, leaving you with the one hope that maybe he'd hit it at somebody . . .
. . . Many, who, for all his childish antics, for his time spent kicking it inside the Monster, for the ball he once cut off from center field while playing left field, for all the times he seemed to be playing the field on roller skates, always saved his best for the Yankees, even in the field.
Gone. Gone, gone.
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The game last night seemed to take a back seat(which was good as it was really hard to stay with) to the "wheelings and dealings" of the BB world. Now, I can't wait for Manny to go against the DBacks tonight.
By the way, your comparison of the Yankee trades to the Enos Slaughter/ Johnny Mize trades was right on and brought back memories. I was a sophomore in high school when the Yankees stole Enos from the Cardinals. My brother (good old Uncle Pete) was a die hard Red Bird fan and not too happy.
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