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OT: Rays Sign Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez

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OT: Rays Sign Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez 

Post#1 » by Rapsobsessed7 » Sat Jan 22, 2011 1:13 am

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The Rays have agreed to terms with both Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez, tweets Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated. Damon's deal is worth $5.25MM plus a potential $750K in bonus money based on attendance. Ramirez's deal is worth $2MM


didnt see this posted and a lot of us wanted Manny so there goes that but who cares we got rid of Wells :D
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Re: Rays Sign Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez 

Post#2 » by Randle McMurphy » Sat Jan 22, 2011 1:14 am

No room for Manny with Napoli on the team now, anyway.
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Re: Rays Sign Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez 

Post#3 » by Geddy » Sat Jan 22, 2011 1:14 am

Damn and they only got him for 2M. :(
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Re: OT: Rays Sign Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez 

Post#4 » by evilRyu » Sat Jan 22, 2011 1:23 am

$2M?? Wow that would have been worth the risk
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Re: OT: Rays Sign Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez 

Post#5 » by LittleOzzy » Sat Jan 22, 2011 1:24 am

Very cheap deal for Manny.
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Re: Rays Sign Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez 

Post#6 » by DonYon » Sat Jan 22, 2011 1:28 am

rkid wrote:Damn and they only got him for 2M. :(


I remember some people here were in favor of giving him 10M + :-?
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Re: OT: Rays Sign Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez 

Post#7 » by SharoneWright » Sat Jan 22, 2011 1:46 am

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Re: OT: Rays Sign Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez 

Post#8 » by MGD24 » Sat Jan 22, 2011 1:47 am

his contract must be incentive-laden....otherwise it makes no sense for that little!
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Re: OT: Rays Sign Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez 

Post#9 » by tsherkin » Sat Jan 22, 2011 1:48 am

Aww, I would have loved to see Manny here. Ah well. Hope he can replace Crawford.... *snnnrk*
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Re: OT: Rays Sign Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez 

Post#10 » by Silk Wilkes » Sat Jan 22, 2011 3:36 am

I would've preferred Manny to Napoli, but I guess getting rid of VDubs massive deal was more important. I woulda signed Manny anyways though, especially at 2M per, but it's too late now.
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Re: OT: Rays Sign Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez 

Post#11 » by raps4life~ » Sat Jan 22, 2011 5:27 am

Damn, for a second i thought it said 'Jays Sign.."
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Re: OT: Rays Sign Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez 

Post#12 » by spykelee » Sat Jan 22, 2011 5:37 am

I told you lunatics there wasn't a snowballs chance in hell that Manny would sign for 10 million dollars... Though admitedly, 2 million is less than even I thought he'd get... I was thinking he might get 5-6 total, including incentives and such... but I can remember several people alright with 2 years, 20 million, WOW.
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Re: OT: Rays Sign Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez 

Post#13 » by SharoneWright » Sat Jan 22, 2011 5:40 am

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Re: OT: Rays Sign Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez 

Post#14 » by Silk Wilkes » Sat Jan 22, 2011 5:48 am

raps4life~ wrote:Damn, for a second i thought it said 'Jays Sign.."


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Re: OT: Rays Sign Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez 

Post#15 » by Chevy Chase » Sat Jan 22, 2011 3:39 pm

There is now a wiretap saying that the deal for Manny isn't done and that the Rangers and Toronto still have interest. Is there still hope?
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Re: OT: Rays Sign Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez 

Post#16 » by Hoopstarr » Sat Jan 22, 2011 3:45 pm

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Re: OT: Rays Sign Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez 

Post#17 » by Michael Bradley » Sat Jan 22, 2011 4:06 pm

Manny to the Jays, especially for $2 million, would have been outstanding. Oh well.
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Re: OT: Rays Sign Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez 

Post#18 » by Geddy » Sat Jan 22, 2011 5:08 pm

sci96krusty wrote:There is now a wiretap saying that the deal for Manny isn't done and that the Rangers and Toronto still have interest. Is there still hope?


I think that was old, before the Manny deal was officially announced.

A lot of places were saying that the Jays might be looking at Vlad Guerrero but it sounds like mostly speculation.
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Re: OT: Rays Sign Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez 

Post#19 » by satyr9 » Sat Jan 22, 2011 6:26 pm

Jesus H Christ. At 2mil with incentives how weren't there 29 other teams fighting for that deal? That's 4th OF money for chrissakes.

At double that price I can't understand how it's not worth the gamble for Manny. I just can't. Maybe if he's being George Bell about playing LF every day, which I haven't heard anywhere, but that can't be if they're getting Damon and Manny, so I just don't get it.
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Re: OT: Rays Sign Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez 

Post#20 » by Strav » Sat Jan 22, 2011 7:07 pm

satyr9 wrote:Jesus H Christ. At 2mil with incentives how weren't there 29 other teams fighting for that deal? That's 4th OF money for chrissakes.

At double that price I can't understand how it's not worth the gamble for Manny. I just can't. Maybe if he's being George Bell about playing LF every day, which I haven't heard anywhere, but that can't be if they're getting Damon and Manny, so I just don't get it.


don't understand why everyone's drooling over Manny. Dude is old, injury prone, and is it night games or day games that he refuses to play in?

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