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Manny feeling ignored in free-agent market (KEN DAVIDOFF, December 11, 2008, Newsday)

Manny Ramirez is growing extremely upset about the lack of suitors for his services, so much so that he has told friends he would contemplate retirement if a suitable offer doesn't arrive soon, a person close to the situation told Newsday.

The great part of all this is that his own agent is causing this by not letting another client, Mark Texieria, accept the best offer available, from the Washington Nationals, so that they'll be forced to fall back to Manny.

Posted by Orrin Judd at December 11, 2008 9:42 PM