Archive - July, 2009

He will forever be … Manny Ramirez *

Long after Manny Ramirez retires the cheers and jeers will stop. He will no longer have the luxury of choking off critics with a single swing of his Louisville Slugger. All that will be left is the man, his character, the numbers on a piece of paper — and a screaming asterisk.

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Manuel: ‘They’ll call us Bingo Long and the Traveling All-Stars’

You never really know what is said — or done — in closed door team meetings.

Jerry Manuel said he didn’t shout or flip any clubhouse tables. When pressed by the press to discuss the meeting, Manuel only offered generalizations, no specifics.

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Hope is a choice, do you believe?

Granted, the past five days have not been filled with blissful cheers and champagne toasts, but it hasn’t been all blue devils either since the New York Mets arrived in Milwaukee.

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