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Baseball Primer Newsblog— The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Manny Ramirez joined the exclusive 500-home run club Saturday night, hitting a drive off Baltimore Orioles right-hander Chad Bradford to become the 24th major leaguer to reach the milestone.
Ramirez drove the first pitch into the seats in right-center in the sixth inning. He watched the flight of the ball, then took off around the bases.
He exchanged a high-five with first base coach Luis Alicea, then hugged on-deck hitter Mike Lowell as he crossed the plate.
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Posted: May 31, 2008 at 09:47 PM | 14 comment(s)
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Jim Thome's was pretty good -- two-run, no-doubt walkoff shot. If only they were in a pennant race.
If he's healthy and remains productive, then they should certainly pickup the option. I'd much rather overpay Ramirez by $5-10M for one year than be stuck overpaying Dunn or Burrell for multiple years late in the contract. Plus, I'd wager $75M/5yrs will be less than what they ultimately sign for.
A cold and unfeeling universe, Lassus. They put him on waivers after the 2003 season when he was owed 5y/90-100 M, in a market in which Vlad, a younger and better all around player, got 5y/70m dollars, with a club option for the sixth year. No one to blame really. If someone had picked him up, he or she would have looked really smart though.
Define productive. He's not a .400/.600 guy anymore, but his defense remains as bad as ever. He's like 2-3 wins above replacement - he's just not that good a player anymore.
IOW, .375/.490, or around 125-135 OPS+
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