Talk:Manny Ramirez

message: It should be added to his page that he became only the seventh player to be intentionally walked with the bases loaded. He did so tonight(4/24/09) against the Rockies at Coors Field.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rhettd (talk • contribs) 04:22, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
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message: 78 post-season RBIs – 1st ???
Bernie Williams is 80 RBIs.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Verbty2987 (talk • contribs) 15:13, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Bernie Williams]]

message: *April 4, 1994 The Original Incident - In the first game of his rookie season, Manny hit a two-run ground-rule double in the 8th inning to tie the game. He initially thought he hit a home run, and continued to round the bases, until the third base umpire stopped him. The announcers commented on how he was a tremendous young hitter, but seemed to have a short attention span: Manny was then almost immediately picked off at second base by the catcher. Later, after drawing a walk in the 10th inning, he was replaced with a pinch runner.
*July 1, 1997 - Manny was playing right field in his first game in the Astrodome. Tim Bogar of the Astros hit a bouncer down the first base line. The ball came to a rest under the bullpen bench and Manny signalled to the umpire. Manny was unaware of the ground rules which stated that the bench was in play. Manny continued to signal to the umpire while Bogar got an easy inside-the-park home run. Forker, Dom. The Big Book of Baseball Brainteasers. New York: Sterling Publishing Co., 2004 
*December 10, 2001 - Ramirez, in his first season with Boston, claimed he was uncomfortable, prompting the new ownership group to create a separate interview room, to ease Manny's transition with the Red Sox.
*May 18, 2002 - Ramirez lost his diamond earring sliding into third base during a rehab start with the Pawtucket Red Sox. After the game, 13 PawSox players and the Syracuse grounds crew combed the third base area and found the stud, but not the diamond that was worth a reported $15,000.
*September 7, 2002 - Ramirez requested the song "Good Times" by Styles P for his plate appearances. The unedited song's lyrics about marijuana use were played over the Fenway Park public address system.Boston Red Sox - Manny being Manny - The Boston GlobeThe Sporting Scene: Waiting for Manny: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
* August 29, 2003 - Manny expressed in an ESPN interview that he would like to play for the New York Yankees, the arch-rivals of his current team, the Boston Red Sox.
* August 30, 2003 - Manny missed several games with pharyngitis amid media speculation that he was well enough to play. When the New York Yankees came to town to play, Manny was still too sick to play, but was seen at the downstairs bar of his hotel with former Yankees player and close friend Enrique Wilson. Ramirez's actions raise a red flag
*September 1, 2003 - Manny refused to pinch hit in a game against Philadelphia, angering manager Grady Little, who benched him the next game.
*July 21, 2004 - From his spot in left-center field, Manny inexplicably made a diving play to cut off a relay throw from center fielder Johnny Damon, allowing David Newhan of the Orioles to score on an inside-the-park home run.
*July 31, 2005 - After heavy speculation that he would force a trade, Manny entered the game versus the Minnesota Twins as a pinch hitter in the bottom of the 8th inning, to a standing ovation 54 minutes after the 4:00 trading deadline had passed (he had been booed his two previous games). Ramirez proceeded to chop an RBI single up the middle off Juan Rincón that would prove to be the game-winning hit. After the game, Ramirez was quoted as saying, "Forget about the trade, man. This is the place I want to be, man. It's great, man. They love me here, man. This is the place to be. 'Manny being Manny,' he's great, man... we've been through a lot, this is the place for me, I'm just happy to be here... I'm back!"
*August 24, 2005 - Ramirez, up with one out and the bases loaded, hit a ground ball but did not run down the first base line, resulting in an inning-ending double play. The Kansas City Royals rallied to tie the game, and eventually won in extra innings.
*March 20, 2007 - When he was supposed to be at spring training, Ramirez appeared in an eBay listing selling a barbecue grill.  The listing was later cancelled by eBay. He later posted a custom 2006 Chrysler 300C SRT8 on eBay.
*October 17, 2007 - With the Red Sox trailing Cleveland 3-1 in the ALCS, Ramirez told reporters that if the Red Sox were eliminated, it wouldn't be "the end of the world," igniting Red Sox team members towards a "come from behind" ALCS victory. Though Ramirez faced criticism in the media for his statement, his team would go on to win their next 7 games to win the ALCS and World Series.
*October 18, 2007 - In game five of the ALCS at Jacobs Field, Ramirez hit a fly ball to deep center field that bounced off the top of the outfield wall and back into play. Ramirez, assuming he had hit a home run, casually strolled to first base and was forced to settle for a single instead of an easy double after it was ruled that the ball had never left the field.
*October 27, 2007 - In game three of the World Series, Ramirez was thrown out in a close play at home plate. Manny often flips his helmet off while he is running the bases, to help pick up speed. In this instance, replays show that Manny's helmet bounced off of his heel, causing him to stutter-step as he rounded third base.
*May 14, 2008 - At Baltimore, Manny caught a Kevin Millar fly ball to deep-left, ran up the wall, high-fived a Red Sox fan in the stands, and turned around and fired the ball back to the infield for a double play. 
*July 6, 2008 The Last Straw - Manny was called in to pinch-hit, in the top of the ninth inning of a tied game at Yankee Stadium.  Mariano Rivera threw three consecutive fastballs past Manny, without so much as a swing.  "I was kind of surprised, definitely, that he never took the bat off his shoulder," Rivera said. "I don't know what he was thinking. That's Manny."  Manny asked to be left off the starting lineup for the important Yankee series, citing knee pains.  Upon completion of the series, Red Sox management ordered MRIs for both of Manny's knees, in hopes of eliciting some truth from a tense situation.  The MRIs came back clean.  The latest episode became one of the most incendiary moments to fuel the unrest of Fenway's faithful.  This became arguably the last straw that led Red Sox nation to demand the deportation of number 24.  
* July 9, 2008 - During the 6th inning of a home game against the Twins, Manny climbed into the Green Monster and was seen talking on a cell phone during a pitching change.
* July 15, 2008 - Manny drew the wrath of Red Sox owner John Henry for comments made to the Boston Herald, where he hinted that team management had not been up front with him in regards to upcoming contract negotiations.  Henry responded angrily the following day, saying Manny was a critical part of the Sox's 2004 and 2007 world championships and that the team always kept Manny in the loop. 
*July 18, 2008 - In the bottom of the 6th inning, in a game against the Angels, Manny tried to chase down a fly ball in front of him in left field hit by Maicer Izturis. He went into a slide to catch the ball, but missed it so it dropped and rolled behind him. He scampered on all fours to get the ball, and ended up rolling on top of the ball when he reached it making center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury unable to pick up the ball. Manny had to lift up his rear to get the ball off the ground. When he finally picked up the ball and threw it into the infield with a big smile on his face, Izturis was on third base instead of the likely single had Manny just fielded the ball instead of trying to catch it on the fly. Theo Epstein and Terry Francona were both visibly unhappy with the whimsical fielding.   
*July 27, 2008 - Before his game against the New York Yankees, Manny stated that he would play in Iraq if he needed to play there.
*July 30, 2008 - Before the third game of a series against the Angels, Manny held a handwritten sign stating "I'm going to Green Bay for Brett Favre straight up." The Green Bay Packers quarterback was in the throes of a similarly untenable dispute with management. Ramirez reiterated this proposal in an interview with ESPN Deportes that aired the same day.
*August 11, 2008 - In what could be characterized as the first "Manny being Manny" incident with the Dodgers, when his teammates took to the field at the top of the ninth inning against Philadelphia at Dodger Stadium, Manny did not appear and nobody knew where he was.  After several minutes of searching for him he finally jogged onto the field with the front of his uniform unbuttoned.  He said he needed to use the restroom. He returned with a red glove instead of a black glove he used the innings before. 
::Such a major sourced section should not have been removed without discussion. I've since restored it. --Oakshade (talk) 18:20, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: There was discussion about it. The section is way too long, contains mostly random assortments of events and really doesn't belong in the article. Spanneraol (talk) 18:24, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Where's the discussion? --Oakshade (talk) 18:36, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Never mind.  I see the discussion in the "Boston POV" section above. --Oakshade (talk) 18:40, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

text: The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 
The result of the proposal was consensus against move. As demonstrated and without rebutting evidence, in keeping with Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English), the common spelling of his surname in multiple, reliable, English language sources is without the diacritic mark.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:41, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: "Manny Being Manny"

message: :Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *Support or *Oppose, then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.
*Oppose  The accent seems to have been dropped by convention.  Ramirez's authorized biography doesn't use it, nor do the LA Dodgers, the LA Times, the Boston Herald or even the often diacritic-snobbish New Yorker.Erudy (talk) 20:09, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: "Ramirez' authorized biography, Becoming Manny: Inside the Life of Baseball's Most Enigmatic Slugger was released in bookstores March 10, 2009." I'd suggest removing the phrase alltogether, due to its irrelevance in the article (particularly as every major sports player has an autobiography nowadays). The article is protected, so if anyone with the power wants to remove the lign, go ahead. French Connections (talk) 18:41, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Enigmamsg 18:51, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Promotion? 

message: The page should be updated from the vague 'he also was scheduled to play a few games in the minors prior to rejoining the active roster' to the more accurate 'Manny played two games at AAA Albuquerque and is scheduled to play four games with Class A Lake Elsinore before rejoining the Dodgers.  
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090625&content_id=5534680&vkey=news_la&fext=.jsp&c_id=la
Filihok (talk) 14:19, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Updated the info... though the article is incorrect.. he is going to be playing with the Inland Empire 66ers next... they have a game at Lake Elsinor on saturday and then have a home stand against the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes. Spanneraol (talk) 16:26, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Manny's suspension 

message: Manny Ramirez was claimed off waivers by the Chicago White Sox. As of today (August 30, 2010) he no longer plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Chicago White Sox will pay the remaining $4.2 million of his contract as he plays out the rest of the year in Chicago.
Drguillen13 (talk) 17:07, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: According to the Dodgers' roster, the transaction isn't official yet.  According to the MLB.com story about it, he will become a Chicago White Sox (White Sock?) later today.  I added a piece about the waiver claim to the article, but his team should remain listed as the Dodgers until the claim is official. --Muboshgu (talk) 17:23, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, now it's done. --Muboshgu (talk) 19:11, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

text: I don't care.  And I don't think we need to know. --Muboshgu (talk) 00:00, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from Drguillen13, 30 August 2010 

message: Manny is also a designated hitter.
Mkmattkarr (talk) 12:46, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed. Although, some areas of the article already mention "designated hitter". Stickee (talk) 12:57, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from Mkmattkarr, 13 December 2010 

message: This was confirmed by Manny Ramirez during the February 1st press conference at Tropicana Field.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.204.74.254 (talk) 20:05, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jersey number for Tampa Bay Rays will be 24 

message: the section heading Boston Red Sox (2000-2008) should be Boston Red Sox (2001-2008)
173.26.237.244 (talk) 15:40, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from 173.26.237.244, 20 February 2011 

message: Topkin's article at tampabay.com (http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/rays/content/manny-retires) is not "conjecture" about drug use. He quoted from a MLB statement that Manny retired rather than participate in the drug program.theprez98 (talk) 20:38, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed.--Epeefleche (talk) 22:15, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Retirement 

message: Manny  signed with the Oakland Athletics, and will come out of retirement. The deal is worth about $500,000  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.246.57.180 (talk) 19:16, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Oakland Athletics

message: Taking a quick break from actually improving article, I want to comment on the page protection on Manny Ramirez that has thankfully been in place for some time, preventing any vandalism that otherwise would have overwhelmed this page today in light of the news. More of these articles with the potential to be contentious should get extended or permanent semi-protection. – Muboshgu (talk) 23:35, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Might I just say.... 

message: I propose that the solution to the  tag in the "Off the Field" section is to give the list a prose lead.  The information already in that list works in list format, but it could use a section intro. Jorgath (talk) 23:08, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh, and I don't have time to write it right now, but if no one has written it by the time I find some time, I'll give it a shot. Jorgath (talk) 23:14, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prose tag 

message: I find it very sad that he was one of the greatest hitters ever and the majority of his intro is about PEDs. There is way too much information about the PEDs in the intro, the majority of which can be shifted down to the actual section of the article that talks about that. Sounds more like a slanderous hate article then an "encyclopedic" supposedly non-biased article. That being said, I have my doubts that anything will change. Jakobees (talk) 03:51, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Intro 

message: I would suggest that the line:
 *Ramirez is mentioned in the song "Dump the Clip" by Army Of The Pharaohs, along with David Ortiz. He is also mentioned in the song "Battle Cry" by the same artist.
Be deleted. It is basically spam for some no name rapper with no cultural significance. It needlessly clutters the article. 
Desqjockey (talk) 21:59, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 5 March 2012 

message: In the 2009 controlled substance scandal, You should insert the names of the identified doctors that contriobuted to the situation (Dr. Pedro Bosch and his son Anthony P Bosch). Both were identifed by ESPN, YAHOO and every other major news source. Both are again currently under investigation for providing PEDs to Alex Rodriguez, Melky Caberrera and Paul Braun, and MLB stars. 
98.64.154.139 (talk) 05:08, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. No source currently on the article mentions those names and I'm not inclined to add names of living persons connected with this "scandal" without a source. —KuyaBriBriTalk 16:05, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 8 January 2013 

message: Since Manny has not appeared in a MLB game since 2011, is it acceptable to add "Last MLB Appearance" to his info box.
For those of you wondering: 
Last MLB Appearance: April 6, 2011 for the Tampa Bay Rays
*originally wrote "April 7, but he did not play on the 7th and retired on the 8th*
It could always be changed in the unlikely event that he returns to MLB in the future.
--Boston Burkenation (talk) 00:11, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Last MLB appearance 

message: Hey guys,
So I think the Personality section would be good if it focused primarily on "Manny being Manny", which it is intended to. However, I'm stuck on what to include, so if any baseball editor could help me out, that would be great. I'm pinging,  and  for help, but any suggestions from anyone are welcomed. Thanks, Sportsguy17 (T • C) 03:34, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: No strong opinion, but I'd favor keeping that type of material under the Personal life section, as I think that WP:CRITS is a consideration. Much of the current personal life stuff is redundant to the early life info. EricEnfermero (Talk) 03:54, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  I agree. I think the Personal Life and Personality sections should be merged. My biggest issue was the "Manny being Manny" moments. There are so many of them, but I'm just not sure which moments to include (i.e I'm not sure which moments would be considered notable and which ones wouldn't). Sportsguy17 (T • C) 04:17, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: That stuff was originally in the article and was removed (see discussions above)... primarily because it just became a section of loosely associated trivia.. I don't know if its necessary to add a bunch of that stuff to the article. Spanneraol (talk) 04:42, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I tend to concur with that. Plus, the references I've provided offer plenty of "Manny being Manny" moments. Thanks for the opinions all. Sportsguy17 (T • C) 04:44, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Manny being Manny 

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message: The section on his personal life notes that his son, Manny Jr., plays for a minor league team in New Britain, CT, as of 2018. Currently he plays for the Brockton Rox of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League of New England. (http://baseball.pointstreak.com/player.html?playerid=1577314&seasonid=33288). I don't really feel well enough versed in editing and properly formatting citations to make that update, but I wanted to point it out in case someone else will. 12.132.105.50 (talk) 13:48, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Manny Jr.