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Manny Am Legend: The Fan's Grand View
The story is as old as baseball itself --
Dreadlocked Slugger moves to Hollywood... Dreadlocked Slugger earns suspension for female fertility drug use... Dreadlocked Slugger returns. And...
What happened on Wednesday night can only be described as the Dreadlocked Slugger being the Dreadlocked Slugger.
Though the amateur cameramen wiggle like Manny's Bobblehead doll, these videos of Ramirez' pinch-hit grand-slam are a wonderful look into the explosive possibility of a single pitch.
What did you think of Manny's Grand Slam? Comment Below!
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