Simers: Manny Ramirez a team leader? It’s not such a despicable thought (RR)

Three months ago the Dodgers would’ve had to call a team meeting to determine who the team leader might be, maybe Jeff Kent stepping forward but the kids not following.

But here’s Ramirez, who still insists he really doesn’t care that Brett Myers threw a pitch behind his head in Game 2. “It’s not me,” he says, while noting he wasn’t the only one forced to duck in Philadelphia.

“I was mad because it wasn’t taken care of in Philly,” he says. “We just want to send a message that we want to play the game right. It’s not only me—we’re a team. And it’s nothing against Victorino. He’s a good guy. There’s no bad blood.”

...“I’m not the team leader,” he says, now kidding himself as well as everyone else. “I don’t have a ‘C’ on my jersey as captain. Maybe next year.”

But Jeter’s already the captain…