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...Boston Red Sox did a magnificent job of winning baseball's World Series championship [Nov. 8]. Even though I'm a New York Yankees fan, I admit that sluggers David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez were superb in leading their team to victory. The Curse of the Bambino has finally been broken! Aisha Jamil Centreville...
LEAST CONVINCING SPORTS FAN Kerry hails Red Sox star Manny Ramirez as "Manny Ortez," calls Green Bay Packers' home "Lambert Field." (It's Lambeau...
Institutions such as Stanford and Yale have had similar conferences for years, and Harvard’s decision to enter the field with such gusto indicates a changed attitude that, for the community, is far more revelatory than the exploits of Ramirez and Damon, who have offered little, if anything, to non-baseball fields...
...also don’t attempt to delude myself into thinking he has a grasp of what Harvard’s record is, where the team stands in the Ivy League race, or even what the score of the game is. (One could call this the Manny Ramirez approach, except Manny’s a better dresser). Instead, I just chant “playoffs,” over and over again, until he decides to leave the sidelines en route to his next appointment...
Ortiz turned out to be a perfect foil for his flightier fellow Dominicans, Ramirez and Martinez. Ramirez plays left field, but that's more of an address than a position. On bad days, he fields fly balls like a Border collie, running left and right to herd the ball toward him. He can forget standard obligations: running to first base on a grounder, say. Last fall the Bosox offered him to any team that would eat the remainder of his $160 million contract--no takers. Lucky for Boston. Ramirez this year was calm and focused and hit a ton. "This...