Look at me!! I met Manny!

I thought the column was going to end differently. I can see the value of writing a Manny Is Really A Nice Guy column but not that way.

 

There is a column there in the hands of a talented writer. Reporters and athletes often make small talk about common interests. Two golf nuts might talk equipment or compare notes about local courses. But they aren't setting tee times together. A normal player who is interested in Armenian food would ask for a recommendation and file it away in his mind. Manny basically asks the dude to take him out to lunch. Is Manny an idiot savant? Is it child-like innocence? Is he crazy like a fox? You could use it as opportunity to explain who this guy is. Or you can use it to drop names and give us insight into how much of a self-absorbed starfucker the author is.