I told him next time he does that I’m going to get my blade out and cut him. I’m a gangster. You go gangster on me, I’m going to have to get you. You do that again, I’m going to cut you right on the field.

Um. OK?

I told him next time he does that I’m going to get my blade out and cut him. I’m a gangster. You go gangster on me, I’m going to have to get you. You do that again, I’m going to cut you right on the field.

Um. OK?

It's a Gandhi saying.

Ozzie approves.

Then they spoke street Spanish and laughed it off over a couple of cervezas.

The article also relays this interesting tidbit:

Manuel spent his second afternoon as interim manager working David Wright to near-exhaustion. Roughly 4-1/2 hours before Wednesday night's first pitch, Manuel rapidly fired balls to the plate during a session that lasted three times longer than a typical early workout by Wright's estimate.

It paid off, as Wright delivered the game-tying single in the ninth inning off Francisco Rodriguez, driving in Reyes with his third run of the game. That allowed Damion Easley to win it, 5-4, with a homer in the 10th.

The extra tutoring session's theme: becoming more selective at the plate.

After beginning the session by having Wright swing at every pitch regardless of location, Manuel had Wright identify the part of the plate where he preferred to hit a pitch. Manuel placed a ball on the plate at that location, then had Wright identify the height of the pitch he preferred. Manuel then returned to behind a protective pitcher's screen and forced Wright to increase his selectivity by having him swing at pitches only in the zone he identified.

I told him next time he does that I’m going to get my blade out and cut him. I’m a gangster. You go gangster on me, I’m going to have to get you. You do that again, I’m going to cut you right on the field.

[insert Lastings Milledge joke]

The article also relays this interesting tidbit:

I missed Willie working with the guys like this.

I missed Willie working with the guys like this.

Shouldn't Manuel have been doing this before if he thought Wright needed it? He was a coach. This is something coaches should do not necessarily managers. I'm guessing he purposely planned this.

“I told him next time he does that I’m going to get my blade out and cut him. I’m a gangster. You go gangster on me, I’m going to have to get you. You do that again, I’m going to cut you right on the field,” quipped Manuel

How is this a quip? This is really disturbing regardless of context.

Then they spoke street Spanish and laughed it off over a couple of cervezas.

Manuel's not hispanic. I know, crazy isn't it?

Shouldn't Manuel have been doing this before if he thought Wright needed it? He was a coach. This is something coaches should do not necessarily managers. I'm guessing he purposely planned this.

Maybe, maybe not. It could be that he thought of the above but didn't want to take initiative without consulting his boss (doing so might step on the toes of Randolph and the hitting coach), so he went to Randolph with his idea and Randolph decided not to follow up. This may not be what happened, but it's a reasonable alternative to your suggestion. Just because we didn't hear about Manuel's approaching Randolph or Johnson with his idea doesn't mean he didn't. (Also doesn't mean he did, of course).

How is this a quip? This is really disturbing regardless of context.

Eh, if you picture him doing it in his best "Edward James Olmos as Jaime Escalante" impression, one can imagine its being acceptable (depending on your views on Jaime Escalante's teaching techniques as presented in Stand and Deliver). People say a lot of awful things to other people under the context of "you know me well enough to know I'm not serious." As is pointed out in 12 Angry Men, not every "I'll kill you" has to be sincere and literally understood.

Manuel's not hispanic. I know, crazy isn't it?

Don't get on ETCITNJM's case. Hell, Minaya probably doesn't even know or he would have given Manuel the axe.

Uh, what Machemer said - in 10 and 11.

I love the DH.

(Said to convince anyone who needs convincing that I am not Chris Dial's sock puppet, nor he mine).

#9
Tambien no soy latino pero puedo hablar en espanol de los calles. Si quieres luchar voy a decir simone essay! Ahhh hahahahaha!!!

#15
You're going to wrestle an essay in the street?

#16
Thanks. I was proud to have figured out that the first sentence read, "Eating no soy, the Latino Peter Parker watches an ESPN of the Californias," but the second sentence was stumping me.