Sucking out all the fun

No, I'm not talking about last night when he didn't come out to left field in the 9th inning (even though that was classic Manny). I'm talking about Manny's dreadlocks, and his refusal to give them up in L.A.

Joe Torre wants Ramirez to "clean up" his hair, and Ramirez has yet to make good on his promise to do just that. This whole thing makes me wonder what Torre's obsession is with the hair (dating back to his short-hair/clean-shaven teams in the Bronx).

To me, baseball is a game, not a business. I know many say that with all the money at stake, teams are nothing more than corporations, but I still see grown men playing a kids game. Fans don't go to the ballparks to see people that look like they should be heading to the office. They could do that every Monday-Friday.

Isn't that the fun part about sports? You get to escape your boring 9-5 life for a few hours and dream about how great it would be to have these athletes' lives. 

I have to shave and get a haircut for my job, but no one would pay to watch me at work. Why should ballplayers' lives be as boring as mine? We should let them have fun on the field or with their hair or with anything else, because when live through them for those three hours, our lives will be a little more fun.