Vote for Manny? Joe Torre Disagrees
May 30, 2009 by Stephen Kersey
Filed under Baseball
Over the last few days, there’s been a lot of talk about the Vote for Manny campaign. Many baseball fans are voting for Manny Ramirez to make the 2009 All-Star Game — for various reasons. Some fans of the Los Angeles Dodgers want to see him play, while other baseball fans believe that Ramirez’s selection could force commissioner Bud Selig to make changes to the All-Star format.
Vote for Manny - Joe Torre Won't Do It (Image: Zuma Press)
However, don’t expect to see Dodgers manager Joe Torre vote for his suspended outfielder. When asked about Ramirez playing in the All-Star game, Torre had a simple retort.
Said Torre: “No. I think if you asked Manny, he’d give you the same answer.”
Torre later went on to talk about how the point of the All-Star game should be to reward the players who played the best in the first half of the baseball season.
Although Torre said that Ramirez himself wouldn’t accept a starting spot in the National League All-Star outfield, the suspended native of the Dominican Republic hasn’t addressed the issue as of yet.
