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April 6, 2007
Coming into the weekend series in Texas, Manny has reached base in five of his last nine plate appearances. The Rangers Ballpark -- which, you may remember, Ramirez would have called home had the A-Rod deal actually happened -- has been a pretty good place for him over the years. He's hitting .321 for his career in Arlington, above his lifetime average, with 7 home runs.
Earlier this week the Cleveland Plain Dealer spoke to Ramirez's former Indians teammate, Jim Thome, about the very real possibility that both men will reach 500 home runs this season. I still remember how that Indians lineup used to put fear into my heart whenever the Red Sox would play them back in the late '90s -- kind of like the Yankees' lineup as the season wound down last year. I also remember the crowd at Fenway chanting "Mann-y's hit-less" during that memorable 1999 ALDS.
It's kind of strange, but here humor columnist Christopher Wilson relates the Manny grill episode with a Texas ban on mouth jewelry in school. Mouth jewelry?
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