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latimes.com - 6/28/2009
SoCal really lets Manny have it . . . with love - Los Angeles Times
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We arrived in hilly Riverside County on a scorching Saturday afternoon, the fertility drug fatale and I, same game, different missions. Manny Ramirez was here to play for the Class-A Inland Empire 66ers on his first phony rehab assignment in Southern California. I was here to find a Dodgers fan ...
Dodgers Fans And Manny, Perfect For Each Other
rumorsandrants.com - 7/6/2009
Dodgers Fans And Manny, Perfect For Each Other
— rumorsandrants.com — So I’m back home in San Diego this weekend, celebrating the Fourth of July holiday with my... family. It was great, awesome time, glad I did it. It was also the weekend of Manny Ramirez’s return from a 50-game suspension for testing positive for a banned substance. Manny’s ... (more) Dodgers Fans And Manny, Perfect For Each Other

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Manny Returns to the Dodger Lineup
baseballreflections.com - 7/4/2009
Manny Returns to the Dodger Lineup
— baseballreflections.com — Image by Getty Images via Daylife Manny Ramirez returns to the Dodgers’ lineup tomorrow not as a... pariah , but as a prodigal son . All has been foriven after his 50-game exile for testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs when he takes the field for the Dodgers in ... (more) Manny Returns to the Dodger Lineup

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jsonline.com - 7/3/2009
Fox sets one-Manny show
— jsonline.com — Such is Fox Sports' belief in baseball fans' curiosity about the return of Los Angeles Dodgers leftfielder... Manny Ramirez that it will carry Ramirez's first at-bat live to a national audience during its Saturday game of the week regional telecasts. (more) Fox sets one-Manny show

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Mike Scioscia's tragic illness:  Bill Plaschke Stands By His Words... Until He Doesn't

Deadspin:  Bill Plaschke's Unhealthy Manny Obsession [Media Meltdowns]

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Bill Plaschke Stands By His Words... Until He Doesn't
Mike Scioscia's tragic illness — ... After a long weekend, I decided I needed a comedy pick-me-up, and therefore headed straight over to see what kind of drivel Bill Plaschke was writing about today. As expected, it's yet another diatribe about how Bill's got the vapors that no one's as horrified over what Manny did as he is. In fact, Bill couldn't find a single person at the Inland Empire park who would agree with him. Which means, I don't know, that maybe Bill's completely out of touch with the public? ...

Bill Plaschke's Unhealthy Manny Obsession [Media Meltdowns]
Deadspin — ... No such luck for Plaschke, however. Manny's fans still like him. He signed autographs. He hit a home run! Yet, they refuse to boo. Manny cheated Bill Plaschke out of ... something. Why won't they make him pay for it? At least, Manny's next stop (an actual MLB game in San Diego) did provide Bill with a small moment of solace: David eckstein, toiling in obscurity in sd, is my favorite world series mvp ever Of course. SoCal really lets Manny have it . . . with love [LA Times] Bill Plaschke @ LAT ...

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