Saturday, February 09, 2008

Manny

I am pretty sure Manny Ramirez is my favorite baseball player of all time:

He shouts, "Ohayo Gozaimasu" - Japanese for "good morning" - above the hip-hop music blaring in the Athletes' Performance weight room. He runs sprints and agility drills on the Arizona State football field and signals touchdowns. He fetches bottles of water for his workout mates, Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis and Minnesota Twins third baseman Nick Punto. He then does a lefty weight resistance exercise and announces he's going to bat lefthanded this year.

and a bit later:

Ramírez's uncle Rico accompanies him to every workout, and serves as an extra assistant. He's the only guy who knows how to stuff Manny's dreads back into his kerchief.

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