If athletes didn’t say ridiculous things, what the heck would we have to talk about?

SCOTT JACOBS

Manny Ramirez has said and done a lot of memorable things since inking an eight year $168 million free agent deal with Boston in 2000. But few will manage to top this gem of a quote that Manny had to say today:

“I don’t have any preferences,” Ramizez said in regards to where he would like to be dealt if the Red Sox decide to make a move. “I could choose a team that offers me the best conditions or one in the chase for the postseason. I don’t care where I play, I can even play in Iraq if need be. My job is to play baseball.”

Iraq? Really Manny?

Athletes say ridiculous things all the time, but this one, well, this is just insane.

If the U.S. Marines went up to Manny and said they need an outfielder for their baseball team in between bombings to go to Iraq, Manny would just be like, “okay, My job is to play baseball?”

Yeah, freaking right!

But its not the only moronic quote of the weekend.

Brett Favre is apparently totally naive.

“I had planned on reporting for the start of Packers training camp Sunday, but Ted Thompson asked if I would give him a couple of days to try to get the situation resolved,” said Favre about the circus he has created in Green Bay. “I agreed to do that. I don’t want to be a distraction to the Packers…”

Um, Brett, did you say, you don’t want to be a distraction to the Packers?

Because I’m pretty sure that’s what I read.

No, Brett, you haven’t been a distraction at all through this process. Green Bay is just playing a game, it’s called April Fools in July. They’re secretly testing how composed you can stay as they punk you into thinking that Aaron Rodgers is their starting quarterback. No distraction whatsoever.

ESPN sure doesn’t think so. Thanks to you they’ve had enough media programming to kill a cow. And I mean that in the nicest of ways- to the cow.

No Brett. No one thinks you’re a distraction. Not when you come in at the last minute demanding you want to play again and that the Packers need to release you. No, no scene there. See Brett, all these cameras that have been following you around are actually paid actors. They’re doing it for some SNL Skit. And Aaron Rodgers is the host!

You know Aaron, right Brett? The guy you left in charge. Or that’s the way everyone but you seems to see it.

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