Giants Getting in on Manny?

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According to Troy Renck:

The Giants, the NL West's most active team this winter, are quietly making an aggressive play for free agent Manny Ramirez, according to a major-league source.
A few thoughts:

1) Sabean just can't keep his hands off old players with track records.

2) Barry Bonds II.

3) This would make the Giants the favorites in the NL West.

4) The Giants could be that Wild Card team Boras always banks on and always gets.

5) This would be a double shot at the Dodgers. One, the Giants just took away the Dodgers best player from right under their nose. Two, Manny will get to prove 19 times why Coletti should have paid him the money. There's motivation for you (well, for at least one season).

6) This could just be a negotiating ploy set up by Boras to get leverage against the Dodgers by threatening 5).