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0:00manny Ramirez is the strangest athlete
0:02to ever play sports according to one
0:04teammate during spring training he had
0:05to sleep in the same bed as him because
0:08he was afraid of the dark The Man Who
0:10Sold in testosterone says Manny had them
0:11share a hotel room so he could read him
0:14bedtime stories in Boston the team
0:16psychologist printed out a laminated
0:18piece of paper that reminded him how
0:20many outs there were he secretly gave
0:22teammates alcohol spiked with Viagra
0:24before games was arrested twice fought a
0:27teammate fought a clubhouse attendant
0:29fought a a 64-year-old man and peed in
0:32the Outfield all while having one of the
0:35most productive offensive careers in
0:37baseball history he's been accused of
0:39cheating as well as a crime so serious
0:42he may never be involved in Major League
0:44Baseball again but at 49 years old Manny
0:47still continues to play and do some very
0:50strange things Manny Ramirez is so
0:52impulsive that while playing in Japan a
0:55fan from America who never even played
0:57High School baseball randomly gave a
1:00hitting tip Manny Ramirez hired him as
1:03his full-time hitting coach and it
1:08worked just like
1:11exgirlfriend who will never he once
1:15gifted Dustin padya a
1:17$220,000 Rolex as padya was unwrapping
1:20the gift Manny took the Rolex back and
1:24smashed it with a baseball bat this
1:26sounds like something a very arrogant
1:29and cocky person would do but despite
1:31popular belief Manny Ramirez is an
1:33extremely shy person in high school he
1:36knew very little English would wake up
1:38at 4:30 a.m to train then go back to
1:40sleep and regularly skipped class Manny
1:43Ramirez never even graduated high school
1:47his entire future relied on him getting
1:49drafted he was selected 13th overall in
1:52the 1991 draft the craziest part about
1:55this his family literally had no idea he
1:58was the high school player of the year
2:00the New York Times followed his entire
2:03senior season but according to his
2:04sister they found out he was drafted
2:07because a friend saw it on the news his
2:10mom dad and sisters never once saw him
2:13play until he was Pro because according
2:16to them Manny never invited them or even
2:19talked about playing baseball he was
2:21extremely shy with a suspiciously low
2:24self-esteem in his first Minor League
2:25season he admitted to teammates he quote
2:28wasn't that good and didn't know why the
2:30Indians paid him so much money he once
2:32went into his manager's office crying
2:34saying he couldn't hit and according to
2:36his manager tried to quit the team
2:38multiple times what makes this insane is
2:40that Manny Ramirez was by far the best
2:44player on the team well in the miners
2:45the Indians insisted on sending him to
2:48the Dominican winter league to gain
2:49experience and this was a complete
2:52disaster the team had a bus driver who
2:54would pick up the players staying in the
2:55hotel and take them to the stadium every
2:57game day one day Manny convinced the bus
3:00driver to give him the keys to the bus
3:02and promised he would pick up the
3:04players for him Manny instead drove 2
3:07hours to pick up his BMW which he
3:09shipped from the US the players waited
3:12at the hotel for the bus to come but
3:14since Manny had the bus on the other
3:17side of the island nobody came to pick
3:19them up Manny was kicked off the team
3:21the next day this was the first of many
3:24times Manny got in trouble due to his
3:25driving Manny bought his first car right
3:27after getting drafted but according to
3:29one of his teammates couldn't use it
3:31because he didn't know how to drive
3:33stick shift from 1991 until 1996 Manny
3:36Ramirez amassed 17 unpaid tickets in New
3:39York City alone a place he only lived
3:42half of the year he once got pulled over
3:45because his windows were illegally
3:46tinted Manny got a ticket drove off did
3:49an illegal U-turn and got another ticket
3:52from the exact same cop less than a
3:54minute later you don't understand this
3:56is how I roll this is not Miami B this
3:58is m b and in 1996 he hit a 5-year-old
4:02boy with his car while leaving the
4:04spring training facility the police
4:06emphasized that this incident was not
4:08Manny's fault and he sent the kid gifts
4:10in the hospital so everyone was forgiven
4:12deep down Manny seemed like a shy
4:14innocent person who despite being a star
4:17athlete played and acted like a kid in
4:20the minors Manny and his manager Charlie
4:22Manuel had such a good relationship the
4:24two would play wrestle Manny stole his
4:27pants and would wear them around the
4:29clubhouse and when he was called up to
4:31the majors asked if he was allowed to
4:33bring his minor league manager with him
4:36the Indians said no but he really didn't
4:38need him a few days later Manny got his
4:40first major league hit which may be the
4:42funniest most embarrassing first hit
4:45ever exra base hit and he thinks it's a
4:48home run look at this he thinks it's a
4:50home run he think the ball went
4:52out and a bit of embarrassment but Manny
4:55continued to make mistakes like this at
4:58an unbelievable base he once stole
5:00second base was safe by a mile but for
5:03some reason thought the ball was foul so
5:06he went back to first base and was
5:08tagged out in this play he was the
5:10go-ahead run all he had to do was tag up
5:12and score but the Runner behind him was
5:14thrown out before he scored because he
5:16decided to joog on this play Manny
5:19thought the ball was foul or called dead
5:21so he just started walking back to his
5:23position the ball wasn't foul or dead
5:26but by the time he realized it the
5:28runner had already scored and inside the
5:30park home run and in the 1998 ALCS he
5:33tried to rob a home run on a ball that
5:36landed behind him likely costing his
5:38team several runs think it's a home run
5:41and he runs by the ball a Cleveland
5:43sports writer said that Manny Ramirez
5:45needed a quote brain transplant and the
5:48team psychologist even printed out a
5:50laminated piece of paper that reminded
5:53him to keep track of the score the
5:55number of outs and which base he should
5:57throw the ball to after watching Manny
5:59stay in the box after watching ball four
6:02multiple times his general manager asked
6:04him why Manny responded by saying I
6:07don't keep track of the balls I don't
6:08keep track of the strikes either I go up
6:11there looking for a ball I can hit isn't
6:13that what you're paying me to do I said
6:15that's right buddy carry on it's easy to
6:17say that these are examples of why Manny
6:19Ramirez is stupid in reality the
6:22Carefree attitude Manny played with
6:24relieved him of a ton of mental pressure
6:26and likely contributed to him being one
6:28of the best hitters in baseball while in
6:30Cleveland he only had a Ops below 900
6:34once he made four all-star teams and won
6:36three silver Sluggers would didn't like
6:38keeping the trophies and gave at least
6:41one of them to the team psychologist in
6:441999 he hit 165 RBI the most RB in a
6:49season since 1938 Manny Ramirez was one
6:52of the best hitters in baseball and also
6:55the strangest one the video guy on the
6:57Indian says that Manny would regular
6:59strip down to no clothes then come into
7:02the video room and try to hug everybody
7:05Manny also constantly forgot to deposit
7:07his game checks he once left a
7:10$25,000 check in his locker that was
7:12found in the off season the Indians
7:14found $80,000 in checks in a suitcase he
7:17lost and he never even mentioned it he
7:20once told a clubhouse attendant to wash
7:22his car and used the money in his glove
7:24box to pay for it when he opened the
7:27glove box he found $10,000
7:29in cash and despite making all of this
7:31money and just forgetting about it he
7:34once genuinely asked a Indians beat
7:36writer if he could borrow 30 grand so he
7:39could buy a motorcycle unfortunately the
7:42writer said no Manny you know how much
7:44reporters make his teammate Jose Messa
7:47once demanded Manny's Locker be moved
7:50because Manny just kept stealing things
7:52from his locker Manny stole clothes from
7:55everyone on every team he was on
7:57according to his sister he even even
7:59stole her clothes and wore them to high
8:01school the team's Clubhouse manager once
8:04confronted Manny because he was taking
8:06bats from the equipment room and they
8:08got in a huge fight which ended with
8:10Manny slapping him in the face in Boston
8:13Manny's Antics got even more extreme at
8:15times even turning criminal Manny became
8:18a Red Sox icon he also got in brawls
8:21fights with his own teammates and made
8:22extremely strange headlines which
8:24eventually led the Red Sox to do
8:26anything they could to get rid of him
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9:32today in Cleveland Manny met an
9:35equipment manager who introduced him to
9:37Sushi mixed his protein shakes well and
9:39was able to make the pitching machines
9:41throw sliders Manny saw him as a good
9:43luck charm so when the Red Sox offered
9:45him a
9:47$160 million contract Manny said he
9:50would only agree if the Red Sox also
9:52hire his favorite equipment manager and
9:55the Red Sox said yes Manny continued to
9:57be one of the best hitters in base Ball
9:59but it also drove the Red Sox insane he
10:02once missed media day for the All-Star
10:04game because according to in his grandma
10:06died he then told a different reporter
10:08it was because his grandma was sick
10:09turns out his grandma was still alive
10:12the next year while in a rehab
10:13assignment Manny lost a
10:15$50,000 earring while sliding into third
10:18base the grounds crew raak the entire
10:21infield between every inning and after
10:23the game he and the entire team
10:25patrolled the entire field to find it
10:27they never did Manny also apparently got
10:30his hair done during a game during this
10:31rehab assignment and according to one
10:33writer if he could stay in the miners
10:35the rest of his career and get paid the
10:36same he would later in his career Manny
10:39Ramirez literally requested to be traded
10:42to pocket the team's triaa affiliate
10:46Manny's reputation in Boston was quickly
10:49crashing within a year Manny reportedly
10:51begged the Red Sox owner to trade him
10:53because of how much he hated Boston
10:55media he missed a game against the
10:57Yankees because he was sick then and
10:59after that game was seen in a hotel bar
11:02with Yankees infielder Enrique Wilson
11:04Manny even told a reporter his biggest
11:07dream was to play for the Yankees a
11:10month later he was eliminated by the
11:12Yankees after a demoralizing series that
11:15involved him getting into a brawl you
11:17talk about looking for a reason
11:19absolutely which led to Pedro Martinez
11:21throwing 72-year-old Don Zimmer oh my
11:24goodness that's awful and two Yankees
11:27getting charged with assault for
11:28fighting Red Sox grounds crew member in
11:30the bullpen ugly incident police
11:33responded immediately as did Bullpen
11:35staff for the anchor at this point Manny
11:37wanted out and the Red Sox did
11:39everything they could to get rid of him
11:41they tried to trade him and even ended
11:43up putting him on waivers meaning that
11:45any team could have him for free if they
11:47paid his contract despite being an
11:49All-Star 6 years in a row and finishing
11:51six in MVP voting the year before every
11:54single major league team passed on him
11:56but just when things looked like they
11:58couldn't get any worse Manny and the Red
12:00Sox shocked the world in 2004 he
12:03dominated the playoffs and led Boston to
12:05their first World Series in 85 years he
12:08won World Series MVP and all of a sudden
12:11the strange Antics Red Sox fans seemed
12:13to hate him for were now celebrated
12:19everybody's and they started getting
12:21even crazier Manny skipped the White
12:24House ceremony because according to him
12:26he was at home meditating running M
12:28Manny RMZ isn't here I you I I I guess
12:31his grandmother died
12:33again just
12:35kidding I didn't mean anny kept on
12:38telling reporters that he took up
12:39meditation and began reading a ton of
12:42self-help books but according to his
12:44wife she's never seen him read a book in
12:47his life one time during a mound visit
12:50Manny Ramirez famously walked into the
12:52green monster so he could pee there is
12:55no toilet in the green monster but
12:57according to Manny he quote figured it
12:59out he finished peeing but before he
13:02could get back to his position the next
13:04pitch was already thrown he knows it's
13:06not a pitching change right cuz he's not
13:07back yet can he come back please because
13:10it's not a pitching change Manny is not
13:11in left field my goodness oh my goodness
13:14he had his second son and named him
13:16Manny Jr which is normal except Manny's
13:19first son is also named Manny Jr Manny
13:22is one of the worst defensive
13:24outfielders in history while
13:26simultaneously being the most
13:28entertaining fielder in history he once
13:31went into the field wearing sunglasses
13:33with headphones built into them so he
13:36could listen to music another time he
13:38went into the Outfield with a water
13:40bottle in his pocket that should not be
13:42allowed you can't do that he's out of
13:44uniform what is this a hike on this play
13:47he makes a catch throws the ball to a
13:49fan then realizes there were only two
13:51out he want called off his shortstop who
13:53was camped under the ball even though he
13:55wasn't even close to catching it not
13:57even close then f it the most famous
14:00error of Manny's career happened after
14:02Johnny Damon chased after a ball over
14:04his head then tried to throw it into the
14:06infield but for some reason in a play
14:09never seen in MLB history Manny
14:11intercepted his own teammate's throw
14:14from The Outfield causing an extra cut
14:16off man for absolutely no reason Manny's
14:19best play occurred in Baltimore when he
14:20made a catch on the run and despite
14:22wasting time trying to highfive a fan
14:25was able to throw out the runner at
14:27first base don't let this play you Manny
14:29Ramirez was a terrible Fielder he has
14:32the second worst defensive war in ml
14:35history what makes this impressive is
14:37that he still somehow ranks 81st all
14:40time in war because he was that dominant
14:43as a hitter especially when it mattered
14:46he played 111 playoff games and had an
14:49Ops above 900 but while doing it Manny
14:53acted like he couldn't care less in 2007
14:56after being down 3-1 in the ALCS Manny
14:59told a reporter quote who cares there's
15:02always next year it's not like it's the
15:04end of the world or something he then
15:06proceeded to hit 10 RBI that series The
15:09Red Sox came back and eventually won the
15:12World Series if I die tonight I die as a
15:16champion at this point Manny was a Red
15:18Sox icon but this whole time he was
15:21still constantly trying to get traded
15:24and in 2008 he took this to a whole new
15:27level in June the Red Sox found
15:29themselves in a brawl after James
15:30Shields drilled Coco Crisp a few Innings
15:33later they started fighting themselves
15:35Manny was apparently upset with Kevin
15:37ukus because he is known to throw temper
15:39tantrums after getting out he confronted
15:42him and apparently ended up backhand
15:44chopping him in the head a few weeks
15:46later Manny did something much worse
15:48when he fought the team's traveling
15:50secretary Manny reportedly asked for
15:52tickets for family for the upcoming game
15:55the secretary told Manny it was
15:56impossible to get the tickets with such
15:59short notice and Manny ended up shoving
16:01the 64-year-old man to the ground by
16:04this time Manny had already suggested
16:06the Red Sox trade him to over a dozen
16:09different teams including the team's
16:11triaa Affiliates he was doing everything
16:13he could to make this happened he once
16:16left a game because he said he had a bad
16:18hamstring when Terry Frank cona asked
16:20him which one it was he pointed at both
16:22of them he sat out at a game against the
16:24Mariners with a sore knee the Red Sox
16:26sent him to the hospital and an M showed
16:29no damage whatsoever and according to
16:31rumors he struck out on purpose against
16:34Mariano Rivera to let the Red Sox know
16:36if they didn't trade him he wasn't going
16:39to try finally the Red Sox listened and
16:41traded him to the Dodgers which started
16:43a string of controversies that got a lot
16:45worse a lot more serious and even
16:48criminal at first Manny was a star in La
16:51he was adopted as their franchise hero
16:54earned the nickname mannywood and the
16:56team sold wigs that mimicked his hair at
16:59age 36 he put up stats that were
17:02absolutely mindboggling and turns out
17:05very unnatural in 2009 he tested
17:08positive for a female fertility pill
17:11someone in Manny's team immediately told
17:13the media this positive test was caused
17:15by a drug prescribed for his erectile
17:18dysfunction which was a complete lie and
17:21Manny himself didn't even appeal turns
17:24out he was getting a cocktail of peeds
17:26made by a doctor without a license who
17:29would travel with him and according to
17:31him even sleep in the same room and read
17:33him bedtime stories after his suspension
17:36he again put up surprisingly good
17:38numbers he was traded to Chicago to help
17:40in their playoff push but according to
17:42azyan after he told the team he expects
17:45them to still play hard even though they
17:47were eliminated Manny told him quote I'm
17:50done you man you only played two games I
17:53said no you told me you have to play
17:54hard I'm done I can't I'm done that
17:57offseason Manny was given one one more
17:59chance he signed with the Rays and after
18:01having an abysmal start he once again
18:04was suspended for steroids Manny was the
18:07first player ever to test positive for
18:09peeds twice instead of appealing or
18:11serving a suspension and without even
18:13telling the Rays he went home and
18:15retired and just when things couldn't
18:17get any worse he was charged with
18:19domestic abuse after allegedly striking
18:23his wife these charges were eventually
18:25dropped after his wife stopped
18:26cooperating and they are still together
18:29today this was a massive wakeup call for
18:31Manny who has since been on a sort of
18:33redemption tour much of his public
18:35speaking is him admitting to his
18:37mistakes talking about his dedication to
18:39God and emphasizing how he is trying to
18:42become a better person but Manny's
18:44bizarre Antics that everybody loves him
18:46for have not stopped Manny's quote
18:49unquote retirement lasted less than a
18:51year and since then he's tried to play
18:54baseball on any team who's allowed him
18:57he signed multiple contracts for
18:59basically nothing because unlike pretty
19:01much every other major leager Manny for
19:04some reason seems to love playing in the
19:06minor he spent a short stint on the
19:08Athletics AAA team in 2012 then signed
19:11with a team in the Dominican before
19:12leaving to play for the Rangers triaa
19:14team after they release him the Cub
19:16signed him to be a minor league hitting
19:18instructor but promised he could also
19:20get some at bats he became a player
19:23coach for the Iowa Cubs playing in 24
19:26games while giving hitting lessons man
19:28then signed with a Japanese minor league
19:31team who promised to give him a Mercedes
19:33with a full-time driver the team agreed
19:35that practices for him were optional was
19:38given his own hotel suite on the road
19:40and given unlimited sushi for the entire
19:43season in a video posted by won Don he
19:47found Manny in Japan who was a celebrity
19:50and literally using a random guy who
19:52never even played High School baseball
19:54as his hitting coach we just went to the
19:57spa which turned out out to be pretty
19:59smart because Manny won the League's MVP
20:02in 2021 at 48 years old he signed to
20:05play in Australia but was released for
20:08quote ongoing sensitive and confidential
20:11medical reasons whatever that means
20:13Manny is turning 50 this year and who
20:15knows where he will end up but wherever
20:18it is it is safe to assume that Manny
20:20will continue to be Manny because that's
20:23what he's always done

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