Yeah, I haven’t posted lately. I had a hot lead that involved some Facebook stalking, but it fizzled out. That, and buying some bad…uh, cookies… had me out of it for a day or two.

Fresh off Charlie Manuel Day (which I think means you can urinate in public, punch cops, and commit any felony your heart desires) in Buena Vista, Chuck had some musings. The one that struck me was this:

“I’ll always feel (like a) part of Buena Vista,” Manuel told reporters on Saturday. “If you want to know the truth, I feel like I am Buena Vista. I feel like I own Buena Vista.”

Bullshit, you belong to Philly. Your southern twang and willingness to fight trollish WIP ‘talking [dick]heads’ makes you Philly. Fuck Buena Vista (which I always thought was in California). But that can be forgotten with the deliciousness of this quote:

“They’d come up and touch you and tell you that they love you and stuff,” he continued. “That’s one of the biggest things about it. Everything about it became real, and that’s the part that I’ll always remember. It was one of the best things that I’ve ever had happen to me in sports.”

I love you (in a platonic, non-old man crush, way), Charlie Manuel. Fake celebrity ass after the jump.

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