Fake Bulletin Board Quote Defeats Indians

mhblatt — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:42:00 +0000

Mitchell Blatt

Manny Regained Motivation After Reading Garko’s Editted Game 5 Quote

After the Indians lost Game Five and had to go back to Boston, Indians first basemen Ryan Garko made a startling revalation, “The champagne tastes just as good on the road as it does at home.” That alone doesn’t suffice for bulletin board material, so the Red Sox editted it to have him say, “I can’t wait to take them down on their home field,” and posted it on their bulletin board for Game Six. Manny Ramirez who, “didn’t care,” whether the Sox won or lost the series apparently read the quote (or had someone read it to him), because he was motivated to win games Six and Seven.

While that was all happening in the Red Sox locker room, the Indians were still suffering from the effects of Manny’s non-bulletin-board quote. After Game Four, Manny said, “Who cares? There’s always next year.”

The Indians staff must have not done a very good job editting it before posting it.

So, now the Red Sox are reading this quote by someone who “can’t wait to take them down at home,” and the Indians are reading about how Manny “doesn’t care.” Who do you expect to win? The Red Sox came out the final two games thinking, “He wants to beat us at home? No way!” The Indians were thinking, “Hey doesn’t care? Oh yeah? Well, I don’t care even more!”

Just think if Garko had kept his mouth shut. The Red Sox would have no motivation to win, and the Indians would be losing to the (Red Hot) Rockies next week. Or even better, Garko could have said, “We suck. I think it was evident based on how we lost tonight. The Sox are definitely going to beat us. I can’t wait to play golf this offseason, but I suck at that, too.”

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Fake Bulletin Board Quote Defeats Indians