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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Just because you put a guy in a tuxedo, it doesn't mean he's a good guy."
Allen Iverson
FACT OF THE DAY
Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose made 19 out of 21 free throws against the Indiana Pacers Saturday, which is the most in the playoffs since 2002.
— espn.com
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: Who was the last player to make 19 free throws in a playoff game?
A: Allen Iverson
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Manny the hitter, not the user
MORNING BREW
If you're weak in the stomach, look away.
If you're ethical, you're going to disagree.
But I don't care. I'll always love Manny Ramirez.
Ramirez retired on April 8 after once more testing positive for performance enhancing drugs, or PEDs. He was looking at a likely 100-game suspension. Nearing the end of his baseball career and signed to the hapless Tampa Bay Rays, Ramirez passed on the wait and called it quits.
MAX ROTHMAN mrothman@kansan.com
Most see his departure from the game as yet another sad anecdote in a swerving career. Even before he was busted for PEDs, Ramirez was viewed as a disruptive and selfish teammate. After a walk-off home run against the Angels in the 2007 playoffs, Ramirez just stood at the plate with his hands up. Half-celebratory, half-stupefied, people wondered if hed ever actually run the bases (it took him a while, but he did).
Ramirez was so dazed and incompetent as a left-fielder that my friends and I used to joke that he took smoke breaks in The Green Monster at Fenway Park between innings. He worked his ass off in the weight room, but no one could ever tell. It just didn't look like he was trying out there.
Understand this: I'm not a looney and I don't condone any kind of drug use, performance-enhancing or not. I
do, however, try to look past Ramirez's drug case, because of who he was as a person and natural hitter.
I respect him for not really caring what the media thought. It's rare to have an athlete who is so honest and sincere.
Ramirez was hilarious, yes. He once caught a fly ball and high-fived a fan in stride. He once cut off a Johnny Damon throw that was no more than 50 feet away. He once dove for a fly ball, missed it badly, and then crawled and rolled back to the ball like he was playing by himself in a sandbox. Everyone just called it "Manny being Manny."
But he also had a swagger that was all about being the best. All he wanted to do was crush the ball and beat the Yankees. If he did something along the way that bothered you, to him, it was just white noise.
But best of all was that swing. I'm not a religious man, but it makes
me want to believe in God. Hitting-coaches across the country use Ramirez's swing as their visual bible for students of the game. So compact. So focused. So fierce.
When Ramirez hit a ball, he freakin' crushed the thing. When he wasn't bruising the aforementioned monster, he was sailing baseballs way over it, onto Lansdowne Street.
It'll never be easy, but give it a shot. Try to forget about Ramirez's PED use during this muddled era of baseball. Remember that swing: a force of nature, not chemicals.
Like Willie Mays and Hank Aaron before him, Ramirez leaves the game as one of the greatest right-handed hitters ever. The careless, goofball persona is the cherished bonus.
Edited by Samantha Collins
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