Manny being Manny. Rarely have three small words ever so perfectly captured the essence of a man as that phrase captures Manny Ramirez. Going to the bathroom during an inning? Manny being Manny. Testing positive for female hormone drugs? Manny being Manny. Hitting a baseball like a god and living the rest of your life like a man without a brain? Manny being Manny.
Add endorsing an energy drink with a name that's sure to have third graders across the country snorting chocolate milk out of their noses to the list. According to Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times, Manny will be endorsing a product called, ahem, Sum Poosie. If by some chance you don't get it, just go back and re-read it a couple of times.
Got it now? Highbrow stuff, we know. Manny's not the first athlete to hop into bed with Sum Poosie. Santana Moss has also done some work for the energy drink purveyors, but this is certainly a step up in class for the company. Well, not a step up in class so much as ... well, you get the point. Manny's a bigger name than Moss.
You can check out their Web site here, they've lengthened the name to include Cat in a Bottle. It's safe for work, unless your company's internet filter is particularly touchy about matters of taste.
Lest you think this is a case of life imitating art, this particular beverage has been around since before Tropic Thunder was making audiences laugh. What exactly the benefit of this alliance is for Ramirez we have no idea, but we're betting just saying the name makes him laugh enough to make any financial renumeration icing on an already tasty cake.




