Manny shed some light on his feelings about the events this week when he talked to reporters in the clubhouse. It looks like he is not doing much to win support from Sox executives or build some bridges. From Extra Bases:
What I said was if the Red Sox they think they could find a trade that’s going to make the team better and both sides are going to be happy, I’m going to agree,” he said. “But if they cannot find a trade. It’s something simple. It’s no big deal. At the end of the season, all they’ve got to do is call my agent and say, ‘Hey, we’re not going to pick Manny’s option for ’09, he’s going to become a free agent. And that’s it. I go my way, and you guys go your way, something simple….Boston is not stupid. They’re not going to do it. They can say whatever they want. But when it comes to make a deal, they’re not going to pull the trigger, because they know what they’ve got here.”
Are you happy here?
“I’m happy. But enough is enough.”
When you say “enough is enough,” what does that mean?
“That’s it. You’ve got to ask Tito and John Henry, they know.”
Peter Gammons also said on ESPN’s Baseball Tonight Manny’s option will not be picked up by the Sox at the end of the season because the Sox ownership was so upset that Manny sat out on Friday. He did not think Manny would be traded before the end of the season.
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