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MOVIESBaseball fans in Taipei are pretty pissed at the bench-warmer roster the Los Angeles Dodgers has for the three-game exhibition series taking place next week.
Viva Taiwan!
Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz are reported to be on “the list” of the Major League baseball players that tested positive for performance enhancing drugs is 2003.
Manny Ramirez, the L.A. Dodgers’ dread-headed stepchild, pulled off a dramatic pinch-hit grand slam last night against the Cincinnati Reds. The game was tied 2-2 in the bottom of the sixth inning when manager Joe Torre called for a pinch-hitter. A stunned Manny–who was sitting the game out due to being hit in the hand by a pitch the previous night–stumbled for his bat and came up empty handed. That’s when the light-headed slugger looked into his hands for inspiration and found it in burbling and smoking form. Good glass, indeed!
According to team sources, Manny Ramirez is set to return to game action for the first place Dodgers July 3rd.
So, is Manny excited to be back?
“Back for what, man?” Ramirez quipped, as he took a long puff. “Dude, ya know Martians don’t need to refrigerate food? Ya man, it’s always room temperature. No matter what room you be in. Always room temperature. Isn’t that fascinating?”
Finally, a AAA stimulus packages that New Mexicans can appreciate: Manny Ramirez! 
Whoever sent Manny Ramirez to the Albuquerque Isotopes to finish up his 50-game MLB suspension is a genius. Forget the outrage and just consider how cool it would be to rack on some AAA baseball for a team named after “The Simpsons” ball team. Not only that, the poor denizens of Albuquerque have something to enjoy for once… and they must really need it–the team has already sold more than 40,000 tickets for Manny’s debut in a 4-game series against the Nashville Sounds.
Of course, Manny won’t know where he is and probably unintentionally insult Albuquerque (man I love typing that name!), but watching him play in a league that’s more in line with his stoned-out pace could be fun. At the worst, Manny could pull out an additional 50-game suspension in the AAA league and end up doing peewee baseball in Montana… and then probably kill himself.
Thought all the talk around Manny Ramirez was over? You were mistaken. Red Sox Closer Jonathan Papelbon went back in time for an interview with Esquire Magazine to speak about Manny Ramirez’s final days playing in Boston.
Yesterday, after four months of literally agreeing to disagree, Manny Ramirez signed a 2-year, $45 million deal to stay with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Manny laughed at today’s news conference when he learned what a big deal his leech agent Scott Boras had created. 
