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Mike Schmidt pans Manny's exit act
Hall of Fame third baseman Mike Schmidt, appearing tonight at McCoy Stadium, said that Manny Ramirez's behavior in his final days in Boston was "from a player's standpoint, one of the worst things I've ever witnessed in the history of the game." Schmidt was at McCoy Stadium to throw out one of the first pitches (also on hand to throw out a pitch was Olympic swimmer Elizabeth Beisel) before ...
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Manny Offends An Old-Timer (Part XVIII)
The House That Dewey Built — Mike Schmidt, the legendary Philadelphia Phillies third baseman, was in Pawtucket yesterday to throw out the first pitch at McCoy Stadium.  Like several other surviving Hall of Famers, the 58-year-old has some opinions to share about the modern day player, most of which would sound completely appropriate if followed by the phrase “dag nabbit”. ProJo According to Schmidt: Manny’s final days in a Red Sox uniform are “from a player’s standpoint, one of the worst things I’ve ever witnessed in the history of the game ...

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