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May 4, 2007

Seattle cries foul on Ramirez home run

"Manny's still rounding the bases, but Sox get the win," says Boston Dirt Dogs today. And boy was that a long stare that Ramirez gave his eighth-inning home run off Chris Reitsma to win yesterday's game with Seattle. It was quite a night for Manny, who did his best Willie Mays impersonation while basket catching a routine pop-up for the second out of the disastrous 5-run Seattle first inning, then blasted one over the Monster off Horacio "no relation" Ramirez, before hitting a real rocket off Reitsma to win it in the eighth. "I can see why he probably admired it," said manager Terry Francona after the game.

From the Seattle clubhouse, there was annoyance not so much at Manny's theatrics, but about the fact that the umpires did not ring Ramirez up on his check swing just before the faithful home run. "We had Manny struck out, plain and simple," said manager Mike Hargrove. Meanwhile, Mariner fans don't think Hargrove should have pitched to Ramirez at all.

Ramirez now stands at 475 home runs for his career, tied for 27th all-time with Stan Musial and Willie Stargell. He's two home runs short of Jim Thome and three home runs short of Alex Rodriguez on that list. He has multiple hits in four straight games, a stretch in which he is hitting 8 for 17 with three home runs and six RBI. But tonight he faces Carlos Silva, a guy against whom he is 0 for 9 for his career.

By the way, Onion Sports lampoons Ramirez today in their (fake) story, "Ramirez asks Red Sox if he can work from home."

Posted by Mike McDermott at 12:33 PM to Projo Mannybeingmanny | Permalink

Comments

I am embarassed to be a red sox fan and question front office mgmt for not controlling Manny's childish behavior

s.g. | May 4, 2007 7:07 PM link

I think that they should get rid of him now while they can still get something decent for him. He is an embarrassment and a total nuisance, to the rest of the players on the team. He is as large a distraction as Pedro Martinez was and we are much better off without him. He's hitting 230-250, where's the beef. He's a pro, he's supposed to be ready, don't say its early in the season....hell they've already played close to 100games counting spring training....oh I forgot, he only plays in spring training when he wants to play!!! Prima Donna that we don't need. Yaz and Williams and even Rice must cringe when they watch or watched him play!!!! Get rid of him/.

joe | May 7, 2007 12:57 PM link