Let's do this full disclosure thing first: I'm a Yankees fan AND I like Manny Ramirez.
Strange combination, I know, but so is Manny.
We're loving how the wheels are coming off in Boston again this weekend as the Yankees come into town, Joba buzzes Youkilis (again!), then Craig Hansen retaliates the next day by throwing the baseball like Nook LaLoosh and miraculously having one pitch end at A-Rod's left arm.
And on Sunday, before Sidney Ponson even started to warmup, Manny decides he wants to be traded . . . to Iraq!
He's ready to leave Boston again -- his annual mid-summer flakeout is in full effect -- and wants to be traded before the July 31 deadline.
Theo and the Beans would be silly to make that deal (unless they get a stud bat back or sign Barry Bonds). We all know this. But from the view here in the Bronx, it's always fun to watch the train wreck as it happens.
P.S. Manny will likely hit two bombs tonight off Ponson because he's angry and because, well, it's Sidney Ponson.