News coverage of the big contract he signed with LA today reminded me of how offensively dominant this guy is, and has been. He hit .391 and had 61 RBI in 61 games with the Dodgers in '08... A lot of NL pitchers used profanity today.

Sandbagging to get traded takes something away for me...

Manny's a friggin' hammerhead, but there's no diminishing his achievements this year. After engineering his trade from the Sox, he picked up the languishing Dodgers and carried them into the playoffs, hitting at an outrageous pace from July on.