Felicidades a Manny Ramirez for hitting his 500th home run tonight in Camden Yards. !Fantastico!
"Manny Ramirez connected for career homer No. 500 on Saturday night, hitting a drive off Baltimore Orioles right-hander Chad Bradford to become the 24th major leaguer to reach the milestone."
"Ramirez drove the first pitch into the seats in right-center in the seventh inning. The Red Sox star watched the flight of the ball, then took off around the bases."
"....There were thousands of Red Sox backers at Camden Yards, and cameras flashed in the stands during every pitch to Boston's designated hitter."
Red Soz won 6-3 tonight. Observation at Boston Red Sox Chat:
"Not anyone of Manny’s home runs will be dispusted as being steroid induced compared to other past recent players to shatter home run marks. Injecting steroids, well, that just wouldn’t be Manny being Manny now would it?"
The 500 HR Club is quiet exclusive, with only 24 members. The two other Red Sox members are Ted Williams and Jimmy Foxx. Fantastic achievement, and Manny's only 36. Maybe he'll eventually be a member of the 600 or 700 HR Club too!
And the Boston Celtics are in the NBA Finals? Man, it's been a really long time! And against the fancy-pants LA Lakers to boot. Excellent! Boston Dirt Dogs has a good line: "Kareem, Magic, and Worthy Aren't Gonna Come Walkin' Through That Door ...But Kobe Is!" Nice article at the NY Times about Paul Pierce. Boston sports fans are so damned lucky!!
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