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Manny Ramirez Wants a Gold Glove
Manny Ramirez Wants a Gold Glove
It's widely accepted that the one part of baseball not adequately covered by statistics is fielding. There are a ton of metrics out there but none has established itself as the gold standard for evaluating a player's skill. One thing they all agree on, though, is that Manny Ramirez is heading to the Hall of Fame because of his bat and not because of his glove. Well, almost all of them agree ...
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The Joy of Manny!
umpbump.com — ... suggests he might want to consider retracting considering that Jim Rice is still a very, very large man. But the most apt turn-of-phrase may be found in this article by Josh Alper for the FanHouse , presciently written earlier this week: If the Gold Glove was an award for sheer entertainment value, Manny would have a dozen of them by now. Alas, the awards are supposed to be for fielding excellence. I know, I know, ...

Manny Ramirez' Gold Glove lobbying continues...
Steady Burn — David Ortiz was placed on the 15-day DL today. When asked about filling in for Ortiz at DH, the genius of shill himself, Manny Ramirez told the Boston Herald: ...

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