NewsWhore
03-27-2008, 07:00 PM
Once again Manny Ramirez is proving he still has some gas in his tank. During the second game in the Red Sox series against the Oakland Athletics in Japan, Ramirez smashed a homerun deep into the Tokyo Dome lights, to the delight of Japanese fans. The dinger was Ramirez's 491st career bomb and leaves the Dominican sluggers only nine homeruns away from the very exclusive 500-homerun club, which has only 24 members. The slugger is entering his 15th career in the Majors, after playing with the Cleveland Indians and now the BoSox. At times Ramirez has been criticized for his lackadaisical play, but his offensive prowess has never been in question. At this rate we could see Ramirez joining Sammy Sosa and Alex Rodriguez in that club, and who knows, maybe as part of the ultimately exclusive Cooperstown Club. However, Ramirez's power wasn't enough to help the Sox as they lost 5-1 to the A's.
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