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“You never leave Boston without a homerun”

October 6th, 2007 by Evan Brunell
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Manny Ramirez.
What can be said?
Manny was working on a fourth straight 150+ games played in a season when his year was derailed last year, and he ended up with a .321/.439/.619 line. This year, he got off to yet another Manny

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  • Colin says:
    October 6, 2007 at 1:30 AM

    With plays like that we most certainly do look like a World Series team. However so do the Cleveland Indians…

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  • Daniel Rathman says:
    October 6, 2007 at 2:04 AM

    Awesome. Just awesome.

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  • Steven Roth says:
    October 6, 2007 at 2:18 AM

    http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v132/80/94/1802748/n1802748_34271731_8053.jpg

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  • Andrew says:
    October 6, 2007 at 2:41 AM

    I was at the game tonight, and I can tell you that I’ve only seen Fenway like that once or twice in 18 years of frequent visits. It was an absolutely perfect moment.
    Anyone who says another unkind word about Manny Ramirez will have to answer to me.

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  • Mr Furious says:
    October 6, 2007 at 2:50 AM

    Credit to Drew for getting things started tonight. That’s exactly the situation he’s come up short all season, and he got the job done, plating the first two runs.

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  • Craig says:
    October 6, 2007 at 6:21 AM

    Credit indeed needs to go to Drew. He came through with men on base in a pressure situation.
    Credit also needs to go to Pap for being as tough as they come. That kid’s got icewater in his veins and he loves the pressure/big stage – kind of reminds me of a certain quarterback playing for the Pats.
    Manny. Tremendous homerun. Yes he’s lackadasical. Yes, he sometimes makes bonehead plays in the field. But he’s also one of the two or three greatest RH hitters of the last 30 or 40 years.
    The team looks like a a legitimate contender. They still have a came to win. I’m still not counting the Yankees out and the Tribe look very tough, but this team may be peaking at just the right time.
    Talent and momentum are the two things you need to go all the way . . .

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    October 6, 2007 at 9:50 AM

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  • Troy says:
    October 6, 2007 at 10:56 AM

    Can we Please cut Dice-k some slack. People have to remember that this is his FIRST year in the
    american league and the first in the states. If he pitches this way next year then we can question him..

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  • M.A.G. says:
    October 6, 2007 at 3:01 PM

    I agree with Troy. Many pitchers have problems adapting from NL to AL (remember Beckett last year), so it’s obvious coming from japan it’s much more harder. And Dice-K has shown he has the tools in many games. He has lacked consistancy, but that’s almost certainly something that can be fixed with experience.
    Look Wang of the Yanks. His first outing was much worse than Dice-K’s, but no one doubts he is a great pitcher.
    The last thing we want to do is putting more pressure in Dice-K. He just needs to relax, stop trying to do too much, and he will find his game.

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  • Daniel Rathman says:
    October 6, 2007 at 4:52 PM

    Just looking at the Gameday for Manny’s homerun — that thing is as far outside the ballpark as I’ve seen.

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  • Dan Order says:
    October 6, 2007 at 10:08 PM

    From what i saw of dice-k’s performance, the angels didn’t seen to be making good contact on the balls that fell for hits, figgins his was a crapy flare and the ball that knocked him in was weakly hit also. If dice-k can get a little more lucky i predict a solid next start from him.

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