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‘Bro, I love the game’: How Manny Ramirez is changing the face of Australian baseball – Sydney Morning Herald
He’s 48 and battling injury – but even if Sydney Blue Sox recruit Manny Ramirez never makes it onto the field, his impact on the Australian Baseball League is already…
Ramirez is not only famous for his ability to hit a baseball, but his quirky sense of humour. He spotted one bloke in a Red Sox cap while waiting in line at a Sydney cafe. “I was wondering if that guy got a favourite player. So I said, ‘Hey, who’s your favourite player?'”
“And he told me, ‘Oh no, I got the hat because my girlfriend’s name starts with a B.’ That was it.”
Ramirez can’t go anywhere in the United States without getting asked for a selfie or an autograph – let alone his native Dominican…
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