Typical Friday Night.

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And that takes care of that.

He seemed smaller. Not physically because he went off the steroids or anything like that but definitely smaller. Probably because when he was here, Manny was larger than life and now he's just human. I can't decide if that's sad or not.

Holding anyone, let alone Manny, up to those super human standards will only lead to disappointment and, in that sense, being human was a good thing. But the booing/cheering mostly seemed to lack conviction. The roar when he struck out to end the game, that was real. The rest seemed to be more like the crowd was just doing its duty; they were told that this was a big series, that Manny was coming to town and that there would be drama, so they did their best to make it so.

Somehow, and maybe it's Jason Bay's fault, Manny became irrelevant. And that is tragic.