Can you even begin to imagine how much Ted Williams would have hated the media in the ever-evolving, 24-hour news cycle?

In the new age, where the lines between superstar, celebrity, sports news, and gossip are blurred, I can't fathom how much this would have royally pissed off "Teddy Ballgame".

The current media circus surrounding Boston involves Manny Ramirez and his ever-increasingly famous antics.

Back in the middle of the 1940s, there was another Boston slugger who had a tenuous relationship with not only the media, but also the fans.

Ted Williams has, in no particular order, thrown bats at unruly fans, picked verbal fights with fans in the left-field bleachers, and had been reported to spit into the stands on more than one occasion.

In the current day and age, would the media come up with a catchy slogan for Williams' kooky and erratic behavior?

Maybe "Ted being Ted”, or maybe the media could use alliteration; how does "Temperamental Ted" sound?

My point is that everyone has weighed in on the Manny Ramirez situation in the past two weeks.

Even Red Sox fans have grown sick and tired of all of Manny's erratic behavior.

"The Red Sox should trade Manny, or not pick up his option next year!" That seems to be the sentiment sweeping Boston right now.

I would agree, if he weren’t one of the 10 best hitters in baseball right now!

The Red Sox need to look past the media feeding frenzy. Maybe they could use a little dose of history.

Williams was always upset with Boston's fans. He was always perplexed and angered by the fact that a fan would “boo” a player when he made an error, and would turn around and cheer him when he singled the next inning.

In fact, Williams was so angry at the Boston faithful that he never once, in his entire career, tipped his cap to the fans.

This included the day he hit the last home run of his career.

Despite a persistently cheering crowd, Williams did not appreciate fickle fans, and therefore did not acknowledge them with a tip of the cap.

Now, think what would happen if Manny Ramirez hit a game-winning home run and failed to come out for a curtain call.

He would get crucified in the media the next day, and he would lose a large part of his fanbase.

I wonder if Tom Yawkey ever thought about trading Ted Williams for prospects in order to have a more "fan-friendly" left fielder.

My guess is that Yawkey probably wanted to keep a hitter who hit below .300 just once in his 21-year career.

The point is that every team should try to please their fans, but the best way to please the fans is to put the best possible product on the field, which, in my opinion, includes Manny Ramirez.

Fans of the Boston Red Sox should remember what Ramirez has done for this ballclub in his years in the city.

He is the focal point of a perennial top-three offense in all of baseball. An offense that is at least 50 percent responsible for bringing this pennant and World-Series-starved city not one, but two World Series in four years.

Now, Red Sox fans are pampered and spoiled.

The city is getting sick and tired of Manny Ramirez. So now, despite everything he has done for the city and the team, not to mention the psyche of the fans, they just want to toss him out on the street or trade him to another contending team.

Tom Yawkey never put any stock into how Williams was portrayed in the media.

He could care less whether the fans liked Williams, and I am sure he could have easily rid himself of the negative media by just trading Williams.

All he had to do was look down at the season totals for Williams and see his ridiculous 43 home runs, 159 RBI, and a whopping .650 slugging percentage in 1949 to remind himself just how important Ted Williams was to the success of his team.

It's Theo Epstein's time to make sure he isn't doing what the rest of Red Sox nation seems to be doing, which is overlooking another impressive year by his best hitter.

I can't believe the team is even entertaining thoughts about trading him!

The Red Sox are supposed to be buyers this trading season, yet for some insane reason, the front office is actually thinking about trying to ship off their team's best hitter.

Critics of Manny keep talking about how he is getting old, and his numbers are starting slip— how he might have outgrown his usefulness. That's right, I can't imagine how a .302 batting average, a .400 OBP, and freaking 65 RBI could possibly be useful!

I will tell you what; I bet you, more so than anyone else, that Ted Williams would sympathize with Manny Ramirez.