I don't see anything that Callahan wrote that's a problem.
Whether you like Callahan or not, he's probably around this uniquely talented jerk a lot more than we are. Ramirez' behavior the last 3 weeks or so reeked of arrogance, tanking, boorish, and flat-out stupidity. It may have seemed unique to the last several weeks to people who aren't consistently around Ramirez. Callahan assured the reader that the childish behavior was unique to the last 7+ years.
It would be great if Ramirez had the same perspective that Barry Bonds has right now. Instead of getting rewarded for not doing his job and being a complete jerk.
Bandanox said:
when he spit venom about vinny baker, and thinking how horrible it was... vinny's got an illness, man...lay off.
Cancer is a illness. Picking up a bottle is a behavior decision based in selfishness, not a illness. Baker chose the bottle over his job. Manny chose to be a jerk over his job. Same selfish difference. Baker deserves the same treatment Ramirez does.
not entirely true....
unless you've battled addiction, you have no clue what it's like....
furthermore...if the things GC wrote about manny are true, then it's apples and oranges... vin was a nice guy who performed charity work with problems...GC got on him for performance and went too far by attacking him as a person... and this started BEFORE the revelation that he was still boozin'....
manny was just the opposite.. great performer (at the plate, anyway) and not so much of a charity/ personal appearance kind of guy...
i'm over it... i knew manny had to go. i ain't happy about it, but it was time..
GC is good at what he does. what he does is attack easy targets....
then he doesn't show up at work to defend his words....
that, my friend, is the very definition of a coward. All this Talk about all of manny's faults off the field (which there are many, i'm sure).. gerry calahan is in a glass house throwing stones now, when attacking ANYONE for their personal accountability....