Manny Ramirez and Angel Presinal have nothing to do with one another except the fact that I want to comment on two recent Major League Baseball topics in one post.
Angel Presinal is the trainer who has worked with Alex Rodriguez and numerous other Major League ballplayers. After seeing the Sunday March 1, 2009 edition of Outside the Lines on ESPN, I have one question regarding Presinal being banned from clubhouses by Major League Baseball: aren't all personal trainers banned from Major League clubhouses? I couldn't find a definitive answer to that question, but I seem to recall hearing about trainers who were not employed by teams being banned by MLB in regards to Jason Giambi a few years ago. The media insinuates that just because Alex Rodriguez used steroids and worked out with Presinal that therefore all players who work out with Presinal use steroids.
Regarding Manny Ramirez rejecting the Los Angeles Dodgers latest contract offer, the reason for the rejection has nothing to do with his agent Scott Boras playing hardball to get more money. Instead, the reason for the rejection simply has to do with the fact that Manny just doesn't want to go to spring training. Look for Manny to accept the Dodgers offer after he is done playing in the World Baseball Classic.
Podcast RSS Feed
As for Manny, do you really think it's spring training? I think he listens to Boras too much and might actually buy what he's saying. He's thinking there's more money out there. Only the Dodgers can really up the price.