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Heavily Biased Sports Journalism at its Best...
Topic Started: Sep 15 2008, 11:29 PM (165 Views)
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I follow the Dodgers a lot I read mlb.com, foxsports, espn, LA Times, and lots of baseball blogs usually pertaining to the Dodgers.
And since the acquisition of Manny , Peter Gammons from ESPN.com has bashed and talked smack about Manny like if he were an ex that he was really pissed off at.

The quote below is from "The Changeup" by Robert Trimm at Dodgerdugout.com


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So Peter Gammons is a BoSox homer.  That's not really "news."  Neither is the fact that he pretty much hates Manny Ramirez for the way he supposedly dogged his last few days in Boston (nevermind that he hit .347 in July for the Red Sox).  And now Gammons (ESPN.com) is on the campaign trail trying to persuade writers not to vote for Ramirez for NL MVP.  Listen clearly:  no one is debating that two months of Manny is difficult to compare to six months of Albert Pujols, or anybody else.  Time, unfortunately, is the best argument for not voting for Ramirez.  But Gammons says that voting for Manny is "silly" and uses Rafael Furcal, Albert Pujol's injury, and the Red Sox as factors:

   
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* Rafael Furcal and his 1.045 OPS got the Dodgers off to a 18-14 start before he injured his back.


    * In Ramirez's first 40 games, the Dodgers had a run differential of plus-22 and averaged 4.55 runs per game, as opposed to 4.43 through July 31.  Thanks to Lee Sinis, we see that Pujols has 87 runs created, 22 more than runner-up Lance Berkman; Pujols is fighting through an elbow injury that likely will require him to undergo offseason surgery, and he has kept the Cardinals afloat through a slew of injuries, and played excellent defense as well.


    * It's hard to talk about the MVP Award for Manny when the team that paid the Dodgers to take Ramirez is 27-13 without him through Sunday and have seen their runs per game increase from 4.94 at the time of the deal to 6.22 since.



It's not Manny's fault that Furcal and Pujols have suffered injuries this season. And whatever happened to comparing apples-to-apples? Your Pujols vs. Manny stats are apples and oranges. And who cares what the Sox have done in Manny's absence? They're a good team. Big deal. How are those reasons to conclude that Manny Ramirez has not had the biggest impact of any player on any team in the National League?

Sorry, Peter. You're the one that's being silly.
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