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The newest Los Angeles Dodgers player Manny Ramirez talks to the media before the Dodgers' baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Los Angeles, Friday, Aug. 1, 2008. If you want to argue the Marlins made their best move by not trading for two months of Manny Ramirez, you can arm yourself with a legitimate reason for every dreadlock dangling from Ramirez's Dodgers cap. Then come games such as Sunday's 3-2 loss to Colorado. Those losses make any sensible anti-trade guy wonder, ``Well, maybe. . . .'' To be fair, there's a peck of these one-run, late-decision games in every 162-game season. But no team this season has played MacGyver as often as the Marlins and cosmic forces, whatever appellation you want to use for them, tend to favor balance. Forget all the excite-the-fan-base balderdash. Smart franchises in any sport... [read full story]
