I've insinuated quite a few times that ESPN believes that the Dodgers are made up of two players, #1 being Manny Ramirez and #2 being Everyone Else. While that might be a tad unfair, I mean, come on...they have an entire segment on Baseball Tonight called "Manny Being Manny," always make sure to show highlights of him even at the cost of bumping a great outfield catch or clutch late-inning hit, and are contracturally obligated to mention his name along with absolutely every Dodger highlight reel.
Right?
Well, I just watched Baseball Tonight's highlights of the Dodgers' most recent game, a 6-5 victory over the Rockies, and the guys on the crew legitimately shocked me. They showed highlights of Russell Martin and Casey Blake knocking RBI singles and actually provided analysis on both players and their tendencies in the situations they were in. Then came the box score, when somebody actually pointed out that James McDonald had collected his first major-league win in the game and I nearly shit myself. All in all, a perfect highlight package: focused on the right guys and the right plays, provided thoughtful and insightful words on what the home viewer should take away from the game, didn't show any highlights of Manny because he went hitless and there was no reason to, and succeeded in impressing me (figures that John Kruk and Chris Berman were nowhere to be found, but whatever). A definite hat tip to Baseball Tonight.
Until, right as they were just about to throw it over to the next highlight, someone said:
"By the way, Manny Ramirez: 0 for 5, three strikeouts."
Ahhhhhhhhhhh...............soooooo close.
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