bostonherald.com - 8/8/2008
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S T. LOUIS - Manny and the Dodgers, sittin in a tree. The perfect summer fling. They use him and he uses them. A superficial Hollywood relationship built on nothing but sexiness and star power. Three months, tops. I don t think either party knows at this point, Dodgers manager Joe Torre said yesterday when asked about the team s long-term prospects of keeping Ramirez, who went 1-for-3 with a ...
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Baseball Today: Friday, August 8
Projo Sox Blog —
... TODAY'S MANNY UPDATE: No, as you can see, he still hasn't cut his hair -- this picture is from yesterday -- and he still hasn't faded from our consciousness. En route from Kansas City to Chicago, the Herald's Tony Massarotti stopped off in St. Louis to catch up with Manny Ramirez, whose new team was playing the Cardinals. Manny wouldn't talk about Boston ("That's in the past. It doesn't matter."), but Joe Torre and Derek Lowe spoke about the newest Dodger and the ever-honest Lowe had the day's most insightful comment: "He's about as ...
I Know It Won’t Last, But I’m Loving It So Far
Mike Scioscia's tragic illness —
So, funny story. A certain future Hall of Fame outfielder (let’s call him “Manny R.” No, that’s too obvious. “M. Ramirez.” Am I even outdoing myself with these Simpsons references?) who’d been enigmatic in his previous home, to put it nicely, decides he no longer wants to stay where he is and forces his way out. After an ugly divorce, he shows up in his new home and has done ...
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baseballthinkfactory.org 8/8/2008 — Skeeter Newsome Heavy Stuff, sez “More Manny!”
Do you wonder a little about Manny Ramirez’s unusual final days in Boston? The commissioner’s office apparently wonders as well. We found this tidbit in a Dan Shaughnessy column posted on Boston.com this ...
Dodgers vs. Cardinals - Box Score - August 07, 2008
scores.espn.go.com 8/8/2008 — Los Angeles Dodgers Hitters AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG J Pierre CF 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .279 A Jones CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .164 M Kemp RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .293 J Kent 2B 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 .261 P Ozuna PR-2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 M Ramirez LF 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 .565 J Loney 1B 4 0 ...
Manny Mania Grips Los Angeles [MLB]
deadspin.com 8/8/2008 — New item at the Dodgers Pro Shop beginning next week: Dodger hat with attached dreadlocks. (This is true). So much for Joe Torre's request that Manny Ramirez get a haircut; that's the last thing Frank McCourt wants to see happen now that his team is ...
Settle Down Everyone; There's No Manny Probe [MLB]
deadspin.com 8/11/2008 — The Boston Globe reported today that Bud Selig was ordering an investigation into the Manny Ramirez trade; specifically looking at allegations that agent Scott Boras orchestrated the whole thing. But no, gun-jumpers; no soup for you. Selig said that ...
Don’t Hate the Player: Manny Ramirez —
Bleacher Report - MLB 8/8/2008
Okay, so the picture probably isn’t a fitting one, since Manny Ramirez more closely parallels The Joker than Batman, but the image is important. It is Manny Ramirez…in a Los Angeles Dodgers uniform.
The trade that sent him there has ...
