Same here, and let's be honest, his screw-ups were the most entertaining and memorable parts of many of the games they took place in. People take these games way too seriously
So true haha! Boston should have had 2 designated hitters lol. Ortiz could play first base alright though. Manny could just hit the cover off the ball.
We attended the same high school, G.W.H.S. in the Bronx; I remember him being shy, but not awkward, just a super chill dude that was amazing at baseball.
That’s awesome! To be fair though, it’s pretty tough to be awkward when you’re the best athlete the school has ever seen though - no? (Unless your Greinke)
Manny debuted in the DR winter league in 2012 with my local team, Águilas Cibaeñas. In his first appearance, and first pitch, he hit a grand slam. I think one of my biggest regrets ever was not attending that particular game. Our team went on to the finals but lost; However, Manny gave us some great moments. He still owns an apartment in my city and always says he's fond of playing for the local team.
you must be young, Manny played for las Aguilas in 92-93 before he even reached MLB. That homerun from 2012 you mentioned was not his debut and it wasn't a grand slam.
Bro Manny got traded to the Sox in 2001. Won a World Series ( two actually, ) in 2004 and 2007. So the only way he could have made his debut in 2011 was with a time machine e.
@@SnafuTLGOP the real question is why would you put a player in the HOF who didn't care about playing the game. His poor fundamentals, lazy play in the field, wanting to stay in the minors because it was easier ... are you kidding me, that's not a HOF player.
I'm a New Yorker, that starting liking baseball around 1997 when I was 9 yrs old (playing little leagues, watching it, playing video games of it, etc.). I was a Yankee fan, and it was quite a time to be one, since they won 3 straight WS- 98, 99, 2000. There were a few opposing players that I feared every time they stepped into the batter's box against the Yanks. One of them was Manny- so much so that when my family watched the games (esp in the playoffs), we had a saying "Uh oh, here comes Manny!"
I was at Fenway, watching a Red Sox game in 2005. Manny was benched, supposedly because a trade to the Mets was imminent. Apparently the trade fell through. Fans were chanting “We want Manny”, hoping he would be a pinch hitter. At a critical point in the game, there he was, Manny as the pinch hitter. The crowd cheered wildly, Manny got a clutch RBI single, and the Red Sox won. That was a microcosm of Manny’s career. Tremendous hitter, questionable defense, lots of drama, not a good fit for any team, but if you need a hit today, he’s the guy. He won two championships in Boston, he delivered when it mattered most.
He was not lazy, he just wanted everyone to think he was. He was one of the most hard working hitters, and definitely one of the best hitters of all time
legend has it that manny ramirez would show up before every other player to practice, accordingly to THOSE WHO PLAYED WITH HIM he was not lazy, not accordingly to someone creating a video Quoting David Ortiz "David Ortiz, a former teammate of Ramirez, said that Ramirez was actually working harder than anyone else. Ortiz said that Ramirez wanted people to think he was lazy so he could spot their weaknesses"
Nothing about the way he swung the bat was lazy it was every other aspect of the game where things got questionable. A HOF hitter though for sure. 100%
@@Rsantana380 No, I meant there was nothing lazy about what he did at the plate. He was just a very poor fielder which people interpret as "laziness." Sheffield was a beast hitter as well in his prime, but his swing was always violent where Manny had A+ mechanics like butter.
I've been a huge Manny fan for years, and got to see him at Fenway, Spring training, and all that. Not sure it was laziness, but more a very specialized player, and a hitting and homerun savant. Don't doubt he was mentally tweaked, but it was great entertainment seeing him.
Manny before he was drafted, I read it somewhere a very long time ago. But it had to do with him getting up at the crack of dawn and running up a hill with a rope and a tire attached to him.
Manny was awesome, and we boston fans loved him he made us laugh constantly, like when him and Pedro lit a fellow players cletes on fire or when he disappeared into the green moster in the middle of the inning 😂😂😂
Manny Funny: The funniest and craziest thing I saw Manny do is when he was was in the outfield, came in and the guy was throwing home and he cut him off and grabbed the ball -- he was the cut off man on a home throw or a throw to 3rd and the guy would have been out but Manny cut off the throw .... I cannot watch that right now without passing out laughing ... I watch it like 3 or 4 times and I just cannot stop laughing. It's the funniest play because Manny was serious and was trying to make a play.
I vividly remember that and I too laugh at it. I think he may have done it because it was Johnny Damon who was throwing the ball in and as we Red Sox fans know Damon had one of the worst outfielder arms in baseball. He was great at everything else but his throwing back to the infield was just really ugly lol
manny lives like a king in the dom.republic..he will never come back to boston..another guy that took the money and ran,not caring about the city and the foolish fans
@@louis-b2iwhat are you talking about. He helped the Red Sox win more than one World Series. He doesn’t owe Boston anything. Hating a guy because he moves somewhere is crazy
What he did in Boston was amazing , and he’ll always be welcomed . When he got the right team around him , you bet he’d cowboy up . We had so many characters who let Manny be Manny to a certain degree of course . Still got to see the goofy side and we loved it ! He’ll yes he would be in HOF
Manny belongs in the Hall of Fame for one reason: he was memorable! Not only was he a tremendous hitter,”; he was also one of those personalities who made everything *FUN*. It didn’t matter if you were rooting for his team or against. He brought *joy* to the fans who watched him play.
I don't think Manny was lazy. He just only really cared about hitting. Apparently he worked tirelessly at it. I watched him every night for many summers growing up and the analogy that comes to mind is Manny played the field and ran the bases like he was afraid everyone was going to make fun of him if he tried too hard. What a hitter.
Steve mandl was my baseball coach back on the varsity team in 2010-2014 i was hype when i found out manny went to my school and became to be one of the elite players in baseball
Are you serious…..The guy failed two tests for PEDS……And this was WELL AFTER they implemented the testing policy. It’d be one thing if he was just lumped in with the other guys of the era that had the cloud of suspicion over PED use. You could have an argument for him because suspicion isn’t proof of wrongdoing…. but being suspended twice for drug use. He shouldn’t be allowed on the ballot because of that. What’s worse is that he was likely doping since the mid 90’s, so who knows what his numbers may have been without the drugs. MLB banned PED’s in 1990 and the biggest travesty was that drug testing was implemented with it. You can thank the Players Union for that. Whether it was being tested for or not, it was cheating. The players were well aware of it being wrong….which is why they did it behind closed doors, it’s why they denied it when asked and it’s why they made excuses when caught. I get you like Manny….but at the end of the day, he’s a cheater….
My dad was a big baseball guy and a Yankees fan. He studied players and their mechanics. He always said Manny was one of the best natural hitters he ever seen. He admired the swing he had and how it never changed. As far as a work ethic goes, that may be another story. We would have to ask his teammates. He was a real character though.
Manny had about as close to a technically and mechanically perfect right-handed swing as you can get. And over his entire career it pretty much never changed. Absolutely no wasted motion in that swing. Manny also had an amazing ability to hit off-speed pitches that still blows my mind. He could just sit back and *unload* on the nastiest sliders, curves, and changeups that you’ve ever seen. Obviously he could hit fastballs too, but he was most impressive when he’d just spit on some 99mph fastball on the black, then sit back and unload on a curve like he had no doubt it was coming.
Manny's failed test with the Dodgers wasn't for a PED, it was for a substance that wasn't banned the previous season. Yes, he broke a rule, but it was suspected to be a masking agent. His suspension was warranted, but we have no idea why he was using it. They never released the substance in the test with the Rays, and I don't think anyone was considering his time with the Rays when considering his case for the Hall. He 100% deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. If you have Bagwell and Piazza, you need to have Manny.
His test in 2009 showed he was taking hCH, which is almost exclusively used as a woman’s fertility drug. It does also boost natural testosterone production, which is why it’s usually taken before and after steroid cycles since steroids diminish natural testosterone production. Instead of just owning up to it, Manny threw the Dr he was working with under the bus and acted like he wasn’t aware of what he was being given. The fact he failed a second drug test was just confirmation that he was actively trying to cheat the system.
@@prestonbucher18 Did you ever consider the possibility that Manuela (Malu) Ramirez is gender fluid and was merely trying to increase their chances to start a family? I, for one, choose not to be so closed-minded.
Also… one overlooked aspect of all major sports is; winners are just winners (even if they have antics that aren’t received by the people). Manny Ramirez, simply, was a Winner. The rest doesn’t matter. Winners Win!
He was never lazy he was alwaYs the first one in Fenway hitting , he made people think that but it was never that Julian Tavares has said that , also Albert Pujols in the abriendo el podcast and various other Dominican players
Baseball teams make their money by being interesting to watch and when Manny was playing it was definitely interesting to watch. Between the humor of watching how goofy he could be and seeing his amazing batting skill, he was fun to watch.
Honestly Manny grew up dirt poor in the Dominican and humble beginnings living in wash heights.. he was just happy to have made it . Not everyone has so much love for the game.. dude is lucky he didn’t end up doing deliveries for a bodega renting a room on Audubon
Part of me is mad at Manny for 2008....but most of me LOVED that he played in Boston!! Manny being Manny! Does he deserve a spot in the MLB HOF? No he does not. I really want to say yes, but I can't. I am a Red Sox fan.
Manny wasn’t lazy. You don’t play 19 years in Major League Baseball without putting in work. The tragedy of Manny Ramirez will be the PED use. People will advocate him for the Hall of Fame and they are wrong to do so. The guy failed two drug tests. He was suspended by MLB twice. It’d be one thing if he was suspected of PED use, but never actually failed a drug test. I think he’d have an argument. But after failing multiple tests. The guy should have never been allowed on the ballot and he should never be voted in later by some committee.
Watching Indians games in the Mid 1990's I remember Manny for three things outside of Homeruns: He was the reason MLB went to Direct Deposit and the Bizarre Baserunning Error and not knowing the House Rules at the Astrodome that resulted in a Inside the Park Homerun, in the same Series!
Calling one of the greatest hitters and RBI guys MLB has ever seen "lazy" is ridiculous and highly disrespectful. Manny Ramirez was one of the most feared hitters in MLB in his era. He wasn't a good fielder and didn't have a position. He was really a DH. He was in the lineup for his bat, not his glove.
I remember in the late 2000s there was this stretch where he wasn't trying and it was in the news a few weeks. Don't remember what exactly he did but remember everyone talking about it.
@commodorezero Unfair criticism of a guy who produced at a Hall of Fame level his entire career. He couldn't field. That was his weakness. He had no real defensive position where you could hide him. He was really a DH, but he had a legendary bat.
Manny was simply not a good fielder at all. Not fast, didn't get good reads and managed to boot routine plays. His bat made up for those shortcomings though. He was that good at the plate.
@@rileywilson9691 Did you watch him play? Or just on RUclips? How did you know he didn't try to get better at it? I know for a fact he tried to get better at it because I saw him play in person before he was in MLB. He was never a good fielder. He was really a DH. Shake your own head.
I named my son after my favorite player. Emmanuel . I don't care about the juice, I love me some big papi- but no one was as dangerous at the plate during his prime. World series MVP in the most important world series of the last 107years.
Manny was a very good offensive player without steroids, with a 300 average and a 30-home-run hitter. But after he started taking roids after the 97 season, Manny became a 330 average, 40 plus home runs, and 150 rbi guy. He became Super Manny with roids.
I am a life long Red Sox fan and he was not lazy. Manny valued having fun while playing the game he loved above all else. A lazy player wouldn't have continued to play around the world until he was 48 years old.
Most of the things you called lazy can easily be explained by ineptitude or just being a bit clueless. And he showed he's not lazy by how hard he worked at batting, including being at the cage early for it.
He was soooo good even being lazy. Can u imagine if he gave a shit and put forth 110% effort. The sky was the limit for his career. As a life long redsox fan i can say he is on my top 5 favorite all time sox! Him taking a shit in the monster bathroom mid game damn near killed me. 😂😂😂 him and papi best 1-2 combo of the early 2000s.
Manny with the dreeds is every black mans top 5 favorite. Him and Pappi are the goats in baseball. We dont watch much baseball them those two we claim them and love them, they remid us of a brothers love, they have fun they fly and the STUNT!
It's a crying shame that Manny. R destroyed his opportunity to get into Cooperstown. The man was a natural born MLB super star 😢 .Hey Manny being Manny deal with it .
I really enjoyed this video, but one of the main ways it frames Manny as a person is unfair. I think that Manny's personality and this video’s assertion that he was lazy is a misreading of Manny as a person. There are a lot of things going on with Manny and his perception by American baseball fans as lazy. It’s worth thinking about why. Ultimately I think that Manny was a unique psychological figure as an athlete and his attitude poked and prodded at weird places in the American sports fan psyche. Thinking about the box Manny was put in, why he was put there, and speculating about the truth of who he was underneath all of that is really really interesting. The contrast of Manny’s defense with the excellence of his bat made it easy to see him fall over in the outfield and assume that someone so amazing at hitting couldn't possibly be this bad at the other thing he was being paid to do. I think it’s clear he was really bad at making reads and getting good routes to the ball, and really didn’t have instincts at the position. When he messed shit up, it would look brutal. He would have diabolically bad plays out there, the kinds of plays that have gone away in large part in contemporary MLB, where even the best defenders can look competent. But none of this has to mean that he wasn’t trying. Fielding is a completely different skill than hitting, and it’s possible that a player can be bad at one and great at the other. But I get it when you see that beautiful once-in-a-lifetime swing and it’s like HOW CAN THIS MAN NOT READ A FLY BALL. I get it I get it lol. If his attitude seemed to betray that he wasn’t a hard worker, there's lots of evidence he worked incredibly hard. He was known for his extended bp sessions and tee work. Go elsewhere on youtube and you can find several videos of trainers referencing his focus, approach to hitting and batting drills. Other comments under this video note that David Ortiz said Manny was the hardest working player on the team, and that he was known to show up before all the other players to take BP. Baseball is insanely hard, and the idea that any player who played for over a decade as one of the best players in the world didn't try or didn't care is an insult to the difficulty of the game, and an insult to Manny Ramirez. Manny is a hitting genius. Just look at that swing. The man wasn’t just born to swing a bat, he lived TO swing a bat. Manny was certainly visibly aloof, low energy, and lacked hustle on the field. But why does that mean he wasn’t trying, or didn’t care? “Lazy idiot” is not the only way baseball can be other than “hustle guy”, but rigid stereotypes in baseball culture make us want to believe that. “Not playing the game the right way” is a judgement often made by an american fan about the behavior of a latin american player - one rooted in the fan’s inability to see that there are many ways to play the game, and not all of them are ways that they themselves have been taught are appropriate by their version of baseball culture. I think that it’s fair to say Manny’s perceptions among American fans suffered in a way that is common and consistent in the perception of all Latin American players by American fans, common and consistent enough to call it ethnic/racial stereotyping. It’s notable that the comments I have found in this comments section sourcing info about how hardworking Ramirez was all have Spanish usernames. American’s literally don’t know how hardworking he was, and this is the strength of stereotype. Manny was loose, Manny was cocky. He celebrated home runs and wore baggy pants and had long dreads. Coming to understand that these traits don’t have to be perceived negatively was something that I came around on in my youth, and is possible for anyone else to as well. Manny played with flair and drama. He was fun. He was emotional, He had style and a sense of cool. He was an iconic Dominican slugger, and a defining ethos among the great line of beautiful swings from players out of the DR. Once you’re at this place, you can actually start to ask the question in good faith - like who TF WAS Manny Ramirez. He wasn’t just a hot hitting Dominican corner outfielder. He was MANNY. You could watch a single game and realize he wasn’t like anyone else. Manny was completely singular. I haven’t read a biography about him but I would love to. He was one of the best hitters of all time and he was also one of the most visibly weird. As the video says, he concealed from his family that he was good at baseball as a youth, and expressed an interest in quitting to his coaches early in his career. Did Manny Ramirez LIKE playing baseball? Or more helpfully, what did Manny Ramirez NOT like about playing baseball? I didn’t know until watching this video that the Red Sox tried to salary dump him after signing him, and he also wanted to leave Boston for several years - also the years that he was winning them World Series(es). I’m sure constantly getting shit on by the media and his own fans for daring to be himself didn’t make his relationship to the sport easy. I’m sure growing up in another country gave him a different perspective on success as a professional athlete. I’m sure becoming a top prospect without support or even knowledge of his efforts from his family gave him a different relationship to the sport than most pro athletes. Wanting to quit in spite of his own success, dozing in left field, wanting to be traded from a team he just lead to a world series, high fiving fans while he’s holding an in-play ball, running into the green monster… I challenge anyone who took the time to read this to think about whether these are really the actions of a lazy malcontent idiot, or the actions of someone who just didn’t see the whole charade of professional baseball as preciously, cosmically important. Manny didn’t act like he didn’t try. He acted like you act when you’re doing your job and no one’s watching. He moped around. He made jokes. He fucked off and took a long shit. This is why I love Manny. He was real, he was himself. Did what he wanted to do and left the ‘why?’s to the rest of us. As a player he is one of the greatest, and as a personality he is one of the most significant and unique baseball has ever had.
Then remove all the players who took Greenies in the 50's and 60's. Buhbye Hank and most other greats of that era. All the players in the HOF from the 70's who did blow, them too right? I'm not pro steroids, but it was taken by the majority in that era.
Is a game first off and 2 he gave 2 championships that without a doubt we we not have won them without him remember wasn’t just him Ortiz benefited greatly batting before Ramirez
They tried but Ortiz bat was weak in other words his numbers were down drastically on top that Ortiz was a liability on first so francona switched Ortiz back to DH
@@crou8040Just my opinion, but he was still young enough they probably thought he could improve with more reps in the field which ended up not being the case.
I'm against steroid players being in the Hall, but if we ever elect a confirmed steroid user, Manny better be the first one. Who doesn't want to hear his induction speech? Probably would go up with a harmonica or kazoo and sing it to us, but stop after 12 seconds because he got bored and walked off his own induction.
Baseball was great in the late 90s and 2000s. Their were real stars mid tear stars and local stars ! Mabey because a guy named STUART SCOTT was the lead news caster and Sports Center was cant miss TV. Times have changed and things are truly different now, people hate each other over politics, we have terriorist now and we get all our information from sombody we dont know. We knew who Stuart Scott was, we know that the other side of the pillow was the Coldest. I just had to vent because Manny bring back those memories from Y2K when America was "Great" and pissed excellence.
The title of this video couldn’t be further from the truth. Manny Ramirez was not lazy, this has been said by many of his former teammates in interviews, they all say the same thing, manny was a workhorse, first to arrive at the ball park and to the gym and last one to leave, You cannot become one of the greatest hitters of all times by being lazy. Manny was just Manny, very nonchalant and always himself, not trying to be someone he wasn’t. He was fun to watch. Calling him lazy is nonsense.
I think he had a learning disability . I am from Cleveland and heard all kinds of stories about him . I met a woman who was friends with a girl that was seeing him and she told me she would call her and he would answer and she would say is she there and he would just say yeah and then she would have to say well can I talk to her . The elevator didn't go all the way up . He was still a great hitter.
The same reason ppl hated his laziness nonchalant attitude is the reason he was a postseason killer because he never put pressure on himself he was just playing baseball nothing more nothing less
David Ortiz and Manny were the best one two punch in baseball history. It was awesome when they were hitting 3rd and 4th in the lineup every day
They should thank "juice" for that.
Along with JD Drew, Mike Lowell and Dustin Pedroia. Dangerous
McGwire and Canseco were better imo.
Not in baseball history, but in 2000s decade they were.
Just Manny being Manny. I will always love Manny for his time with the Red Sox.
Same here, and let's be honest, his screw-ups were the most entertaining and memorable parts of many of the games they took place in. People take these games way too seriously
Who else can high five a fan then turn a double play?
Manny was ahead of his time.. He was basically what modern-day NBA players are now. Manny is a pioneer.
So true haha! Boston should have had 2 designated hitters lol. Ortiz could play first base alright though. Manny could just hit the cover off the ball.
No that’s not fair. He’s more Rodman. He goofed off and did crazy stuff then showed up and balled out. Hall of Famer for sure
Ahead of his time?.... that statement makes no sense lol
Oh does he deserve Hall of fame fuck yea he does I’m an Oakland A’s fan every time Boston come to Oakland we was there to see this bad motherfucker
Why did 39 people like this. This is nonsensical gibberish
We attended the same high school, G.W.H.S. in the Bronx; I remember him being shy, but not awkward, just a super chill dude that was amazing at baseball.
That’s awesome! To be fair though, it’s pretty tough to be awkward when you’re the best athlete the school has ever seen though - no? (Unless your Greinke)
george washington is located in the heights on 190th and Audobon i went there too
Manny debuted in the DR winter league in 2012 with my local team, Águilas Cibaeñas. In his first appearance, and first pitch, he hit a grand slam. I think one of my biggest regrets ever was not attending that particular game. Our team went on to the finals but lost; However, Manny gave us some great moments. He still owns an apartment in my city and always says he's fond of playing for the local team.
you must be young, Manny played for las Aguilas in 92-93 before he even reached MLB. That homerun from 2012 you mentioned was not his debut and it wasn't a grand slam.
Bro Manny got traded to the Sox in 2001. Won a World Series ( two actually, ) in 2004 and 2007. So the only way he could have made his debut in 2011 was with a time machine e.
Manny didn't get traded, he got signed as a free agent when the sox used to spend money. @auntiewewe972
@@auntiewewe972alot of players go and play winter baseball in the Dominican bro
@@serantavwhat are u talking about manny played for the aguilas after he retired
Manny is without a doubt one of the greatest right handed bats in the history of the game.
I don’t care about any of the negative aspects. He was one of the greatest hitters I’ve ever seen. Definitely should be a hall of famer
Agreed. HOF or not, Sox should retire his #24.
Most definitely
So true
Imagine if he cared though, how good could he have been?
@@SnafuTLGOP the real question is why would you put a player in the HOF who didn't care about playing the game. His poor fundamentals, lazy play in the field, wanting to stay in the minors because it was easier ... are you kidding me, that's not a HOF player.
I'm a New Yorker, that starting liking baseball around 1997 when I was 9 yrs old (playing little leagues, watching it, playing video games of it, etc.). I was a Yankee fan, and it was quite a time to be one, since they won 3 straight WS- 98, 99, 2000. There were a few opposing players that I feared every time they stepped into the batter's box against the Yanks. One of them was Manny- so much so that when my family watched the games (esp in the playoffs), we had a saying "Uh oh, here comes Manny!"
I was at Fenway, watching a Red Sox game in 2005. Manny was benched, supposedly because a trade to the Mets was imminent. Apparently the trade fell through. Fans were chanting “We want Manny”, hoping he would be a pinch hitter. At a critical point in the game, there he was, Manny as the pinch hitter. The crowd cheered wildly, Manny got a clutch RBI single, and the Red Sox won. That was a microcosm of Manny’s career. Tremendous hitter, questionable defense, lots of drama, not a good fit for any team, but if you need a hit today, he’s the guy. He won two championships in Boston, he delivered when it mattered most.
How funny see so many people who know nothing about baseball. He wasn’t lazy, he worked harder than all of us together.
He was not lazy, he just wanted everyone to think he was. He was one of the most hard working hitters, and definitely one of the best hitters of all time
David Ortiz and Pedro mentioned this on multiple occasions. Genius🔥
legend has it that manny ramirez would show up before every other player to practice, accordingly to THOSE WHO PLAYED WITH HIM he was not lazy, not accordingly to someone creating a video
Quoting David Ortiz "David Ortiz, a former teammate of Ramirez, said that Ramirez was actually working harder than anyone else. Ortiz said that Ramirez wanted people to think he was lazy so he could spot their weaknesses"
Nothing about the way he swung the bat was lazy it was every other aspect of the game where things got questionable.
A HOF hitter though for sure. 100%
@SakAttack87 for real? Swang the bat slower than sherfield, who was better
@@Rsantana380 No, I meant there was nothing lazy about what he did at the plate. He was just a very poor fielder which people interpret as "laziness."
Sheffield was a beast hitter as well in his prime, but his swing was always violent where Manny had A+ mechanics like butter.
@SakAttack87 my bad i agree, I miss understood you
I remember going to Red Sox games and watching Manny take batting practice. He was definitely a hard worker
Greatest right handed hitter of all time
I've been a huge Manny fan for years, and got to see him at Fenway, Spring training, and all that. Not sure it was laziness, but more a very specialized player, and a hitting and homerun savant. Don't doubt he was mentally tweaked, but it was great entertainment seeing him.
Many was the man. My favorite hitter I’ve ever seen
Even if his grandmother died 4 times😂😂😂😂😂
Manny before he was drafted, I read it somewhere a very long time ago. But it had to do with him getting up at the crack of dawn and running up a hill with a rope and a tire attached to him.
Yes around Washington heights.
Manny was awesome, and we boston fans loved him he made us laugh constantly, like when him and Pedro lit a fellow players cletes on fire or when he disappeared into the green moster in the middle of the inning 😂😂😂
Manny is La Bestia and he deserves the Hall Of Fame - such an amazing player
Manny Funny: The funniest and craziest thing I saw Manny do is when he was was in the outfield, came in and the guy was throwing home and he cut him off and grabbed the ball -- he was the cut off man on a home throw or a throw to 3rd and the guy would have been out but Manny cut off the throw .... I cannot watch that right now without passing out laughing ... I watch it like 3 or 4 times and I just cannot stop laughing. It's the funniest play because Manny was serious and was trying to make a play.
I vividly remember that and I too laugh at it. I think he may have done it because it was Johnny Damon who was throwing the ball in and as we Red Sox fans know Damon had one of the worst outfielder arms in baseball. He was great at everything else but his throwing back to the infield was just really ugly lol
Or when he caught a ball, high fived a fan then turned a double play
Love Manny, but the clip of him missing a ball in the outfield then immediately cutting to Theo in the stands will always be hilarious
manny lives like a king in the dom.republic..he will never come back to boston..another guy that took the money and ran,not caring about the city and the foolish fans
@@louis-b2iwhat are you talking about. He helped the Red Sox win more than one World Series. He doesn’t owe Boston anything. Hating a guy because he moves somewhere is crazy
@@harryparsons2750 ya dude I’m with you
He was one of the greatest hitters i have ever seen. He is just behind barry bonds and rod carew.
fake info, every player that played with him says that he was one of the most humbles guy in the field and out the field
I was at the game he high fived the fan after a catch. At like 6 i was stunned he did that
What he did in Boston was amazing , and he’ll always be welcomed . When he got the right team around him , you bet he’d cowboy up . We had so many characters who let Manny be Manny to a certain degree of course . Still got to see the goofy side and we loved it ! He’ll yes he would be in HOF
I still love the cut off. I think he did it because Damon had the worst outfield arm in the game
Absolutely should be in the HOF!
Manny belongs in the Hall of Fame for one reason: he was memorable! Not only was he a tremendous hitter,”; he was also one of those personalities who made everything *FUN*. It didn’t matter if you were rooting for his team or against. He brought *joy* to the fans who watched him play.
Same with McGwire and Sosa.
Who else can catch a ball, high five a fan then turn a double play
@@SakAttack87and Bonds
I don't think Manny was lazy. He just only really cared about hitting. Apparently he worked tirelessly at it.
I watched him every night for many summers growing up and the analogy that comes to mind is Manny played the field and ran the bases like he was afraid everyone was going to make fun of him if he tried too hard.
What a hitter.
Why didn't they make him the designated hitter?
@@Antonio-p1bcause David Ortiz was the DH
“That ball almost hit me in my back” is so funny - especially with the stakes
I swear to God if he doesn’t make the whole, I’m going to be shocked
Steve mandl was my baseball coach back on the varsity team in 2010-2014 i was hype when i found out manny went to my school and became to be one of the elite players in baseball
If you think manny was lazy you never saw hit during bp.
Manny came to play for a Japanese baseball team local to me.
Happened to be on a flight with him to Tokyo once. Great guy!
LA still loves Manny. Mannywood was electric and one of the best things to come to Dodgers stadium.
He figured as long as he hit well he didn’t have to care about anything else in life. lol
Manny definitely deserves to be in the HOF! Loved watching him as a Red Sox and as a Dodgers. My two favorite teams
Are you serious…..The guy failed two tests for PEDS……And this was WELL AFTER they implemented the testing policy.
It’d be one thing if he was just lumped in with the other guys of the era that had the cloud of suspicion over PED use. You could have an argument for him because suspicion isn’t proof of wrongdoing…. but being suspended twice for drug use. He shouldn’t be allowed on the ballot because of that.
What’s worse is that he was likely doping since the mid 90’s, so who knows what his numbers may have been without the drugs.
MLB banned PED’s in 1990 and the biggest travesty was that drug testing was implemented with it. You can thank the Players Union for that. Whether it was being tested for or not, it was cheating. The players were well aware of it being wrong….which is why they did it behind closed doors, it’s why they denied it when asked and it’s why they made excuses when caught.
I get you like Manny….but at the end of the day, he’s a cheater….
Sweetest right-handed swing I've ever seen
My dad was a big baseball guy and a Yankees fan. He studied players and their mechanics. He always said Manny was one of the best natural hitters he ever seen. He admired the swing he had and how it never changed. As far as a work ethic goes, that may be another story. We would have to ask his teammates. He was a real character though.
Manny had about as close to a technically and mechanically perfect right-handed swing as you can get. And over his entire career it pretty much never changed. Absolutely no wasted motion in that swing.
Manny also had an amazing ability to hit off-speed pitches that still blows my mind. He could just sit back and *unload* on the nastiest sliders, curves, and changeups that you’ve ever seen. Obviously he could hit fastballs too, but he was most impressive when he’d just spit on some 99mph fastball on the black, then sit back and unload on a curve like he had no doubt it was coming.
Manny's failed test with the Dodgers wasn't for a PED, it was for a substance that wasn't banned the previous season. Yes, he broke a rule, but it was suspected to be a masking agent. His suspension was warranted, but we have no idea why he was using it. They never released the substance in the test with the Rays, and I don't think anyone was considering his time with the Rays when considering his case for the Hall. He 100% deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. If you have Bagwell and Piazza, you need to have Manny.
I heard he had ring worm.
His test in 2009 showed he was taking hCH, which is almost exclusively used as a woman’s fertility drug. It does also boost natural testosterone production, which is why it’s usually taken before and after steroid cycles since steroids diminish natural testosterone production.
Instead of just owning up to it, Manny threw the Dr he was working with under the bus and acted like he wasn’t aware of what he was being given.
The fact he failed a second drug test was just confirmation that he was actively trying to cheat the system.
@@prestonbucher18 Did you ever consider the possibility that Manuela (Malu) Ramirez is gender fluid and was merely trying to increase their chances to start a family? I, for one, choose not to be so closed-minded.
He was a roid user like Pudge Rodriguez. Wake up and smell the coffee.
Manny being Manny
Great job, Greenlight!
Also… one overlooked aspect of all major sports is;
winners are just winners (even if they have antics that aren’t received by the people).
Manny Ramirez, simply, was a Winner. The rest doesn’t matter. Winners Win!
One of my favorite Manny moments was when he took K-Rod deep during the 2007 ALDS
One of my Favorites all time was there at The Ravine when he hits a Grand Salami on his Bobblehead night was electric!
has to be the most unique player in the history of the game as far as raw talent mixed with laziness and terrible fundamentals
He was never lazy he was alwaYs the first one in Fenway hitting , he made people think that but it was never that Julian Tavares has said that , also Albert Pujols in the abriendo el podcast and various other Dominican players
Laziness and terrible fielding fundamentals. He was a tremendous hitter!
Baseball teams make their money by being interesting to watch and when Manny was playing it was definitely interesting to watch. Between the humor of watching how goofy he could be and seeing his amazing batting skill, he was fun to watch.
Honestly Manny grew up dirt poor in the Dominican and humble beginnings living in wash heights.. he was just happy to have made it . Not everyone has so much love for the game.. dude is lucky he didn’t end up doing deliveries for a bodega renting a room on Audubon
Great video, Manny's a special player.
Now angels have mannys son 😇
The more you know
At first I interpreted that as that his son was dead
Wild that there are no advertisements on Mannys first homerun as red sock. Times have changed.
0:57 and at 20:12 I was at that game, sitting right next to Pesky Pole
Manny being Manny but loved watching him play!
Manny loved making pitchers think that they had him with certain pitches. Until they threw it the second or third time🐐
Part of me is mad at Manny for 2008....but most of me LOVED that he played in Boston!! Manny being Manny!
Does he deserve a spot in the MLB HOF? No he does not. I really want to say yes, but I can't. I am a Red Sox fan.
Manny was just a brutal outfielder, not lazy. Had mental lapses.
Best right handed bat I’ve seen in my lifetime. Manny wasn’t as lazy you think.
Manny wasn’t lazy. You don’t play 19 years in Major League Baseball without putting in work.
The tragedy of Manny Ramirez will be the PED use. People will advocate him for the Hall of Fame and they are wrong to do so. The guy failed two drug tests. He was suspended by MLB twice. It’d be one thing if he was suspected of PED use, but never actually failed a drug test. I think he’d have an argument. But after failing multiple tests. The guy should have never been allowed on the ballot and he should never be voted in later by some committee.
The greatest right handed hitter I've ever seen fun times in Cleveland
Watching Indians games in the Mid 1990's I remember Manny for three things outside of Homeruns: He was the reason MLB went to Direct Deposit and the Bizarre Baserunning Error and not knowing the House Rules at the Astrodome that resulted in a Inside the Park Homerun, in the same Series!
He wasn't the first to forget to deposit checks. Rickey forgot to cash a million dollar check once
Calling one of the greatest hitters and RBI guys MLB has ever seen "lazy" is ridiculous and highly disrespectful. Manny Ramirez was one of the most feared hitters in MLB in his era. He wasn't a good fielder and didn't have a position. He was really a DH. He was in the lineup for his bat, not his glove.
I remember in the late 2000s there was this stretch where he wasn't trying and it was in the news a few weeks. Don't remember what exactly he did but remember everyone talking about it.
@commodorezero Unfair criticism of a guy who produced at a Hall of Fame level his entire career. He couldn't field. That was his weakness. He had no real defensive position where you could hide him. He was really a DH, but he had a legendary bat.
It’s not the fact that he couldn’t field. He didn’t try to get better at it. Give your head a shake
Manny was simply not a good fielder at all. Not fast, didn't get good reads and managed to boot routine plays.
His bat made up for those shortcomings though. He was that good at the plate.
@@rileywilson9691 Did you watch him play? Or just on RUclips? How did you know he didn't try to get better at it? I know for a fact he tried to get better at it because I saw him play in person before he was in MLB. He was never a good fielder. He was really a DH. Shake your own head.
I named my son after my favorite player. Emmanuel . I don't care about the juice, I love me some big papi- but no one was as dangerous at the plate during his prime. World series MVP in the most important world series of the last 107years.
Do you think he deserves to be in the Hall of Fame?
yes
No
Maybe
Maybe the best right handed bat for the majority of his career. He's not first ballot due to his foibles, but his bat overcomes those in the end.
Of course
Love that guy. Reminded us all that baseball is just a game and should not be taken super serious.
Manny was a very good offensive player without steroids, with a 300 average and a 30-home-run hitter. But after he started taking roids after the 97 season, Manny became a 330 average, 40 plus home runs, and 150 rbi guy. He became Super Manny with roids.
I am a life long Red Sox fan and he was not lazy. Manny valued having fun while playing the game he loved above all else. A lazy player wouldn't have continued to play around the world until he was 48 years old.
Agreed. His gift was hitting he was simply never going to be known as a good fielder or base runner.
Most of the things you called lazy can easily be explained by ineptitude or just being a bit clueless. And he showed he's not lazy by how hard he worked at batting, including being at the cage early for it.
He was soooo good even being lazy. Can u imagine if he gave a shit and put forth 110% effort. The sky was the limit for his career. As a life long redsox fan i can say he is on my top 5 favorite all time sox! Him taking a shit in the monster bathroom mid game damn near killed me. 😂😂😂 him and papi best 1-2 combo of the early 2000s.
Don’t forget when he cut off Damon’s throw lol
He was a beast . I use to hate him when they would go against my NY teams lmaooo
I mean we all approach these differently and hence why’s he’s special and you’ll never ever be that good, cheers!
Used "Couldn't care less" correctly. You're awesome!. I could care less that people use it incorrectly.
Manny with the dreeds is every black mans top 5 favorite. Him and Pappi are the goats in baseball. We dont watch much baseball them those two we claim them and love them, they remid us of a brothers love, they have fun they fly and the STUNT!
He wasn’t lazy, he was just not a good baseball player. He was an amazing baseball hitter.
Hall of fame 100% he belongs as a RED SOX
Mike Hargrove got paid to bat Ramirez 7th in 1995 World Series behind the likes of Omar Vizquel and Carlos Baerga, Manny was a perfect #2 hitter...
I totally forgot Thome, Belle, Ramirez, Baerga and Lofton were in the same lineup. Wow
90's Indians were LOADED. Shame they couldn't win a World Series with that crew.
Murray, Franco as well
I miss the days of Manny, Papi, Lowell, Beckett, Lester, Pedroia, Pedro, Schilling, and Papelbon
imagine waking up to see your son on ESPN accepting the hat. lmao.
I was at Manny’s last game in Boston.
I was at his first in Los Angeles 🤝🏽
There's and old saying "When your a good hitter they will find a place for you too play"
Every player you listed who is not in the hall of fame should absolutely be in the hall
I’m gay
excellent video sir
Manny was 100% right about some things. It’s a baseball game, not the end of the world.
He was drafted 13th overall and that quote was from 2007 ALCS
fools support overpaid athletes,,the ball players dont care about you(the fans).they could care less about you..give the money to help the homeless.
It's a crying shame that Manny. R destroyed his opportunity to get into Cooperstown. The man was a natural born MLB super star 😢 .Hey Manny being Manny deal with it .
I really enjoyed this video, but one of the main ways it frames Manny as a person is unfair. I think that Manny's personality and this video’s assertion that he was lazy is a misreading of Manny as a person. There are a lot of things going on with Manny and his perception by American baseball fans as lazy. It’s worth thinking about why. Ultimately I think that Manny was a unique psychological figure as an athlete and his attitude poked and prodded at weird places in the American sports fan psyche. Thinking about the box Manny was put in, why he was put there, and speculating about the truth of who he was underneath all of that is really really interesting.
The contrast of Manny’s defense with the excellence of his bat made it easy to see him fall over in the outfield and assume that someone so amazing at hitting couldn't possibly be this bad at the other thing he was being paid to do. I think it’s clear he was really bad at making reads and getting good routes to the ball, and really didn’t have instincts at the position. When he messed shit up, it would look brutal. He would have diabolically bad plays out there, the kinds of plays that have gone away in large part in contemporary MLB, where even the best defenders can look competent. But none of this has to mean that he wasn’t trying. Fielding is a completely different skill than hitting, and it’s possible that a player can be bad at one and great at the other. But I get it when you see that beautiful once-in-a-lifetime swing and it’s like HOW CAN THIS MAN NOT READ A FLY BALL. I get it I get it lol.
If his attitude seemed to betray that he wasn’t a hard worker, there's lots of evidence he worked incredibly hard. He was known for his extended bp sessions and tee work. Go elsewhere on youtube and you can find several videos of trainers referencing his focus, approach to hitting and batting drills. Other comments under this video note that David Ortiz said Manny was the hardest working player on the team, and that he was known to show up before all the other players to take BP. Baseball is insanely hard, and the idea that any player who played for over a decade as one of the best players in the world didn't try or didn't care is an insult to the difficulty of the game, and an insult to Manny Ramirez. Manny is a hitting genius. Just look at that swing. The man wasn’t just born to swing a bat, he lived TO swing a bat.
Manny was certainly visibly aloof, low energy, and lacked hustle on the field. But why does that mean he wasn’t trying, or didn’t care? “Lazy idiot” is not the only way baseball can be other than “hustle guy”, but rigid stereotypes in baseball culture make us want to believe that. “Not playing the game the right way” is a judgement often made by an american fan about the behavior of a latin american player - one rooted in the fan’s inability to see that there are many ways to play the game, and not all of them are ways that they themselves have been taught are appropriate by their version of baseball culture. I think that it’s fair to say Manny’s perceptions among American fans suffered in a way that is common and consistent in the perception of all Latin American players by American fans, common and consistent enough to call it ethnic/racial stereotyping. It’s notable that the comments I have found in this comments section sourcing info about how hardworking Ramirez was all have Spanish usernames. American’s literally don’t know how hardworking he was, and this is the strength of stereotype. Manny was loose, Manny was cocky. He celebrated home runs and wore baggy pants and had long dreads. Coming to understand that these traits don’t have to be perceived negatively was something that I came around on in my youth, and is possible for anyone else to as well. Manny played with flair and drama. He was fun. He was emotional, He had style and a sense of cool. He was an iconic Dominican slugger, and a defining ethos among the great line of beautiful swings from players out of the DR.
Once you’re at this place, you can actually start to ask the question in good faith - like who TF WAS Manny Ramirez. He wasn’t just a hot hitting Dominican corner outfielder. He was MANNY. You could watch a single game and realize he wasn’t like anyone else. Manny was completely singular. I haven’t read a biography about him but I would love to. He was one of the best hitters of all time and he was also one of the most visibly weird. As the video says, he concealed from his family that he was good at baseball as a youth, and expressed an interest in quitting to his coaches early in his career. Did Manny Ramirez LIKE playing baseball? Or more helpfully, what did Manny Ramirez NOT like about playing baseball? I didn’t know until watching this video that the Red Sox tried to salary dump him after signing him, and he also wanted to leave Boston for several years - also the years that he was winning them World Series(es). I’m sure constantly getting shit on by the media and his own fans for daring to be himself didn’t make his relationship to the sport easy. I’m sure growing up in another country gave him a different perspective on success as a professional athlete. I’m sure becoming a top prospect without support or even knowledge of his efforts from his family gave him a different relationship to the sport than most pro athletes.
Wanting to quit in spite of his own success, dozing in left field, wanting to be traded from a team he just lead to a world series, high fiving fans while he’s holding an in-play ball, running into the green monster… I challenge anyone who took the time to read this to think about whether these are really the actions of a lazy malcontent idiot, or the actions of someone who just didn’t see the whole charade of professional baseball as preciously, cosmically important. Manny didn’t act like he didn’t try. He acted like you act when you’re doing your job and no one’s watching. He moped around. He made jokes. He fucked off and took a long shit. This is why I love Manny. He was real, he was himself. Did what he wanted to do and left the ‘why?’s to the rest of us. As a player he is one of the greatest, and as a personality he is one of the most significant and unique baseball has ever had.
Manny can be in the HOF anytime he wants. He just has to buy a ticket and walk in.
No Hall for cheaters and/or players who disrespect 21:48 the greatest game with a comical and disgusting level of laziness.
Cry boomer
@@ImGonnasayitbecause he took hgh and will never be a hall of famer? Hm
Then remove all the players who took Greenies in the 50's and 60's. Buhbye Hank and most other greats of that era. All the players in the HOF from the 70's who did blow, them too right? I'm not pro steroids, but it was taken by the majority in that era.
@ people don’t even realize those players took stuff that is banned today.
Is a game first off and 2 he gave 2 championships that without a doubt we we not have won them without him remember wasn’t just him Ortiz benefited greatly batting before Ramirez
When you talk about the greatest hitters of ALL TIME Manny is on the list.
Will never ever understand why the Tribe didn't have Manny at perpetual DH.
They tried but Ortiz bat was weak in other words his numbers were down drastically on top that Ortiz was a liability on first so francona switched Ortiz back to DH
@gilbertorodriguez2301 I get why the Red Sox did it, Big Papi made that necessary, but I'm talking about when Manny was playing for Cleveland.
@@crou8040Just my opinion, but he was still young enough they probably thought he could improve with more reps in the field which ended up not being the case.
David Newhan. I forgot that he was the one who had the inside the park HR.
Trust me Manny showed up in Boston time after time.
“To be great is to be misunderstood”
I'm against steroid players being in the Hall, but if we ever elect a confirmed steroid user, Manny better be the first one. Who doesn't want to hear his induction speech? Probably would go up with a harmonica or kazoo and sing it to us, but stop after 12 seconds because he got bored and walked off his own induction.
Just like the Griffey documentary on MLB Network, there is no mention of his time with the White Sox. 😅
Baseball was great in the late 90s and 2000s. Their were real stars mid tear stars and local stars ! Mabey because a guy named STUART SCOTT was the lead news caster and Sports Center was cant miss TV. Times have changed and things are truly different now, people hate each other over politics, we have terriorist now and we get all our information from sombody we dont know. We knew who Stuart Scott was, we know that the other side of the pillow was the Coldest.
I just had to vent because Manny bring back those memories from Y2K when America was "Great" and pissed excellence.
The title of this video couldn’t be further from the truth. Manny Ramirez was not lazy, this has been said by many of his former teammates in interviews, they all say the same thing, manny was a workhorse, first to arrive at the ball park and to the gym and last one to leave, You cannot become one of the greatest hitters of all times by being lazy. Manny was just Manny, very nonchalant and always himself, not trying to be someone he wasn’t. He was fun to watch. Calling him lazy is nonsense.
I think "lazy" is a more digestible way of just saying he was a really bad fielder and didn't always hustle.
Hell yeah he deserves the HOF.
I think he had a learning disability . I am from Cleveland and heard all kinds of stories about him . I met a woman who was friends with a girl that was seeing him and she told me she would call her and he would answer and she would say is she there and he would just say yeah and then she would have to say well can I talk to her . The elevator didn't go all the way up . He was still a great hitter.
One of the best hitters
The same reason ppl hated his laziness nonchalant attitude is the reason he was a postseason killer because he never put pressure on himself he was just playing baseball nothing more nothing less