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Per ESPN Deportes: "The Oakland Athletics are 'very interested' in making Manny Ramirez their designated hitter next season," a source said. (The source, we'd assume, is a baseball insider named "Bott Scoras," but we digress.) Ramirez appeared in a supremely forgettable 17 at-bats for the Rays last year before he retired because a less forgettable positive drug test posed a potential 100-game suspension. (Manny struck a deal with MLB this offseason, so he'll only miss 50 games if he comes back.) Then he was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence in September. More »
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Your roundup of all the hottest hot-stove items of the day (and whatever shit Ken Rosenthal is throwing against the wall). This is ... HOT FUCKING STOVE!! More »
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Former Red Sox/Dodgers/Indians left fielder/enigma Manny Ramirez was arrested in Weston, Florida earlier this evening on battery charges after a domestic dispute, the Miami Herald reported. More »
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Perhaps you thought Manny Ramirez had faded away into that flickering twilight, where we'd reminisce about what a truly spectacular athlete he was. Some folks, Joe Posnanski foremost among them, would argue for Manny's Hall of Fame credentials, while others would want him nowhere near Cooperstown. More »
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Sara Rimer, a former reporter for the New York Times, returned to the paper's pages yesterday with a lovely, nostalgic piece about following the George Washington High School baseball team during its 1991 season. Manny Ramirez, then an 18-year-old on his way to signing with the Cleveland Indians, quickly became her focus. There's a series of captivating photos from his high school days, and anecdotes like teenage Manny's Bo Jackson moment : More »
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Your morning roundup for April 14, the day San Dimas High School football no longer rules in the eyes of the Chinese government. More »
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Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times reports that after the MLB alerted Tampa Bay's Manny Ramirez to "an issue" under its drug program, the two-time world champion chose to retire "rather than continue with the process." [@BillShaikin, ESPN] More »
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Roy Oswalt was struck "in the upper body" with a line drive hit off of Manny Ramirez's bat today in Port Charlotte, Fla. Crossing Broad captured the video, and while at first glance it appears to hit him in the back of the head, initial reports state that he was struck above the right shoulder and has a "bruised neck." He made it off the field his own and will now attempt to prepare for a life without neck modeling. More »
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Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »
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In sports, everyone is a winner—some people just win better than others. Like Manny Ramirez, who in his first presser with the White Sox pretended not to speak English and required the translation services of third base coach Joey Cora. More »
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Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »
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Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in this morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »
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Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day More »
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Fresh off last year's season of scrutiny, ManRam is determined to prove that performance enhancers were not the reason for his All-Star swat. He's all business, the Dodgers say. 99 Problems But My Swing Ain't One, Manny's shirt says. More »
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According to a Dodgers beat writer, Manny Ramirez is endorsing a strip club-themed energy drink named "Sum Poosie." I would've thought Juicy Juice to be more appropriate, but whatever. [Twitter] More »
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Monday: "I know I'm not going to be here next year." Tuesday: "I'll play three more for this team and two more in Japan." Gee, who could have seen that coming from Manny "Crazy Train" Ramirez? [Ledger/LA Daily News] More »
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The players' union has struck down the "Manny Ramirez provision," which allowed teams to force players to donate to charity as part of their contracts. But it looks like the MLBPA might've hurt their own guys on this one. More »
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Dodgers fans must feel like they have just come off a cycle and are taking hCG as it was announced that Manny Ramirez will not exercise the escape clause in his contract and will remain a Dodger. [Los Angeles Times] More »
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Manny Ramirez was in the shower when Jimmy Rollins's double ended last night's game. So for all we know, he still thinks the Dodgers won. Shh, don't anybody tell him! [FOXSports] More »
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Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »
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Steroids? In Boston's clubhouse? Big news a week ago. Now it's something of an afterthought that a pair of team staffers were let go for steroid use. But this story's going to be huge, and I'll tell you why. More »
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Nothing really happens to the Red Sox until Curt Schilling says it happens, so the pitching maestro sat down with himself for an informative Q & A about how the David Ortiz situation affects Curt Schilling. More »
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"What I speak out of my mouth is the truth," says Jose Canseco, sounding very much like a man carrying two stone tablets down Mount Sinai. "It burns like fire. Just remember, I have never lied about this subject." More »
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"Of all the days for me to fly cross-country... I nominate this as my all-time worst finding news out on a blackberry moment." [SportsFellaTweets] More »
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Here we go ... Lawyers with "knowledge of the results" of MLB's 2003 steroid tests says that both Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz are among the players who tested positive for performance enhancing drugs. More »
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Manny held out of lineup on his bobblehead night. Fail, right? At least until his pinch-hit, eventual gamewinning grand slam. If not for the whole steroids thing, he'd be quite the marketable athlete. [MLB] More »
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Mariotti, July 15: "It's going to take time" for people to move past "the '09 double whammy of Alex Rodriguez and Manny Ramirez." Mariotti, July 17: People have moved past the Manny Ramirez scandal. [Mlive.com] More »
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Manny came back to Mannywood last night, and the fake dreadlocked Dodger fans welcomed him back with open arms, much to the consternation of you know who. More »
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Professional grumpypants Bill Plaschke really hates Manny Ramirez. In fact, the only thing he hates more than Manny is people who refuse to hate Manny as much as he does. Why can't they see what Bill Plaschke sees? More »
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Manny Ramirez's time with the Albuquerque Isotopes was uneventful: four plate appearances, zero hits, one walk, and one near-riot when he left the stadium during a pregame rain delay. But some good did come of his AAA sojourn. More »
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After all the effort I expended learning about the Inland Empire 66ers, Manny Ramirez will actually be playing his first minor league pre-post-suspension game for the Albuquerque Isotopes, forcing me to work even harder to dig up obscure Simpsons references. More »
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You've probably never heard of them, but the Dodgers' Class A affiliate is about to become the hottest ticket in minor league baseball. Inland Empire just might be the first stop on the Manny Being Manny Reunion Tour. More »
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Oh, Manny. Hiding in the Green Monster, cutting off cutoffs, popping women's fertility drugs and, on Tuesday, surprising everyone by showing up in the Dodgers clubhouse. Well that's not exactly allowed, ESPN's Buster Olney reports. More »
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Who said social activism was dead? We're living in the Age of Obama, which means everyone is all jazzed about public service, and there's no better way to voice your displeasure with the bureaucracy of Major League Baseball than to... vote Manny Ramirez into the All-Star game! More »
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The New York Times' ethicist-in-chief declares that Manny Ramirez's steroid use was unwise, unsafe and "mars the beauty of the game," but it wasn't particularly unethical. [NYT] More »
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The AP's source in the locker room described Ramirez as being "uncomfortable" during the meeting. Still, handshakes and bro-hugs were plentiful after he spoke. [AP] More »
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I beg of you Los Angeles: embrace this. If you let him play with a pink bat for the next 40-some games, you'll forget about Manny. [Juanpierrewood] More »
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Here it is, folks. Served up piping hot by Kurt Streeter in Sunday's Los Angeles Times — the platonic ideal of a steroid-outrage column. More »
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MLB is breaking out pink bats again in honor of Mother's Day and to support breast cancer awareness. To promote early screening, doctors will be giving a lifetime of free mammograms to Arod and Manny. More »
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