Favorite Manny Ramirez story?

[Sean Baird]

This isn't as niche as it may seem at first. Manny was so kooky with the Sox it transcended baseball. He was all over the media.

When the Mannster was on the Red Sox he was one of the all-time kookiest characters to ever play baseball. Maybe it was the contract we gave him that set him loose, but he wasn't like that in Cleveland before or in LA after. I personally think the sheer pressure he was under with the Boston media before they won a WS drove him to act out. Like, they were up his ass about every single thing and he just wasn't a personality who fit into their framework. Manny was an absolute fool and didn't care if people thought so.

My favorite was when he galloped after a deep fly ball, tracked it down somehow with his fat ass, then unnecessarily ran up the wall, high-fived a young fan, turned around, realized the runner on first hadn't tagged up, chucked it in, and caught the guy literally by mistake. Then after the end-of-inning commercial break they caught him cracking up at his own antics while watching himself on the jumbotron.



If there was ever a Manny Being Manny Moment, that was it.

I also liked when he would discretely break into the secret door in the Green Monster to take a shit in between batters ans they'd have to hold up the game.
Also when people caught him trying to sell his household appliances on Craigslist before he moved and the prices didn't make any sense. He ruled.

 

[Cartoon Redux]

He was pretty wacky in Cleveland too. Apparently, early in his career, he didn't know what paychecks were and would just toss them in the passenger side floorboard of his car and use them as McDonald's napkins and shit.

Also he hit a home run and broke his favorite bat so he taped it up and continued using it for months.

 

[BakersfieldChimp]

Manny diving to cut off a throw for absolutely no reason.

 

[Cartoon Redux]

Manny diving to cut off a throw for absolutely no reason.

I remember seeing this on SportsCenter and my friends and I would randomly bring it up and talk about it for like a year afterwards.

 

[chocolatehellhole]

I remember seeing this on SportsCenter and my friends and I would randomly bring it up and talk about it for like a year afterwards.

Tell us more stories about you and your friends' wacky antics

 

[Cartoon Redux]

Tell us more stories about you and your friends' wacky antics

Regrettably, there is not nearly enough shit and masturbation involved to keep your attention, hellholester.

 

[Honeycomb Hideout]

 

[JoshFromMichigan]

His first hit was a clear ground rule double. Manny thought it was a homerun and tried trotting home.



One of the great all-time characters in baseball. When he was a young player in Cleveland, he was wearing high socks and strangely tucking his pants into them. I remember watching a Tigers game and the broadcasters roasting him for it.

 

[NortheastPhilly]

He would apparently spike the Red Sox clubhouse drinks with Viagra

 

[RobertMewler]

Can I tell you my favorite Matt Dillon story real briefly?

 

[New Name]

Didn’t he have a pet bushman or Pygmy type deal?

 

[JoeBrotheChildSpitGuzzler]

This isn't as niche as it may seem at first. Manny was so kooky with the Sox it transcended baseball. He was all over the media.

When the Mannster was on the Red Sox he was one of the all-time kookiest characters to ever play baseball. Maybe it was the contract we gave him that set him loose, but he wasn't like that in Cleveland before or in LA after. I personally think the sheer pressure he was under with the Boston media before they won a WS drove him to act out. Like, they were up his ass about every single thing and he just wasn't a personality who fit into their framework. Manny was an absolute fool and didn't care if people thought so.

My favorite was when he galloped after a deep fly ball, tracked it down somehow with his fat ass, then unnecessarily ran up the wall, high-fived a young fan, turned around, realized the runner on first hadn't tagged up, chucked it in, and caught the guy literally by mistake. Then after the end-of-inning commercial break they caught him cracking up at his own antics while watching himself on the jumbotron.



If there was ever a Manny Being Manny Moment, that was it.

I also liked when he would discretely break into the secret door in the Green Monster to take a shit in between batters ans they'd have to hold up the game.
Also when people caught him trying to sell his household appliances on Craigslist before he moved and the prices didn't make any sense. He ruled.

Manny was already a headcase in Cleveland, just not quite as bad. Back then he was actually a good outfielder because he wasn't too fat to chase fly balls. One funny Manny story though, I was watching a game where he got beaned and then the pitcher charged him. They went back and the camera zoomed in on him right after he got hit and you could see him mouthing 'Motherfucker".

Though i'd argue he's not even the craziest character to play for the Indians. You've got Robby Alomar, who spit on an ump and got accused by some women of giving them AIDs, Albert Belle who forced his teammate to break into the locker to steal back his corked bat and chased kids with his car for egging his house, and Jose Mesa who had like a million illegitimate kids and got arrested for fingerblasting some check against her will at some hotel bar.

 

[stealthygeek]

Didn’t he have a pet bushman or Pygmy type deal?

I think that was Pedro. Manny may have brought him first, I don't know, but Pedro all but adopted that lil feller

 

[Africa.com]

Remember that time he hit a home run? That was cool

 

[New Name]

I think that was Pedro. Manny may have brought him first, I don't know, but Pedro all but adopted that lil feller

Oh yeah some really wacky guys back then

 

[LingerLonger]

He used to wear sunglasses that had earphones built into them and he'd listen to music during games before finally being caught and forced to stop. But you'd see him staring into space or headbanging in the outfield because he was jamming to music. Spinning around in circles like Norton.

 

[HalfHouseFatty]

He lived in the Ritz Carlton near Chinatown. He had his kids bedroom done like this.

 

[Rick Roblinson]

One time he had to take a shit during a game so he went inside the little door on the green monster and shit in there. The guys running the scoreboard had to sit there smelling his stinky Dominican rice & beans shit the whole game.

 

[Sean Baird]

Didn’t he have a pet bushman or Pygmy type deal?

That was Lil Nelson.

There was never any explanation for where he came from or why they kept him the dugout like a lucky pet.

Those years when all the main players (Manny, Papi, Pedro, etc) were Dominican were like the wild west. The most talented yet unprofessional group of athletes ever assembled. It was a circus.

 

[New Name]

That was Lil Nelson.

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There was never any explanation for where he came from or why they kept him the dugout like a lucky pet.

Those years when all the main players (Manny, Papi, Pedro, etc) were Dominican were like the wild west. The most talented yet unprofessional group of athletes ever assembled. It was a circus.

Jesus Christ even freakier than I remember