Let the Manny bashin/questions begin !!!

From ESPN.com this morning:

Tavarez: Manny won't report until March 1
ESPN.com news services
Red Sox position players are scheduled to report to spring training on
Tuesday. However, Boston's most peculiar superstar likely won't be with
his teammates until March 1.
Ramirez
Julian Tavarez told MLB.com and WBZ-TV in Boston on Sunday that his good
friend Manny Ramirez would miss the start of the Red Sox's spring
training because his mother recently had surgery for an undisclosed
condition.
"He's been going through a tough time because of his mom; they told her
that she had a tumor and it wasn't a tumor, but she had surgery between
her ribs and she's home right now recovering and Manny's out there with
his mom," Tavarez told MLB.com.
Boston's manager, Terry Francona, said this was news to him, according
to The Boston Globe.
Francona said the last he heard, Ramirez was planning to report to camp
on time and that the slugger was in terrific shape and in good spirits,
the newspaper reported.
The Red Sox's first full-squad workout is scheduled for Thursday. March
1 is the mandatory reporting date for Red Sox position players.
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I'm taking the attitude that this is just business as usual (Trying NOT
to use cliches this morning.) but I'm sure others will wonder if there's
more there this spring. And probably justifiably so.

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DON !!!
"Save the cheer leader!!!
Save the world"!!!

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