I, for one, can't wait for Omar Vizquel to usher in a whole new era of sacrificing the 2-hole hitter and sliding into first base.

Why should Farrell manage the Red Sox?

This doesn't seem a wise move on Vizquel's part. Man's been playing for a long time, sometimes on crappy teams, and days away from retirement he just can't hold it in anymore? It does kinda look like he's angling for the job but this is not the right way to go about it.

So here was Vizquel — 45 years old, on record as saying he wants to manage as early as 2013 — offering a damning critique of the man who has kept him in the major leagues all year despite his .548 OPS.

That sounds like plenty enough of a damning critique to me.

"Why the hell did this idiot keep me in the majors all year? I suck!"

This doesn't seem a wise move on Vizquel's part. Man's been playing for a long time, sometimes on crappy teams, and days away from retirement he just can't hold it in anymore? It does kinda look like he's angling for the job but this is not the right way to go about it.

It's not like this is anything new. He wrote an autobiography way the heck back in 2002.

Vizquel is a clown. I remember in 2009 he was on Texas and they went to Boston fairly early in the season. He was interviewed saying he didn't understand why Boston wasn't after him and he would have gone there. I'm pretty sure at this point in time the Rangers had a better record and were leading the division (not 100% sure though). This is when he was batting .315 or something and didn't realize he was destined to put up the 660 OPS that defines his overrated career. He has 40 WAR. He has one season with a WAR over 3.8. His playoff numbers suck. He's worse than Jim Rice.

Vizquel is a clown.

...but inexplicably beloved in Cleveland...

ditto in San Francisco ...

Jose Mesa pitched in both cities, coincidence?

Is Morosi saying Farrell should manage in Boston because he's no good for Toronto, or because he's too good for such an unimportant team (in Fox Sports' eyes) as the Jays? If it's the latter, AA should tell Bosox management, "hands off."

Vizquel is a clown.



...but inexplicably beloved in Cleveland...

The explanation.

...but inexplicably beloved in Cleveland...

Vizquel may not be a deserving Hall of Famer, but this is ridiculous. Did you watch the man play in his prime? Inexplicable? Really?

Yeah, there may not be many Hall of Famers who aren't as good as Jim Rice, but there are plenty of good players who weren't as good as him.

Did you watch the man play in his prime? Inexplicable? Really?

Unfortunately, I spent my Cleveland years in my mother's second-cousin's basement...

Regardless of how many of Omar's games I may or may not have watched, the collective weeping and gnashing of teeth, rending of garments, and tearing of hair in Cleveland when the soon-to-be-38-year-old Vizquel was granted his free agency was inexplicable (to me), yes... you'd've thought that someone had shot Francis of Assisi or something.

He does have a nice enough smile, I suppose.

Unfortunately, I spent my Cleveland years in my mother's second-cousin's basement...

It rubs the lotion on its skin ...