If anyone is interested in really getting to the heart of the difference between Jason Bay and Manny Ramirez, one need only look as far as this interview of Bay with ESPN the Magazine:How many ticket requests did you turn down?
"It's actually been easy because, unbeknownst to me, we don't get tickets. During the season you get so many tickets provided. During the playoffs, you have to request before that you need this many tickets. I didn't know that, so when people asked me, I said, 'Sorry, I don't have any.'"
The lesson: when it comes to asking for extra tickets, Jason Bay just doesn't want it as bad as Manny Ramirez does.
