L.A. Times: Simers: There continue to be surprises from Dodgers’ Manny Ramirez (RR)

Come in Simers old boy
Take a seat, take the weight off your feet

So what about the reports from Boston that had him being moody and difficult?

“I don’t like to say much; I just like to play the game,” he says. “I talk, but when I talk in Spanish, I’m more comfortable.”

He likes to be comfortable, and says he never really was in Boston. “I couldn’t breathe there; it’s a small city and all on top of you. Here it’s spread out. I love it. I went out for sushi, sat back on a couch and no one cared. It’s like there’s 20 pounds less on my back here.”

And yet, here he is carrying the Dodgers, an air of excitement in the stadium again, and while the bitter folks in Boston might consider it fool’s gold, who are they kidding?

They’ve already seen the payoff.