Boston.com - "I love it," Ramirez said after one game with the Dodgers. "I feel at home already. Put the word on me -- I want to stay here. The weather is nice, the stadium is beautiful." ... "I've already made $160 million," he said. "I like it here. I'm looking for peace. I want to stay here. At the end of the season, if the Dodgers want me to end my career here, we'll sit down and talk. Time will tell." ... "I want peace," Ramirez said. "After the game [Friday night], I went out to dinner and nobody bothers you. In Boston, you go from the stadium straight home. That's what I'm talking about. Some people recognized me, said congratulations, that's it. I could go to the movies with my family. I've got nothing against Boston, but this is what I'm looking for. The game is supposed to be fun." ...

I really don’t want to keep talking about Manny Ramirez, but I couldn’t help myself with this quote.   It just sums up why Manny never liked it in Boston and deep down we never really liked him.  The bottom-line is that Red Sox fans care about baseball and we care about winning.  Manny doesn’t.  He never did.  He never will.   If it were up to him, he’d rather play on a last place team that has 4 people in the crowd and no television or radio coverage as long as he was getting paid.  That’s why when he did a rehab stint at Pawtucket, Theo had to beg him to come back up the Major Leagues.  He loves playing when nobody cares who wins.  Unfortunately Manny’s too dumb to realize that if weren’t for the fact that winning mattered in places like Boston and NY he’d probably be working at McDonalds, pumping gas in the Bronx or be dead.  So instead of being thankful that we’re passionate about baseball he acts like it’s an imposition.   It’s the classic syndrome of a movie star who complains about their fame even though that’s what made them rich in the first place.    You can’t have your cake and eat it too.   Unless of course you are Manny Ramirez.