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Manny Ramirez was quite a weird dude.
Posted on 7/15/22 at 12:48 pm
Posted on 7/15/22 at 12:48 pm
Went down a Youtube rabbithole last night about Manny Ramirez and his antics. Dude was a strange bird.
Among the highlights of Manny being Manny:
- While playing in the Dominican league in the offseason, he volunteered to drive the bus to the airport to pick up some teammates that were flying in. Instead of going to the airport, he drove to the opposite side of the island to pick up an imported BMW he had ordered. Got kicked off the team the next day.
- Bought Kevin Youkilis a Rolex as a birthday gift. As he was about to hand him the gift, he instead spiked it on the ground and shattered it.
- High-fived a fan in the stands after catching a fly ball with 1 out, and still managed to double up the runner trying to get back to 2nd base.
- Would only sign his contract with the Red Sox if they brought over his favorite equipment manager from the Indians
- Continually left his game checks in his locker or cleats. Never gave a shite when contacted about it.
- Asked a reporter if he could borrow $30K to buy a motorcycle
- Took a piss behind the Green Monster scoreboard during a mound visit, and missed a pitch
- Took himself out of the game allegedly because he hurt his hammy. Terry Francona asked which one he hurt. Manny dropped his pants and said "pick one, I'm not playing."
- Got 17 traffic violations within a 6 month period in NYC. He told one of the cops, "don't give me a ticket. I'll give you a ticket instead."
- Requested to be traded to the Red Sox' AAA team
- At some point, the Red Sox DFA'd him and nobody picked him up
- Sold a gas grill he had used one time on eBay
Among the highlights of Manny being Manny:
- While playing in the Dominican league in the offseason, he volunteered to drive the bus to the airport to pick up some teammates that were flying in. Instead of going to the airport, he drove to the opposite side of the island to pick up an imported BMW he had ordered. Got kicked off the team the next day.
- Bought Kevin Youkilis a Rolex as a birthday gift. As he was about to hand him the gift, he instead spiked it on the ground and shattered it.
- High-fived a fan in the stands after catching a fly ball with 1 out, and still managed to double up the runner trying to get back to 2nd base.
- Would only sign his contract with the Red Sox if they brought over his favorite equipment manager from the Indians
- Continually left his game checks in his locker or cleats. Never gave a shite when contacted about it.
- Asked a reporter if he could borrow $30K to buy a motorcycle
- Took a piss behind the Green Monster scoreboard during a mound visit, and missed a pitch
- Took himself out of the game allegedly because he hurt his hammy. Terry Francona asked which one he hurt. Manny dropped his pants and said "pick one, I'm not playing."
- Got 17 traffic violations within a 6 month period in NYC. He told one of the cops, "don't give me a ticket. I'll give you a ticket instead."
- Requested to be traded to the Red Sox' AAA team
- At some point, the Red Sox DFA'd him and nobody picked him up
- Sold a gas grill he had used one time on eBay
This post was edited on 7/15/22 at 12:51 pm
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Posted on 7/15/22 at 12:51 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Manny being Manny was a thing for like at least 5-6 years
Posted on 7/15/22 at 12:52 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Posted on 7/15/22 at 12:54 pm to WaterLink
That’s my favorite one
I also remember someone dropping a second deck bomb off the Red Sox and him playing out the whole scene of tracking and catching the ball and throwing it back in. Whoever was pitching wasn’t happy. I’ve never been able to find the clip
I also remember someone dropping a second deck bomb off the Red Sox and him playing out the whole scene of tracking and catching the ball and throwing it back in. Whoever was pitching wasn’t happy. I’ve never been able to find the clip
Posted on 7/15/22 at 12:55 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
There's a name I haven't thought of in a long time.
Posted on 7/15/22 at 12:55 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
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Bought Kevin Youkilis a Rolex as a birthday gift. As he was about to hand him the gift, he instead spiked it on the ground and shattered it.
Alpha move
Posted on 7/15/22 at 12:56 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
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I also remember someone dropping a second deck bomb off the Red Sox and him playing out the whole scene of tracking and catching the ball and throwing it back in. Whoever was pitching wasn’t happy. I’ve never been able to find the clip
I was also trying to find that one. Wasn't that the one where he rolled over it and the ball ended up under his arse or something?
Posted on 7/15/22 at 1:30 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
He had to be read bedtime stories to fall asleep on the road. True story.
Posted on 7/15/22 at 1:48 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
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He told one of the cops, "don't give me a ticket. I'll give you a ticket instead."
Posted on 7/15/22 at 1:51 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
yeah but in his prime, that dude could fricking hit.
Posted on 7/15/22 at 1:55 pm to WaterLink
It may have been. I remember it was in Toronto for sure and the old Baseball Tonight crew was rolling when they showed it
Posted on 7/15/22 at 1:57 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
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High-fived a fan in the stands after catching a fly ball with 1 out, and still managed to double up the runner trying to get back to 2nd base.
Youtube
Posted on 7/15/22 at 1:58 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
And despite him being weird as shite, prime Manny was one of the best pure hitters of his generation which is why everyone put up with it
Posted on 7/15/22 at 2:14 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
This kind of thing isn’t that uncommon in pro sports.
Some of these guys are almost autistic in nature as far as being hyper developed in an athletic sense, but not being able to perform basic life functions.
Dennis Rodman was another example where before he went full rock star, when he was first drafted he was basically illiterate and allegedly needed help to use the phone at times while with the Pistons.
You have other guys who are just full degenerates and need team assistants to track them and make sure they even show up to the stadium.
Some of these guys are almost autistic in nature as far as being hyper developed in an athletic sense, but not being able to perform basic life functions.
Dennis Rodman was another example where before he went full rock star, when he was first drafted he was basically illiterate and allegedly needed help to use the phone at times while with the Pistons.
You have other guys who are just full degenerates and need team assistants to track them and make sure they even show up to the stadium.
Posted on 7/15/22 at 2:20 pm to WaterLink
Holy crap was this hilarious.
Posted on 7/15/22 at 2:25 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
That is good stuff. It is like Rickey Henderson stories.
Posted on 7/15/22 at 2:28 pm to DBG
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Alpha move
I mean, I definitely wouldn't frick with Youk. Dude was huge.
Posted on 7/15/22 at 2:32 pm to A Menace to Sobriety
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"Video" Joe Catalioti (retired video coordinator, Cleveland Indians): When he'd get to the ballpark, he'd go to his locker and actually get undressed, and then he'd come into the video room stripped down to nothing and want to hug everybody hello. We avoided him as much as we could
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Brian Graham (Manny's manager, Canton-Akron Indians, AA, 1992): He would come into the clubhouse, take his street clothes off. He'd go to one person's locker, put their long underwear on. Go to another person's locker; if they had a T-shirt he liked, he'd put that on. He'd just pick socks out of someone's locker, put those on. He'd use your belt if your belt was close by. He'd put your hat on. If he liked your shirt or your shoes, he would wear them home that night.
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Jeff Manto (teammate, Cleveland Indians, 1997–98): You'd sit on deck, or you'd check in the bat rack, and you can't find your bat. You ask the batboy, "Hey, where's my bat? What'd you do with my bat?" And then he points to the batter, and it's Manny, using your bat.
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Ramirez: I used to use [ex—Cleveland Indians catcher Sandy] Alomar's bats, just to get him mad. He was the biggest star on the team, and he always got the good wood.
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Manto: If he ever gets caught with a corked bat and says it's not his, chances are it's not his.
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Manto: One game he hit a ball to right center field, and he went in standing up when he should have slid. He was tagged out. Well, Mike Hargrove lost his mind. But the one thing you don't do is confront Manny. Because he's real sensitive when it comes to that. So Hargrove's yelling—not at him, but at the dugout. Manny gets the message. So his next at bat, he hits a double down the left-field line, and the infielders line up for the cutoff. Nobody's covering second base. Well, Manny slides. Pops up. Claps his hands. Looks at Hargrove. Gives him two fists. Everybody started laughing.
Posted on 7/15/22 at 2:43 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
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Got 17 traffic violations within a 6 month period in NYC. He told one of the cops, "don't give me a ticket. I'll give you a ticket instead.
That made me chuckle.
Posted on 7/15/22 at 3:30 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
I'm pretty sure Manny played every day higher than giraffe pussy.
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