dailynews.com - 6/10/2009
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Despite all he has done, a spot on the bench still is in Juan Pierre's near future. Manager Joe Torre confirmed Tuesday when Manny Ramirez returns from his 50-game suspension early next month, he plans to sit one of the team's hottest hitters. Pierre entered Tuesday's game against the San Diego ...
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blogs.pe.com - 6/10/2009
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LOS ANGELES -- Manny Ramirez made an impromptu
visit to the Dodgers clubhouse this afternoon, meeting with...
his teammates for the second time since his 50-game suspension from steroids. He emerged from Manager Joe Torre's office around 3:50 and walked ...
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... Furthermore, his .198 MLVr trails only Ramirez (.641), [Casey] Blake (.249) and [Matt] Kemp (.211) among Dodger regulars, which raises the question of what happens once Ramirez returns. Last week, manager Joe Torre told reporters he'd be headed back to the bench, but given Andre Ethier's slump in Ramirez's absence (.233/.296/.404) and struggles against lefties (.195/.279 /.377), it's not hard to envision a potential Ramirez-Pierre-Kemp alignment working its way into Torre's rotation; Pierre is hitting .411/.476/.518 in 65 PA against lefties, the kind of small-sample performance ...
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Ramirez visits with Dodgers teammates (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 6/10/2009
Manny Ramirez visited his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates before their game against San Diego on Tuesday night, popping into the clubhouse before a home game for the first time since his suspension for violating Major League Baseball's drug policy. The ...
