Manny Ramirez - The Manny stories of baseball’s greatest hitter

In 1991, the bar for what athletes can and can’t get away with was forever changed when a 19-year-old Manny Ramirez was drafted 13th overall by the then Cleveland Indians. Ramirez went on to have one of the greatest MLB hitting careers, with 555 home runs, a career Batting Average of .312 and an On-Base Percentage plus Slugging of .996.But the real story with Manny is the infamous stories of ‘Manny being Manny’ which include: stealing the team bus; fighting club officials; forcing his PED supplier to read him bedtime stories; peeing inside the Green Monster (which does not have a toilet); and many, many more.So step up to the plate to hear all the wild, crazy, and strange stories of Manny Ramirez, and find out where this enigma of a human ranks on our journey to find the wildest story from the world of sport.Sources:https://beckertime.com/blog/the-rolex-watches-of-the-boston-red-sox/https://www.bostonherald.com/2008/10/22/manny-ramirezs-car-rolls/https://www.mlb.com/player/manny-ramirez-120903#:~:text=Manuel%20Aristedes%20Ramirez%20was%20originally,proceeds%20were%20split%20between%20ThinkCure!%2Chttps://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-opening-day-rosters-feature-265-internationally-born-playershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUc2fnsCvhQhttps://www.twinkietown.com/2024/7/25/24202151/mlb-new-york-yankees-boston-red-sox-jason-varitek-alex-rodriguez-curse-of-the-bambino-2004-fighthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsuYIN7y8Ewhttps://www.jeffspevak.com/look-out-kid/https://www.mlb.com/news/manny-ramirez-posted-astonishing-numbers-c264796776Presenters:James WhybrowBen WhybrowCarlin SheavesCover art and music:Zoe Behrendt