Manny Ramirez unleashes his own rapper's delight

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Yardwork: Poor Cubbies
Published 9/12/2007 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... Boston 16, Tampa Bay 10: Wakefield’s impressive run of three straight starts ended, but the Red Sox bats came through with 20 hits, including the 29th homer for David Ortiz. Also, injured Manny raps, wearing shades straight outta the 80s. ...

Manny Ramirez Can Rap, Too!
Published 9/12/2007 by Matt Watson at FanHouse
... and Red Sox Monster) ...

Translation Worthy? Manny Ramirez vs. David Ortiz YouTube Battle
Published 9/12/2007 by David Chalk at Bugs & Cranks
... . So when I saw that Dan Lamothe at Red Sox Monster had unearthed Manny Ramirez s own YouTube video, I immediately sent it to my friend and translator extraordinaire Ernesto El Puma Diaz, author of Ecuadorian Nights , for analysis. (I neglected to ask him if Dominican rapper Cr8zy Joe s name would be pronounced in Spanish as Cr-Ocho-Zy Ho.) Meanwhile the tests for linguistic hilarity came back negative. There is none of Papi s inventive Sesame Street-esque lines like Here comes the guy who s gonna pinch your nines or The batters I protect with the eight. But the video has been misrepresented by the four major sites that have reported it ...