By Mel Polewarski, megamets.com
Posted 1-31-09, 10:24 PM

While reading Buster’s excerpts from this article keep in my that although Buster grew up in the northeast he is a rabid fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

"The Giants have emerged as players in this bidding......or are they just hanging in the thing to position themselves in the event Ramirez gets so frustrated with the Dodgers that he'll walk away from L.A., at any price. It's possible the Giants are not really bidding up Ramirez, but just hoping that a Hall of Fame bargain with a chip on his shoulder drops in their lap". Almost hysterically laughable.

"Executives with other teams do not believe the Giants are serious players in the Manny bidding. They think San Francisco's real intent is to keep the Dodgers honest, to force them to give Ramirez at least a two-year deal...... That, I buy. ....And if somehow Ramirez gets angered by the Dodgers' level of interest and decides to deliver himself to their division rival, well, all the better for the Giants." I don’t like repeating myself, so…. no comment.

"And the reality is that this late in the winter, the Dodgers might be the only team with $20 million available to spend on one player. "Who the hell has $20 million to $25 million available this time of year?" said one high-ranking executive this week." The Mets are still a Manny shy of the Salary cap and according to this Chart (so graciously provided by A. Rubin) have about 27 million to spend before surpassing the luxury tax threshold, and that’s IF they spend $14M in 2009 for Ollie.

Nowhere in the article did Buster mention the Mets, or the current Manny Mania that’s so ever presently dominating the headlines, tabloids, and talk shows(both radio and TV) You gotta believe it has something to do with Buster being a Dodgers fan, because there’s simply no other explanation for this crap Olney bologna.
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Lets Go Mets