Is there ANY TEAM in team sports that kisses the A$$ of their superstar player MORE than the Red Sox kiss Manny A$$??? This guy tells them he is not going to report to spring training(and got he excuse to do so do to "personal family reasons" more than likely, his mother was recently operated on) until March 1st. Now it comes out that he made a commitment to appear at some auto auction in New Jersey. This guy is THE most selfish baseball player in ALL of baseball and makes A-Rod look like a boy scout....which in reality, he is.....cause you never hear him in ANY police blog or 'jaking' it or making BS excuses about when he 'PLANS on showing up'.....and I am in NO WAY an A-Rod fan.
FORT MYERS - Manny Ramirez, who received permission from the Red Sox to report late to spring training for family reasons, was scheduled to attend a car auction in Atlantic City on Saturday, according to the promoter of the auction.
It wasn't immediately clear if the team was aware of Ramirez's scheduled appearance at the Atlantic City Classic Cars Auction. Boston's first full-squad workout is today. Under the collective bargaining agreement, the deadline for players to report to spring training is next Tuesday.
Earlier Wednesday, Boston general manager Theo Epstein said Ramirez has an excused absence and will report on March 1 for the second straight year. On Monday, pitcher Julian Tavarez, Ramirez's close friend, said the slugger's mother recently had surgery and Ramirez was with her in Florida.
But later Wednesday, Ramirez's plans to appear at the car show surfaced in a report posted on The Boston Globe's Web site. It said Ramirez's mother's condition might prevent him from attending - and it wasn't known when the appearance was initially scheduled.
But Louise Cunningham, who works for G. Potter King, the Berlin, N.J., car dealer promoting the auction, told The Associated Press that Ramirez was still expected at the event.
"All we know, he's coming at noon on Saturday, nothing else," she said.
Ramirez is a collector of classic cars. His 1967 four-door Lincoln Continental Sedan convertible is listed in Saturday's auction as number 1747A. In parentheses on the auction list is a note: Owned by Manny Ramirez
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FORT MYERS - Manny Ramirez, who received permission from the Red Sox to report late to spring training for family reasons, was scheduled to attend a car auction in Atlantic City on Saturday, according to the promoter of the auction.
It wasn't immediately clear if the team was aware of Ramirez's scheduled appearance at the Atlantic City Classic Cars Auction. Boston's first full-squad workout is today. Under the collective bargaining agreement, the deadline for players to report to spring training is next Tuesday.
Earlier Wednesday, Boston general manager Theo Epstein said Ramirez has an excused absence and will report on March 1 for the second straight year. On Monday, pitcher Julian Tavarez, Ramirez's close friend, said the slugger's mother recently had surgery and Ramirez was with her in Florida.
But later Wednesday, Ramirez's plans to appear at the car show surfaced in a report posted on The Boston Globe's Web site. It said Ramirez's mother's condition might prevent him from attending - and it wasn't known when the appearance was initially scheduled.
But Louise Cunningham, who works for G. Potter King, the Berlin, N.J., car dealer promoting the auction, told The Associated Press that Ramirez was still expected at the event.
"All we know, he's coming at noon on Saturday, nothing else," she said.
Ramirez is a collector of classic cars. His 1967 four-door Lincoln Continental Sedan convertible is listed in Saturday's auction as number 1747A. In parentheses on the auction list is a note: Owned by Manny Ramirez
http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070222/NEWS/702220499/1002/SPORTS
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