The Mannyiac says, don’t take away the Tavares!

Image is everything in pro sports, and playing the game just might be easier than maintaining your public image. Try hitting a 95 mile per hour fastball. Whif. Okay. But now try having hoards of freaky strangers (fans) stare you down like a piece of hamburger, and watch your every move, beg for your signature, every public moment of the day. Double whif. Image is also very important to large corporations where the fate of many is tied to sport teams. Or is it? Are the New England Patriots a sports business? Or are they an entertainment and construction company, currently building a large, very expensive shopping mall that hinges on the Patriots image. Touchdown. And don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Coach Belichick.

Broadcaster Jonathan Papelbuns says he won’t “Stay in the Game”, once his playing days are over!

Fresh off another 200-pitch win, Dicey K says there is no honor in letting ordinary fans wear a championship ring!

Pro basketball looks and feels like professional wrestling, of the Jessie Ventura kind. Players flop and fake fouls, then plead their comic case. Coaches preen in a zoot suit with an exaggerated look of frustration. The music is too loud, the lights and confetti are ridiculous, the dancers belong in a strip club, and no one watches the game. Instead, fans stare at the giant scoreboard over the court which tells them what to say in between video of dancing fans.

When the Mannyiac puts his hands into the stands, strange things happen!

Big Papi says that baseball players are superstitious about their hairdoo!

Big Papi talks about the kiss Manny gave Johnny Pesky on Opening Day!

It takes four years of naval training to decipher the system of hand signals sent in by third base coach DeMarlo Hale!

The Mannyiac has a throwdown at home plate, but that’s just Manny being Bobby Flay!