SellingMannysGrill.com

Welcome to Selling Manny’s Grill. This was a blog I started up in October of ‘07 with the intention of posting a mix of fictional writing and personal journal entries. The original title was WalshCity.com, and after I realized how ridiculously gay and narcissistic that name was, I went to something a little less ridiculous (sort of).

With roots just south of New York City, my loyalty lies whole-heartedly with the New York Yankees. You can expect a good amount of the material to be related to them. That being said, I plan on bringing up anything related to the game as well as whatever’s entertaining from the rest of American Sports.

You may be wondering about the title — Selling Manny’s Grill. Manny Ramirez is the current left fielder for the Boston Red Sox and is one of the most prolific right handed hitters in Major League history. More important than any of his achievements at the plate is that Manny has managed to become a two time world Champion.

However, along with an unrivaled hitting prowess comes…. something else. The guy’s not really what you would consider rocket scientist material. In fact, I don’t think many would consider him 3rd grade science material. Manny has been responsible for dozens of questionable decisions throughout his career that make you wonder what exactly is going through his head at any given moment. Many of those incidents are listed here. Of every funny little mannyism, the one that sticks out the most to me is when he decided to sell a fucking grill on E-Bay… Manny Ramirez… who makes twenty million dollars a year… thought it was necessary to sell a grill he wasn’t using on the internet. The message on the E-Bay ad read:

“Hi, I’m Manny Ramirez. I bought this AMAZING grill for about $4,000 and I used it once…. but I never have the time to use it because I am always on the road. I would love to sell it and you will get an autographed ball signed by me. Enjoy it, Manny Ramirez.”

Some say he was only helping one his neighbors sell it, but both my heart and common sense refuse to believe that story. Really, even as a Yankee fan I have to admit I love the guy. It’s a rare occasion in sports when you see a guy and you know there’s a good chance you’re about to see something utterly retarded. That happens every time Manny steps to the dish, and every time a ball is hit out in his direction.

I realize it’s hard to get people to write on a blog that has very little direction, and mine is as lost as it gets. I’ve tried to gear it towards sports, and if you had to pick something that I write about more than anything else, it would be sports — but it’s definitely not a large enough majority of my entries to call this a quote on quote “sports blog.” With that, I’d still like to throw it out there, that I’d love to pick up a couple contributors to SellingMannysGrill. The beauty of it is I’d have absolutely no restrictions on the writing at all. If you think you can write and don’t want to take the time to make one on your own, I’d definitely love to get a few people to contribute. Just let me know and we’ll get something together. If the blog stays with me as it’s only contributor for the rest of it’s existence, well I sincerely hope you guys enjoy the material. Take care of yourselves.

My E-Mail address is MichaelWalsh585@Hotmail.com.
My AIM is MDubs85.

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