BOSTON -- Life sure is simpler with Manny Ramirez gone. The Green Monster will no longer be treated like a Mass. Pike rest stop. Pine-tar helmet gunk has been purged from the dugout. And of course, any day that passes without the phrase "Manny being Manny" being uttered is a good day. , Boston's new left fielder, is the quintessential low-maintenance guy. He runs out every ground ball as if it matters, is more comfortable as a cog than as a squeaky wheel, and seems perfectly content with his $6 million salary. He's about as serene as a British Columbia sunset. Those attributes come as no surprise to Boston's front office, which did some exhaustive legwork on the fly before trading Ramirez to Los Angeles and plucking Bay from Pittsburgh as a replacement July 31. "We obviously research guys that we're going to trade future Hall...
[read full story]
Your Web Site
