Instances of Manny being Manny

[TrillaMonsoon]

I wish I could find the clip of this one play where Manny went to the wall - think it was during a playoff game - and leaped for a ball that landed in front of him, at his feet. It was one of the most puzzling things I've ever seen.

It aint Manny, but it reminded me of this that happened this year

 

[Brozay]

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

When manny dove and caught that damon throw to the cut off man that was some of the funniest shyt I ever saw in a baseball game.It resulted in an inside the park hr,red sox had 3 relay throws to the plate

I came in here to post this

I dont even know what could have compelled him to do that. He laid out further to catch that throw then he did any hit to the outfield.

It's the ultimate and nothing else comes close. He cuts off the relay throw and causes them to lose valuable time on it and causes an inside the park home run, and yeah he lays out and hustles like he NEVER did any other time . The icing on the cake is that he did it in Boston too. Not even loafing for a fly ball and falling down while the ball lands near him and let's in a run tops this and if bet money that a play like that is where came from.

 

[Originalman]

I love Manny. Dude one of the realest Kat's of African descent around.

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

It aint Manny, but it reminded me of this that happened this year

Edit: @Originalman im a Yankee fan and even I was too entertained by him to hate. A truly one of a kind character.

 

[Knights89]

manny first career hit starts the video

 

[TrillaMonsoon]

It's the ultimate and nothing else comes close. He cuts off the relay throw and causes them to lose valuable time on it and causes an inside the park home run, and yeah he lays out and hustles like he NEVER did any other time . The icing on the cake is that he did it in Boston too. Not even loafing for a fly ball and falling down while the ball lands near him and let's in a run tops this and if bet money that a play like that is where came from.

you cant even be mad. It's the weirdest/funniest thing I've ever seen on a baseball field. Manny has blessed us.

Back on topic

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

manny first career hit starts the video

Rep this man

 

[Walt]

It aint Manny, but it reminded me of this that happened this year

It looked ever worse than that. Seriously. I was in tears laughing when it happened.

 

[Rev]

wash. heights GOAT

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

"Everywhere we'd go," Cabrera said with a laugh. "Everywhere. Seven o'clock in the morning, you'd go down in the hotel and you'd see Manny Ramirez going in a hockey shirt. Yeah, he'd wear like the biggest hockey shirt. I don't know where he'd find these things."

"He'd be the first person you'd see watching the videos," Cabrera said. "He'd just watch them quiet, like he didn't want anybody watching him studying the pitchers."

Once in New York, Cabrera saw Ramirez studying Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina. Ramirez was not watching his at-bats, though. Instead, he was breaking down at-bats of other No. 3 hitters who faced Mussina that season. Curious about the approach, Cabrera asked Ramirez about his plan.

"I said, 'Hey, what are you going to do?'" Cabrera recalled. "He goes, 'Second at-bat, third pitch, I'm going to hit a curveball. Home run.' He goes, 'Don't tell anybody.'"

On Sept. 24, 2004, Ramirez strolled to the plate against Mussina in the third inning. He only saw two pitches in his first at-bat of the game. The next pitch released by Mussina sailed out of Fenway Park for a two-run home run.

"Third pitch. Breaking ball. Boom," Cabrera said. "I was like, 'That's why I can't be like you. That's incredible.' I tell that story and people don't believe it. I saw it."

The day he signed [with the Indians], I almost jumped off the floor about three feet. I remember showing Manny exactly what he had to do. I printed his name out, and I says, "You gotta sign it exactly like this. On this line." And doggone if he didn't sign it where his mother had to sign it. So you can't erase it. You can't do any cross-outs. So I gotta go type a whole new one out. I still have the original contract.

Chisum: He was real lackadaisical. He wouldn't run balls out; he wouldn't chase fly balls that some people would dive at. He didn't want to do the extra work. I'd say, "Manny, come on, man." He'd say, "It doesn't really matter. I'm gonna play anyway."

He would come into the clubhouse, take his street clothes off. He'd go to one person's locker, put their long underwear on. Go to another person's locker; if they had a T-shirt he liked, he'd put that on. He'd just pick socks out of someone's locker, put those on. He'd use your belt if your belt was close by. He'd put your hat on. If he liked your shirt or your shoes, he would wear them home that night.
Jeff Whitaker (teammate, Burlington Indians, 1991): When you see Manny, tell him that he still owes me a Nike warm-up suit.

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

Manto: One game he hit a ball to right center field, and he went in standing up when he should have slid. He was tagged out. Well, Mike Hargrove lost his mind. But the one thing you don't do is confront Manny. Because he's real sensitive when it comes to that. So Hargrove's yelling—not at him, but at the dugout. Manny gets the message. So his next at bat, he hits a double down the left-field line, and the infielders line up for the cutoff. Nobody's covering second base. Well, Manny slides. Pops up. Claps his hands. Looks at Hargrove. Gives him two fists. Everybody started laughing.

Ocker: He once hit a home run with a broken bat. I asked him, "Manny, you broke your bat on the pitch, right?" And he says, "No, it was broken before I went up to the plate. I just like that bat."

Ocker: The night of the O. J. slow chase down the 405 freeway, the Indians were playing a game at home, and after the game this was on all the TVs in the clubhouse. And everybody's watching it. Manny's not paying any attention. Manny keeps hearing O. J. this and O. J. that, and there was a pitcher on the team at the time named Chad Ogea [pronounced oh-jay]. So Manny hears this about eight times and turns around, and he says, "What did Chad do?"

Manuel: We left spring training one year, and about two months later Teddy Walsh, our clubhouse guy, says, "Charlie, Manny keeps bugging me about his suitcase. I don't know where his suitcase is at." Manny was complaining that he'd lost his necklace and his earrings. I said, "Well, where have we been since spring training? We went to Nashville first, right? Maybe you want to check there." So he called down to the hotel there, and they had his suitcase! They sent it up the next day, and we opened it. And he had, if I'm not mistaken now, $80,000 in checks in there. And he didn't ever say nothing about the checks for two months. He was just worried about his necklace.

whyd you leave my tribe manny

 

[Rocket Scientist]

When manny dove and caught that damon throw to the cut off man that was some of the funniest shyt I ever saw in a baseball game.It resulted in an inside the park hr,red sox had 3 relay throws to the plate

Seeing it again almost put me into tears

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

I remember dude was one of the first players to wear those Oakley sunglasses with the built in headphones

There's also the time he went into the Green Monster to take a piss

 

[Remote]

I miss Manny. Dude was hilarious.

But honestly, what a tremendous hitter. I don't care about steroids. If you wanted to emulate a hitter in the last 20 years, you couldn't do better than Manny. His balance was unreal.