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Preparation truly defines Ramirez's offensive approach

By Sean McAdam
Special to ESPN.com

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Forget, for a minute, everything you know about Manny Ramirez. Forget the time he ducked into Fenway Park's left field scoreboard during a pitching change and barely made it back to his position before play resumed. Forget that he once called time during a rehab stint in the minor leagues to locate a diamond earring that had been dislodged by a headfirst slide. Forget that he once asked to borrow tens of thousands of dollars from, of all people, a sportswriter. In short, forget all the "Man ...

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