Call Me Manny

Although its January, that doesn't mean I'm not thinking about baseball. Afterall, pitchers and catchers report for Spring Training in a few short weeks.

Since last July, Sox fans have been tossing the hot phrase 'Manny being Manny'. Manny Ramierez is one of the most unique and irregular personalities in baseball and maybe all of sports today. Each year he asks to be traded to a different city. This year he complained that he never received any privacy outside of his apartment. His consistency is...there is none on the field. Some days he's hot, then he goes cold for a week. He doesn't run becuase he doesn't feel like it, but then he'll make an incredible catch and make you wonder whose wearing the Manny suit in left field. In the dugout, he's dynamic and funny but on the diamond he's slow, fat and doesn't look like he's happy.

My point is, 'Manny being Manny' means that the guy has a different personality and is now excused by all Sox fans. He is free to surprise us in any way and it will be forgiven with this phrase. Its a get out of jail free card, with unlimited punches.

I am in some ways similar to Manny. People often think I'm feeling one way when I'm actually the opposite. Sometimes I can change my emotions in an instant. Several times a week I will feel no desire to be around anyone or have a conversation, but then other times I dominate the social scene just like Manny in the dugout.

Therefore, I am introducing you to my get out of jail phrase, you guessed it, 'Alex being Alex'.