Oh. My. Gawd! The Red Sox were going to suspend Manny Ramirez back when he still played for them. Can you believe it? This is the kind of investigative journalism that inspires. When you find out something that almost happened 4 months ago…wow… That’s just good work.

According to multiple sources, Boston management had drafted an official letter of suspension for Ramirez, and delivered it to him at Fenway Park at around 11 p.m. on Friday night, July 25. For the second straight game, Ramirez had refused to play that evening, and the Red Sox lost 1-0 to the rival New York Yankees in front of a boisterous and sold-out home crowd.

They had written a letter! An official letter. That’s the most official kind of letter you can possibly write. This reminds me of yesterday when I was going to go to the mall, but I didn’t.

Maybe Scott Boras can clear this up.

“The bottom line is he was never suspended and there was never cause for suspension,” Boras said. “The fact is the intent to suspend is not a suspension.”

/furrows brow

/nods head

He’s right, you know.

I’m glad this is getting out now. I hope the Yankees take this theoretical suspension into consideration before they sign him for 45 million a year.