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Ramirez ultra-talented yet still immature

By Jorge Arangure Jr.
ESPN The Magazine

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

MIAMI -- Hours before the scheduled start of a Dominican League final game in Santo Domingo in January, Hanley Ramirez -- trailed by a couple of members of his entourage -- walked out of the dugout at Estadio Quisqueya and headed toward the batting cage that was planted on the field. The stadium was mostly empty except for a few workers who were cleaning the stands. One of those workers began shouting at Ramirez. "Hey, Hanley, do you remember me?" the older man dressed in tattered clothes said. ...

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