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Manny Mania Grips Los Angeles [MLB]
deadspin.com - 8/8/2008
Manny Mania Grips Los Angeles [MLB]
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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 making scratch off of its big acquisition. Reason the hats will fly off the shelves: Manny loves the National League. What better place to hit ...

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‘I’ll kick you out of this house if you don’t cut that hair’
River Avenue Blues — ... While Manny Ramirez may be hitting .565/.615/1.130 in the early going with the Dodgers, apparently a 341 OPS+ isn’t quite good enough for Joe Torre. In a piece that notes the $200,000 Dodger fans have spent on Manny merchandise in the past week, Deadspin scribe Rick Chandler reports that Torre would like to see Manny cut his trademark dreadlocks. Oh, Joe. When will you ever learn? ...

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