“Manny Ramirez has arrived in Japan for spring training with the independent league Kochi Island Fighting Dogs, and the initial details of the 44-year-old’s interest in continuing his playing career are … fascinating. At a press conference at which his No. 99 jersey (identifying him simply as “Manny”), a translated summary of the proceedings on […]

“I have an Alka-Seltzer bat.  You know-plop, plop, fizz, fizz, when the pitcher sees me walking up there he says, ‘Oh, what a relief it is’.”-Andy Van Slyke