The alleged investigation

Just looked into ``Manny-gate,'' which you have probably seen reported on one web site or another this afternoon. Doesn't sound like there is a whole lot to it. There IS an investigation, and it is believed to center on that report that came out of the Boston Globe last week that Manny Ramirez and Scott Boras, his agent, went back to the Red Sox after the trade had been finalized and tried to back out of the deal. According to that report, Manny decided he wanted to stay with the Red Sox and said he would play hard and be on his best behavior if the Red Sox would decline the two option years on his contract and keep him, but the Red Sox said no.
The implication of that report is that Manny, by saying he would play hard if the Red Sox kept him, was tacitly admitting that he had been tanking it in the days leading up to the trade. THAT, apparently, is what the commissioner's office is looking into, whether Manny undermined the integrity of the game by deliberately giving less than a full effort in his final days in Boston.
It is important to note, however, that the source for that report has never been identified, that the report has never been corroborated by any additional source and that both Ramirez and Boras said the report was inaccurate. Given all of that, this investigation isn't likely to lead anywhere.
At any rate, Manny is with the Dodgers now, he IS playing all out, and he is batting .565 with four HRs in his first six games. Nothing else really much matters at this point.