Manny Ramirez was back in Cleveland for his induction into the Guardians Hall of Fame on Saturday, but said he's 'not in a rush' to make the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
One of best hitters in baseball history, and one of the game's biggest characters, Ramírez, who broke in with those powerhouse Indians teams in the 1990s, returned on Saturday to be inducted into the Guardians Hall of Fame.
"I'm going to play in Prague next year," he claimed."They saw me hitting BP [batting practice] and they said, 'Can you take some at-bats with us?' In Czechoslovakia, yes."Born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New York, he broke in with Cleveland in 1993, and it didn't take long for Ramirez to blossom into a perennial All-Star.
"He's one of the most gifted hitters I've ever seen," said Guardians manager Terry Francona, who won two World Series titles with Ramirez in Boston."It felt different when he got in that batter's box. It was different when he left the batter's box, too.
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