Since the time that I was just a boy, my uncle G.T. has expressed a strong desire to some day plan a trip to Cooperstown New York. Once there, our destination would be the Baseball Hall of Fame. In the Hall of Fames main concourse, the plan would then be to scout out the plaque of former Yankee, and stolen base king Rickey Henderson. Then the plan would evolve into befouling his plaque in a urinary relief exercise. (He wants to piss on Rickey’s plaque in layman's terms.) I, for one, have never fully understood my uncle’s horrid despise for Rickey. I had yet to become a huge Yankee fan in the late 1980’s when Rickey was in New York. But I’m sure my uncle was never a fan of Rickey’s flamboyant ego during his playing days. I also know that Rickey’s Yankee years surround controversy over his health. Rickey had a reputation , weather true or not, of faking injuries from time to time. Whatever my uncle’s reasons, I’m sure they are valid and legit enough for him to plan this trip.
Personally, I am all for it!
Not because I want to befoul Rickey’s plaque too. But rather because I have my own Cooperstown agenda!
I recently proposed to my uncle, that if he were to go to Cooperstown and befoul Rickey’s plaque, I would, at the same time, find the plaque of Manny “The Ass-Clown” Ramirez, and befoul his simultaneously. Now this trip is at least a few years off. It is souly based on the assumption that Manny will make the Hall-of-Fame. Which based on his steroid controversy, may keep him out. (One can only pray!)
The Los Angeles Dodgers were truly blessed the day they finally ridded themselves of Manny! Ramirez the former power hitting Red Sox slugger has spent the last two seasons in self-proclaimed Manny-Wood, aka Los Angeles California. The Dodgers had finally seen enough of Manny’s shenanigans, and traded him to Chicago the end of last year. This past winter, Manny signed with Tampa, and I project that the Rays will cut him too before the 2011 season ends. Manny deliberately had himself ejected in his last game as a Dodger last season. He quit on the Boston Red Sox, he quit on the Dodgers, he barely showed up for the White Sox. (One homerun and two Ribs in 24 games.) Now he starts a new season of stupidity in Tampa. The difference is now, Manny is in the twilight of his career. His age requires him to tread water twice as fast as everyone else, just to stay afloat. Trouble is that everything in Manny’s life has come easy and natural to him. Now that he has to maintain health, physical endurance, and stamina, without the God-given gift of a 20-year-old body, he will quickly lose interest, and resort to toxic distractions. I half hope that Manny does make the Hall of Fame. Just so I have something that represents him that I can use as a urinal!
