Manny the Greatest?

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Baseball Today: Tuesday, May 13
Published 5/13/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... NO OFFENSE: Jim Rice says he's not at all irritated by Manny Ramirez' claim that he's the best defensive left fielder in Red Sox history, but then he basically asserts that Manny is full of beans. (ask14.sullivantire.com) ...

Ask 14: Rice: Manny the Greatest?
Published 5/13/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Ask 14: Rice: Manny the Greatest? Jim Rice on Manny’s defense...and is prolly really ticked about the nifty new Roy White bio at the SABR Baseball Biography Project! Manny said in an article in the Boston Herald today that he is the greatest left fielder ever to play Fenway. Actually, you like to see this type of attitude in a player, because to be a successful professional athlete, you have to be confident in your abilities. It’s this type of attitude that leads to the success that Manny has had in the game of baseball. I don’t take this to be a personal insult on ...

Jim Rice Would Like to Remind You of Another Pretty Cool Dude Who Played Left Field for the Sox
Published 5/15/2008 by Red (noreply@blogger.com) at Surviving Grady
Sure, he can transform the occasional putout into a Spielbergian affair like this (thanks to Ian for the video): But is Manny the best Sox left fielder ever, as he told Rob Bradford earlier this week? Jim Ed's not so sure: I don’t take this to be a personal insult on my play as a leftfielder; I like and respect Manny and we talk regularly at the ballpark. I do disagree with him though. Manny is a great hitter (one of the best of his era) but it is unfair to compare him to Me or Yaz or ...