Factually innacurate? So, the Theo Epstein firing never happened? The Sox never had two GMs? Scott Boras never brought JD Drew to the Sox? What is inaccurate about his article. Don’t just say it, put some evidence out there. If you want to make a statement, back it up.

Borderline racist? When you make a team, the marketing of race usually comes into play. For a city that has its ground in huge racial issues ( which older people like Simmons and myself don’t forget ), you have to put that into play. He didn’t even mention racism; only that there are less dominicans, who may have related about their time in DR.

People forget, Pedro, Colon, and Crisp and Manny ( along with Francona in 1995-96 ) were part of the Las Aguilas team in DR. Being a part of a country, and team, does mean something. It was only you who attributed racism.

Boras went to Manny’s house and asked Manny to sign on with his agency.

Manny refused.

A few days later, Boras went to see Manny again, only this time with Luca Brazi.

Luca Brazi held a gun to Manny’s head and Boras assured Manny that either his signature or his brains would be on that player/agent contract.

Do I have that right Mr. Simmons? Is that how it went down? Or did Manny willingly hire the biggest sleazeball agent in the country–a guy he KNEW would try to get him out of those option years–to represent him for this season?

Yesterday the Globe headline read “Ramirez’s replacement turns tide.” Really? I could’ve sworn his name was Jason and not “Ramirez’s Replacement.”

Let’s be honest, not a single person is to blame for Manny’s demise in Boston. If you think one particular side is to blame then you’re seeing things with blinders on. Can’t everyone just agree and move on? Does Simmons have to consistently defend Manny? Does Shaughnessy and Callahan still have to consistently bash Manny. He’s been gone for almost two months. Get over it.

Simmons is a good writer but lately he’s been fawning over this Manny thing way too much. I totally agree with people like Bullock. He needs to get over it. Gah it’s a bit frustrating.

Simmons doesn’t exactly rip Boras. He drives by that point and throws a couple of empty Arby’s cups out the window, but he never actually stops the car and gets out. I would have been interested to see what the “Boras effect” has been on players-teams on a larger scale than just Manny.

I also would be remiss if I didn’t take Simmons to task on all the perceived ball washing of Sox management around here. You’re right, Bill. Aside from the take-a-number deli counter approach to the shortstop position, what exactly would you like the media and fans to hate about this management/ownership team? The farm system? The non-SS free agent signings? The renovations of the ballpark? What exactly would you like us to hate about them?

The bottom line is if you’re an owner/ownership that works hard to put a winning team, you get respect from the fans. If you don’t, you still get ripped around here (see: Jacobs, Jeremy).

Oh, and Bill, please stop writing like a spurned 16-year-old. You make the rest of us Bostonians look like fools when you slip into full-on yahoo mode.

It’s pretty funny that all the Simmons supporters always claim that his detractors are ‘jealous’ of his success while it’s become clearer than ever that Simmons is incredibly jealous of Theo and will take swipes at the greatest Sox GM of all time any chance he gets.

maybe Bill can remind us what well-known sports personality initiated a work stoppage despite being under contract when he became unhappy with his employer? oh, that’s right, it was Simmons. what a hypocrite.