Jonathan Papelbon thinks Manny Ramirez is cancer. He feels so strongly about this that he has no problem saying it in an interview with Esquire Magazine. "Once we saw that, we weren't afraid to get rid of him. It's like cancer. That's what he was. Cancer." Pabelbon, the young Red Sox closer, needs to learn to shut up. Any kind of Manny drama is over. Long over. It's even over for the Dodgers. Pabelbon is just beating a dead horse. People know how the Bostonians felt about Manny. It's no secret they all look at him with scorn and loathing contempt. There's nothing new to what Pap said. But to come out nearly eight months after it all ended and compare Manny to one of the deadliest diseases in the world does not paint a pretty portrait of Papelbon. It all just makes him look like an immature child craving for attention by any means, even by dragging up a tired subject. Papelbon can strike out the best of them, but that doesn't give him the right to wave his mouth. All he needs to do is just pipe down and keep to himself.
UPDATE: Pap won't take my advice. In an interview at the Red Sox Spring Training home in Juniper, Florida, Pap likened Jason Bay to the chemo treatment that "cured" Manny's cancer.
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