As a Red Sox fan I never liked the idea of A-Rod coming over anyway in terms of pure talent. Manny is a better hitter.
Manny-Healthy Nomar is probably better than Unnamed LF/A-rod. The difference in offence between Manny and his replacement(unless it somehow ended up being Vlad) is larger than the offensive difference between A-rod and Nomar. As it turned out, OC ended up being the short stop when it counted. OC's defence is better than A-Rod's, and he more than held his own offensively during the stretch run and the post season. All attitudes aside, we probably don't win the world series without Manny's bat.
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