mlb.mlb.com - 8/15/2008
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LOS ANGELES -- After two weeks of lingering questions about his hair, Manny Ramirez finally put an end to "Dread-Gate" by getting about an inch cut off his famous dreadlocks at a Los Angeles barbershop Thursday before arriving at Dodger Stadium. > Ramirez joked he was in "the principal's office" after meeting with manager Joe Torre in his office to show him the cut, ordered by Torre per ...
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Manny Ramirez Gets A Haircut, Trims Dreadlocks About An Inch
FanIQ Blog —
As soon as Manny Ramirez arrived in Los Angeles, Joe Torre kindly demanded that he cut his hair. However, I think what Torre had in mind was a little more substantial that what Manny came to the ballpark with Thursday night.
Leave it to Manny to interpret his discussion with his manager by his own rules.
Ramirez DID cut his dreadlocks, but only just an inch. Go figure. Maybe he needed a bathroom break and it cut the barber visit short? We'll never know.
Torre still seemed satisfied by "the process." ...
Baseball Today: Friday, August 15
Projo Sox Blog —
... LETTER OF THE LAW: Ramirez gave in to Joe Torre's request to cut his hair -- sort of -- by having about an inch taken off his dreadlocks. (mlb.com; AP Photo at right) Said Torre when asked if he'd ask Ramirez to cut them again: "It's a process." ...
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Manny Ramirez Gets A Haircut, Trims Dreadlocks About An Inch
FanIQ.com 8/15/2008 —
As soon as Manny Ramirez arrived in Los Angeles, Joe Torre kindly demanded that he cut his hair. However, I think what Torre had in mind was a little more substantial that what Manny came to the ballpark with Thursday night.
Leave it to Manny ...
Manny gets a haircut, then goes hitless
boston.com 8/15/2008 — Manny trimmed his hair a bit before last night's game. (FSN screen image courtesy of Al Belcuore)
Our long national nightmare is over. Manny Ramirez got a haircut before last night's Dodgers-Phillies game in LA. Sort of. "He was within the rules ...
Ramirez gets his dreadlocks trimmed —
Boston.com -- Baseball News 8/15/2008
The best-known dreadlocks in these parts got a little shorter Thursday. Heeding the request of his manager, Manny Ramirez got a haircut, but as teammate Jeff Kent said with a smile, holding his thumb and forefinger about an inch apart: "Yeah, about ...
