[USML Announce] Manny Happy Returns

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> Edes <http://search.espn.go.com/gordon-edes/>  By Gordon Edes
> ESPNBoston.com
> Archive <http://search.espn.go.com/gordon-edes/>
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> Manny Ramirez <http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2010/0617/bos_g_manny_576.jpg>
> Darren McCollester/Getty ImagesManny Ramirez celebrates the 2004 World
> Series in a way that only Manny could.
>
> In nearly eight seasons with the Red Sox, Manny Ramirez <
> http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=2974>  was many
> things: Slugger, clown, malingerer, entertainer, enigma.
>
>
> In 1,083 games with the franchise, Ramirez left a lasting mark on the Red
> Sox record book. He ranks fifth in team history in home runs (274), seventh
> in RBIs (868), third in slugging percentage (.588) and third in OPS (.999).
>
> But with Ramirez, you can't just talk numbers; you have to talk Manny. His
> colorful comments in the clubhouse, the demeanor that oscillated between
> ebullience and apathy and the bizarre decisions he made during games are as
> essential to the Manny legacy as any statistic, record or trophy. As he
> returns to Fenway on Friday for the first time since the trade that sent him
> to the Dodgers on July 31, 2008, we look back on some of the more memorable
> Manny moments.
>
> ? No. 10 (April 6, 2001): Manny makes a splash in Fenway debut
> In what would become a recurring scene, Ramirez swung at the first pitch he
> saw at Fenway and drove it deep into the stands for a three-run home run in
> the season home opener. Ramirez would go on to win Player of the Month that
> April, hitting a blistering .408 with nine homers and 31 RBIs in his first
> 25 games with the team.
>
> ? No. 9 (May 11, 2004): Manny the Citizen
> In one of his more flamboyant gestures, the Dominican-born all-star raced
> onto the field at the start of a Tuesday night game against the Indians with
> an infectious grin on his face and a miniature American flag in his hand.
> Twenty years after his family emigrated from Santo Domingo to Washington
> Heights, Ramirez had achieved citizenship in the United States at the age of
> 33, and he celebrated his recent naturalization with unabashed joy. For
> Manny, this was no small accomplishment. He had missed the first start of
> his Red Sox career the day before to make it to the required citizenship
> interview in Miami. The Fenway crowd rose to their feet when he stepped up
> to bat in the second inning, giving him a rousing ovation. Neil Diamond's
> "America" was played over the PA system.
>
> ? No. 8 (October 11, 2003): Manny ignites a postseason brawl
> With future Cooperstown fixtures Pedro Martinez <
> http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=2717>  and Roger
> Clemens <http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=1427>
> squaring off on the hill in a pivotal Game 3 of the 2003 ALCS, the crowd at
> Fenway was charged with a particularly volatile electricity that Saturday
> afternoon. This became more than an event, it became a passion play, and
> Manny was right in the middle of it.
>
> [+] EnlargeManny Ramirez  <
> http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/mlb/columns/story?columnist=edes_gordon&id=5292586#>
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>
> AP Photo/Charles KrupaManny Ramirez yells at Roger Clemens during Game 3 of
> the 2003 ALCS.
>
> With no outs in the fourth and runners at second and third, a frustrated
> Martinez flung a fastball behind the head of Karim Garcia <
> http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=3336> , grazing the
> top of his back. Warnings were issued, Martinez and the Yankee bench traded
> profanities, Garcia chopped down Todd Walker <
> http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=3539>  at second
> base on the next play and Martinez appeared to threaten he was planning to
> throw at Jorge Posada's head. When the Red Sox came to bat in the bottom of
> the fourth, Clemens split the plate with an eye-level fastball to Ramirez,
> who ducked away as if the pitch was much closer than it was. Benches cleared
> as one legend approached another, and before anybody could even process the
> ensuing chaos, a livid Don Zimmer was being cast to the ground by Martinez.
> After 15 minutes of carnage, the two teams were untangled, Zimmer was taken
> to the hospital, and New York went on to win the game and the series.
>
>
> ? No. 7 (July 31, 2005): Manny debunks trade talk and wins the game
> Trade rumors were certainly not an uncommon theme of Manny's tenure with
> the Sox. Speculations of possible blockbuster transactions began as early as
> the '03-'04 offseason after a tumultuous year of controversy that ran the
> gamut from sore throat shenanigans to a staunch refusal to pinch hit. Talks
> of a deal quieted down in the wake of the ticker tape parade, but they
> resurfaced more intensely than ever in July 2005. Many believed a move was
> inevitable, based on the frequency of meetings between Manny and the front
> office.
>
> As the 4 p.m. deadline passed that Sunday afternoon, many fans had no idea
> whether Ramirez was still with the team. Then suddenly, he emerged from the
> dugout to pinch hit in the eighth inning of a tie game, and the masses at
> Fenway went berserk. The pandemonium climaxed when Ramirez smacked a ground
> ball up the middle to bring in the go-ahead run. Booed just two nights
> earlier, Manny stood at first base, waving his helmet over his head.
>
> ? No. 6 (July 21, 2004): Manny redefines the cutoff man
> In the seventh inning of a night game against the Orioles at Fenway, David
> Newhan <http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=4081>
> drove a pitch deep into the gap in left-center field. As he headed to third
> for a triple, Sox outfielder Johnny Damon <
> http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=3323>  fielded the
> ball and threw toward the infield. Out of nowhere, Ramirez lunged and
> intercepted the throw, for reasons known only to him. By the time Ramirez
> gathered the ball and wheeled to fire home, Newhan was well on his way to an
> inside-the-park home run.
>
>
> ? No. 5 (October 5, 2007): Manny tags a walkoff in the ALDS
> It was pick your poison when Francisco Rodriguez <
> http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=5357>  and the
> Angels intentionally walked David Ortiz <
> http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=3748>  with two
> outs and a base empty in the ninth inning of Game 2 to face Ramirez. Manny
> had missed almost the entire month of September with a muscle strain.
>
>
> At 12:44 a.m., 34 minutes after the last train was supposed to stop running
> in Kenmore Square, Ramirez stood transfixed at home plate, his arms raised
> overhead, watching as his ninth-inning home run disappeared over the Green
> Monster and into the mists of Red Sox history.
>
> "My train doesn't stop," Ramirez said after his first walkoff home run in a
> Red Sox uniform.
>
> [+] EnlargeManny Ramirez  <
> http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/mlb/columns/story?columnist=edes_gordon&id=5292586#>
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>
> AP Photo/Nick WassManny Ramirez high-fived a fan in Baltimore after making
> and over-the-shoulder catch.
>
> ? No. 4 (May 14, 2008) Manny turns the old over-the-shoulder, high-five,
> turn-and-throw double play
> When Manny makes a great defensive play, it usually gets noticed, mainly
> because they are so few and far between. The double play he turned on a deep
> line drive off the bat of Kevin Millar <
> http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=3820> , however,
> was the stuff of highlight reel infamy. Ramirez actually got a bad jump on
> the ball, but he managed to track it all the way to the wall for an
> outstretched over-the-shoulder snag. Without missing a beat, Manny planted
> his foot on the wall, leapt up to high-five a random fan, shifted his
> momentum back towards the field, and heaved a throw to second baseman Dustin
> Pedroia who relayed it to first to double off Aubrey Huff <
> http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=4479> . The
> 7-'five'-4-3 inning-ending double play quickly became a staple in the
> archives of classic Manny moments.
>
>
> ? No. 3 (May 31, 2008): Manny joins the 500 club
> Here is my lead from the Boston Globe the next morning: "He stood at home
> plate long enough for Gilbert Stuart to sketch the outline of his portrait.
> Long enough for Armand LaMontagne to cut the first rough carvings of his
> sculpture. Long enough for Annie Leibovitz to frame her photograph just
> right.
>
> Manny Ramirez posed long enough for history to share his gaze as he
> contemplated what he had just wrought with one powerful flick of his wrists
> at 9:29 p.m. last night. With a swing of his 34-inch, 32-ounce, all-black
> SSK maple bat, Ramirez sent a baseball deep into the Maryland night, the
> ball simultaneously landing in the right-center-field bleachers and the
> record books.
>
> One hundred seventy-seven months after Ramirez hit his first home run as a
> 21-year-old playing in Yankee Stadium, the grand edifice whose shadows fall
> not far from the bodegas of Washington Heights where he grew up, the Red Sox
> left fielder hit the 500th home run of his career, one day after his 36th
> birthday."
>
> ? No. 2 (July 18, 2005): Manny the magician
> Just when Boston fans had thought they had seen everything from their
> incorrigible left fielder, Ramirez found a way to raise the bar yet again.
> When Sox pitching coach Dave Wallace decided to take a trip to the mound to
> chat with Wade Miller <
> http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=4109> , Manny
> decided to take a trip to the bathroom inside the Green Monster. Left field
> was still empty when the game resumed, and No. 24 emerged from behind the
> manual scoreboard just before Miller released the next pitch, tucking in his
> shirt on the way back to his spot. This moment cranked the Manny-being-Manny
> meter to a new level.
>
>
> ? No. 1 (October 27, 2004): Manny named World Series MVP
> With an 86-year championship drought ended and the great curse of the
> Bambino finally lifted, the World Series sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals <
> http://espn.go.com/mlb/team/_/name/stl/st-louis-cardinals>  in '04 was the
> sweetest of triumphs in Boston sports history. Ramirez batted .308 during
> the season while racking up league-leading totals in home runs (43),
> slugging percentage (.613), and OPS (1.009). His regular season achievements
> were honored before the start of Game 4 with the Hank Aaron Award as the
> game's best hitter and his postseason dominance was rewarded after the final
> out with the World Series MVP, an accolade never before given to a Boston
> player. Ramirez hit .412 in the series, and he had at least one base hit in
> every game that postseason, including six multi-hit efforts.
>
>
> "We're just a bunch of idiots," he said that night. "We don't think. We
> eliminate thinking. We just go out and play and have fun."
>
> Gordon Edes is ESPNBoston.com's Red Sox reporter. He covered the Red Sox
> for 12 years and has reported on baseball for 25 years. Ask a question for
> his next mailbag here <
> http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/mailbag/_/id/29593/gordon-edes> . Daniel
> Pesquera of Williams College assisted in putting this together.
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