Video Tribute to Manny Ramirez
August 1, 2008 by Tony Baldwin
Filed under Baseball
Manny Ramirez is no longer a Boston Red Sox player. He’s now a Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder, playing for Joe Torre, the guy that managed against Ramirez in a bitter rivalry for so many years with the New York Yankees. However, that’s not what I wanted to point out. What I want to bring to your attention is Manny Being Manny… or Ramirez’s quotes after learning he was traded to L.A.
“The Red Sox don’t deserve a player like me,” Ramirez told ESPNdeportes.com. “During my years here, I’ve seen how they [the Red Sox] have mistreated other great players when they didn’t want them to try to turn the fans against them.
“The Red Sox did the same with guys like Nomar Garciaparra and Pedro Martinez, and now they do the same with me. Their goal is to paint me as the bad guy. I love Boston fans, but the Red Sox don’t deserve me. I’m not talking about money. Mental peace has no price, and I don’t have peace here.”
It’s safe to say after seeing Torre in those State Farm commercials that Ramirez may find his ‘mental peace’ on the west coast. Now it will be interesting to see how Dodger fans react to having Ramirez in the lineup and, most importantly, in left field.
Red Sox fans haven’t forgotten about Ramirez, yet. There’s already a tribute video – and here it is.
Thank you for that song tribute for Manny.I miss him alot and Iam sorry to say it has never been the same watching redsox anymore.He brought life to the game.It unfortunate to say but I wish the management would have left manny to the end of season.Sorry to say much but Mannys absence is felt even if nobody wants to tell.The team is soring right now and nobody knows if we will ever see another ring soon.Go Manny have fun and good luck Dodgers.
Rosemary – I would feel much better about the Red Sox chances in the AL if Manny was still in Boston.