Manny Ramirez

thumb|Manny Ramirez Manuel "Manny" Aristides Ramírez Onelcida (born May 30, 1972) is a retired Dominican-born American Major League Baseball player. He was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2004 World Series after helping the Boston Red Sox win their first World Series championship (defeating the St. Louis Cardinals) in 86 years. Attributed As soon as I hit it, I knew it was gone. I was happy to move on. It was great. I've been trying so hard the past three weeks just to get it done. It finally came, and I'm happy. I'm proud of myself and all the things that I accomplished. So now I can go and have fun. In Ian Browne, "Manny cements his place in history" http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080531&content_id=2810427&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb Manny cements his place in history MLB.com June 1, 2008 2008-11-20 Especially every time you'd get out of the hotel, everybody would say, 'Hey, when are you going to hit it?' I'm just happy that everything is done so now I can go be myself and have fun. In Ian Browne, "Manny cements his place in history" That's why they call it Red Sox Nation. They follow us everywhere. Everywhere we go, we get big support. In Ian Browne, "Manny cements his place in history" Quotes about Manny Ramirez I cried. I was so happy. I can't wait to see him and give him a big hug. It was so exciting. It was like a weight lifted off our shoulders. He had all those expectations. It's amazing. I'm shocked. He's very confident. We knew it would happen, but there was all those expectations from everybody. Juliana Ramirez, Manny Ramirez's wife, quoted in "Manny cements his place in history" You really feel very happy for him. He acted like a little kid. He just hit it, and you could feel the relief he felt. From now on, I'm telling you, he might get into the place he was early in the season, where he becomes very, very dangerous. Alex Cora, infielder, quoted in "Manny cements his place in history" References External links Manny Ramírez Manny Ramirez Category:Baseball players from the Dominican Republic Category:Living people Category:Immigrants to the United States Category:1972 births