A few days after going Sammy Sosa during his first press conference as a member of the Chicago White Sox, it turns out that Manny Ramirez does remember how to speak English––at least when he returns to Fenway Park. But reporters must have been stunned––not over the fact that he didn’t need a translator to field the questions, but over Man-Ram’s response on the topic of his departure from Boston back in 2008.
“I think everything was my fault,” Ramirez said. “But, hey, you’ve got to be a real man to realize when you do wrong. Hey, it was my fault. I’m already past that stage and I’m happy with my new team.”
Wait…I’m not a linguist or a cryptologist, but that sounded an awful lot like an apology. Maybe Manny has turned over a new leaf; or maybe Joey Cora wrote him a heart-felt speech to deliver? Honestly, does this next quote sound like Manny: “In life, you pass every stage, and I’m already past that stage. You keep growing, and when you look back you say, ‘Oh, I did this wrong.’ What is done is done. All you can do is go and play the game and finish your career good.” Doesn’t that sound like someone who is putting his team before himself? Maybe Manny had a Samson moment when he got his locks trimmed and the cutting of his hair took away his “Manny being Manny” essence? And then again, maybe Manny was in a good place because he was feeling nostalgic for his former team?
“I would [have] come and see what I could do for [the Red Sox]. I did it here in the past and it’s in the past. If they claimed me, why would I say no to them?”
After Boston reporters revived themselves, I was told that Manny also said he was happy while he was in L.A. Who knows…? Only Manny.
photo credit: Eric Kilby
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