MANNY RAMIREZ: BEST PLAYER

dwmatty19 disaproves!

i want to write choi hoon a fan letter. do you think he would understand me?????????

Choon Hoi Ranks the 2008 NL Rotations

Look==>Mark Prior died and went to Bud Balk heaven. Felipe Alou is crying because his "ace" is Barry Zito.

I so need to learn Korean.

You also should look into learning who the manager of the Giants is.

I wish I had the discipline to spend one season receiving all my baseball info from that site.

You actually read a post of mine that didn't have statistics in it?

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The moustache confused me. But now I know he is from France.

Rigolez aux Géants de St.-Francisque.

Manny Ramirez is my favorite player in Major League Baseball.

I wish he'd gotten thrown out at second on that last play.

You watch your mouth (tho it's nice to see Manny in mid-season form).

I think Ortiz (scuse me, whoever pinch-ran for Ortiz) had already crossed the plate, so it wouldn't have mattered score-wise. I'd just like to see something slightly bad happen to him for standing there and staring at his glorious handiwork.

He's gotten plenty of comeuppance for his Mannyness -- I think he was thrown out @ the plate during the playoffs last year for doing that whole stupid toss-my-helmet-it-slow-me trick. Never mind that majestic single he hit off the top of the Jacobs Field RCF wall during the ALCS.

Ramirez was presented with an oversized check for 1,000,000 yen (about $10,000) for being MVP of the game. He also gets a color laser printer.

ah damn i didnt see it posted on the sox thread

He told a postgame interviewer that he would use that yen as "gas money". No word on what he would use the printer for.

No word on what he would use the printer for.

-a quick buck on ebay?

-print more yen?

-admire it

-try photocopying his butt

i'm sure he'll just put it on display in his trophy case.

as someone who has spent all week trying to get color laser printers shipped to a remote island for too much money i am v v jealous of manny today u_u

has everyone seen this?
http://images.overthemonster.com/images/admin/MannyNuts.jpg

Just love this guy.

Everybody is invited to his house tonight for drinks . . .

. . . but if he dies while having drinks with you, he dies as a champion.

The Wave.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/tracerhand/manny.jpg

“After all this is over, all I want is for my kids to go to college and to be their best friend,” Ramírez said. “That’s all I want. I don’t care about home runs or whatever.”

<3<3<3<3<3<3<3

I like Manny a lot

Aw, cankles brought us this quality thread. More like this.

http://imgnews.naver.com/image/sports/cartoon/2004/20041203_seqNo_65_inner_img_1_1102036244.gif

NOT LITERALLY

If someone posts the Barry Zito one I will post my mom's translation of what he is saying to Alyssa Milano.

Sometimes when he has a night like this, I wonder if we haven't abruptly switched places with a discrete parallel version of MLB taking place inside Manny's snow globe.

This is probably the best he's looked in 2+ years. His numbers are always so consistent by the end of the season that you forget that he's a pretty serious streak hitter, and that his good streaks are beyond ridiculous.

I can't recall him having this sort of streak last year (unless that run of post-season ridiculosity counts, and, hey, maybe it does).

contraaaaact yeeeeeeaaaarrrrr

BLASPHEME

Ramírez has 160 runs batted in against the Yankees, the most for any active player against any club. He has 29 homers at Yankee Stadium, three behind the Hall of Famer Goose Goslin for the most by a visiting player. Will he miss the old park when it’s gone?

“I don’t care,” Ramírez said. “I don’t play here.”

just manny being uncanny.

so much to love about this man

i really wished the Indians could have kept him (and Thome).

Manny warming to the press is the best thing to happen to MLB in the past 10 years.

“I don’t care,” Ramírez said. “I don’t play here.”

ZEN FUCKING MASTER.

http://news.naver.com/sports/index.nhn?category=mlb&ctg=cartoon&mod=read&id=280&office_id=223&type=mlb&article_id=0000000211

my mind...

http://imgnews.naver.com/image/223/2008/03/10/ga_01.jpg

http://imgnews.naver.com/image/223/2008/03/10/ga_01.jpg

MADNESS

Many – including Ramirez himself – believe Farnsworth’s message pitch to Ramirez might have been retaliation for Alex Rodriguez getting drilled by David Aardsma the previous night, just a few innings after launching a long home run against Clay Buchholz.

“You know, we hit one of their best players last night, and I guess they want to send a message,” Ramirez said after Thursday’s game. “They need to back up their players, and they did.”

"Manny gave me a big hug when I got in here, but he hugs me everyday so I don't know what that means," Pedroia said with a smile in the clubhouse.

haha

Manny Ramírez, meanwhile, spent a couple of minutes in the clubhouse trying to convince reporters the Sox should trade Tavarez for one of Milwaukee's sausages, the stars of the race that occurs prior to every seventh inning in Miller Park. That was after he announced that Tavarez should be traded to Tampa Bay.

Awesome.

I like how "traded to tampa bay" comes across like "eaten by wolves."

Manny Ramirez Impresses Triple-A Teammates With Knowledge Of Shapes

released by the rangers : /

From Grant Brisbee today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wael9BKe5-g

"The intersection of perfection and truth is hard to find. It's easy to get lost, even if you think you have a map. But, here, friends. Here it is."

What's being left out of the narrative is that Manny got 2 other hits that day, and both of them left the park (without bouncing).

goat

his swing is like butter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLnB4UVNoUQ

oops double

NEVER TO RETURN! ha hhahaha

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Cubs sign Manny Ramirez to be player-coach at Triple-A Iowa

CHICAGO - The Chicago Cubs today signed Manny Ramirez to a minor league contract to be a player-coach at Triple-A Iowa. President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein, who was with Ramirez for seven years in the Boston Red Sox organization, made the announcement.

"We are excited to welcome Manny to the Cubs organization and look forward to him working with our young hitters," Epstein said. "Manny is not only one of the best hitters of all time, he is also a dedicated student of hitting and has proven to be a gifted teacher with younger teammates who have worked with him in the batting cage. Behind the scenes he has always been a tireless worker who is very serious about the craft of hitting. Manny has made real mistakes in the past but he has owned up to them and moved his life in a positive direction the last couple of years. He is in a really great place right now and wants to share the lessons he's learned along the way. We think he deserves another chance and that our young hitters will benefit from it."

"While Manny is not and will not be a fit on the Cubs major league roster, we do think at this stage of his life he's a nice fit as a mentor for some of the young talented hitters we have in the organization. Manny will coach full-time and play part-time in a limited role that does not take at-bats away from our prospects. If he shows there is still some magic in his bat, perhaps he will find his way to the major leagues and help another team, but that is not why he is here. We are thrilled that he wants to work with our young hitters and make a difference."

Ramirez, 41, is a lifetime .312 hitter with 555 home runs in 2,302 games covering 19 major league seasons.

"I'm at the stage of my life and career where I really want to give something back to the game that I love -- the game that has meant so much to me and done so much for me and my family," Ramirez said. "I know I am nearing the end of my playing days, but I have a lot of knowledge to pass on to the next generation - both what to do and what not to do. The Cubs have some very talented young hitters, and I would love nothing more than to make a positive impact on their careers. I am passionate about baseball and about hitting, and I have a lot to offer. While I would love to return to the major leagues, I leave that in God's hands. My focus will be on working with the young hitters, making sure they don't make the same mistakes I made, and helping the team any way I can."

Ramirez will report to the Cubs' spring training facility in Mesa, Ariz., for at-bats in extended spring training before joining Iowa.

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i miss him

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhSvjMhmJz0

can't wait until Manny is available to sub for my softball team.

Changed Ramirez enjoyed helping Cubs prospects grow

the deal retired all-star Manny Ramirez signed to swing a bat in Japan’s independent league is truly next level. To play for the so-called Kochi Fighting Dogs, the former Red Sox slugger secured the following perks: One, he gets chauffeured around Japan in a Benz. Two, he’s staying at a $700-a-night luxury hotel. Three, he’ll be wearing a No. 99 jersey with “Manny” on the back. Four, practices “are apparently optional.” And five (which let’s assume was the clincher), he gets all the free sushi he can eat for the entire season.

I was saying this to my dad before Manny signed in Japan, but I bet the dude could still slug in MLB. Offensively, he never really had a bad year, save for his last 5 game stint, in Tampa Bay (lol). I was sort of wishing, fantasizing really, that the Red Sox would sign him for DH. He's 44, but I bet if he got in shape he could be an above average hitter. Same thing could've been said about Barry Bonds circa 2008-2011, but he was toxic. So is Manny, to a lesser extent.

god i kind of forgot how sick a hitter manny was up to the very end. that post-trade second half in 2008 with the dodgers? son.

god i kind of forgot how sick a hitter manny was up to the very end. that post-trade second half in 2008 with the dodgers? son.

Yeah exactly. Offensively, he never had a bad season! His worst year (90 games, 2010), he hit .298/.409/.460 with 20 HRs. If he stayed healthy and motivated, I bet he could have played through the last six years effectively. People forget he really was one of the best, most consistent hitters of the last 50 years.

need to revive this. i had forgotten about this story where he finally talks to the press in order to answer questions about his neighbour’s grill:

https://eu.telegram.com/story/sports/pro/2007/03/21/manny-moment-he-breaks-silence/52947277007/

Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac)
Posted: 7 March 2024 at 15:04:00

Millar: (Julian Tavarez and Manny) had this drink. It was like whiskey and it was this Latin cocktail they’d shake up in this old bottle, like a big old Perrier bottle. They put all this stuff in it: a shot of whiskey, honey, lemon. Well, Manny had the idea of throwing in Viagara pills and didn’t tell anybody. We were all taking shots of this stuff and it was like: “Let’s go play!”

Arroyo: Manny loved a laugh.

Leskanic: You know how they have the Silver Slugger award? I told him that this year they were going to give out a Silver Glove award. So we all spray-painted his glove silver and hung it in his locker. He said: “Lesky, I told you I was going to win the Silver Glove award!”

McCarty: For all the s— he took about his defense, he really worked at it.

Garciaparra: Manny put in the work.

Leskanic: We would go out and have some drinks together. All his drinks had Red Bull. I’d say: “Manny, every time I see you, you’ve got a Red Bull in your hand. Why do you drink so much Red Bull?” And he would say in his dreams he could take longer batting practice because of the energy.

Millar: Only Manny.

Arroyo: Manny was so cheap, when we would check out of a hotel, all his incidentals he would freaking send to Edgar Rentería’s bill every time. You’d see Edgar arguing with the hotel manager that he didn’t have all this food.

Leskanic: That’s true! Terry Adams was checking out, and I was right behind him. Terry was like: “I didn’t get four massages. I wasn’t even here for four days, how the hell would I get four massages?” Manny put it on his bill!

Foulke: Manny would do the same thing to Julian (Tavarez). Julian knew him really well. He’d go into his wallet and get money out.

Leskanic: Schilling made these “why not us” T-shirts. Manny took them all, put them all in his locker, 25 shirts, and he wore a different one home every night.

Arroyo: Manny would open up his man purse and he’d have $10,000 in there.

Leskanic: I just loved the guy.

a shame no team was ever able to assemble a roster that included Martinez, Adrian Beltre and Bartolo Colon.

Manny b Manny

Confirmed: Manny Ramirez has not retired @BBisntBoring pic.twitter.com/C0O56lmCfD

— Rob Bradford (@bradfo) April 8, 2024

I know a team where could step right into the 5th or 6th slot in the order.

love the replies on this

Manny Ramirez

Today, the Red Sox will be depositing another…

$2,033,628.00

In Manny’s bank account

Payments are July 1st every year until 2026

Have a nice daypic.twitter.com/lUXEC9yXk8

— Boston Sports Info (@bostonsportsinf) July 1, 2024

Running 1000-1 pro-Manny.