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• Dodgers’ Offer Is Aimed at Trying to Keep Ramírez

  Dodgers General Manager Ned Colletti said he had offered Manny Ramírez a contract that would pay him the highest average annual salary in Dodgers history. Posted Wednesday, November 05, 2008 9:27 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, Free Agents (Sports), Ramirez, Manny

• Ramirez Leads, but Dodgers Fail to Follow

  Manny Ramirez hit .520 in the postseason, but none of the Dodgers deputized to hit behind him in the lineup could muster much of anything against the Phillies’ Cole Hamels. Posted Thursday, October 16, 2008 11:14 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Philadelphia Phillies, Torre, Joe, Los Angeles Dodgers, Ramirez, Manny, National League, Rollins, Jimmy, Hamels, Cole, Burrell, Pat, World Series, Utley, Chase, Howard, Ryan, Kent, Jeff, Victorino, Shane, Martin, Russell, Furcal, Rafael, Blake, Casey

• Sports of The Times: Red Sox in a Funk Without Ramírez

  Dodgers fans are grateful that Manny Ramírez came west. And some Boston fans, convinced that Ramírez deliberately misbehaved to force a trade, are glad as well. Posted Wednesday, October 15, 2008 9:42 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Ramirez, Manny

• Phillies 3, Dodgers 2: Silencing Skeptics, Phillies Rally to Top Dodgers

  Two sixth-inning homers off Derek Lowe in Game 1 lifted Philadelphia to its first victory in the N.L.C.S. since 1993. Posted Friday, October 10, 2008 12:36 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers, Ramirez, Manny, National League, Playoff Games, Hamels, Cole, Burrell, Pat, Utley, Chase, Lowe, Derek

• Baseball Playoff Analysis: Manny Meets Charlie. Again.

  The Dodgers’ Manny Ramirez and the Phillies Manager Jerry Manuel — an unlikely pair dating back to their time together with the Cleveland Indians — both know how it feels to be underestimated. Posted Monday, October 06, 2008 11:03 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox, Coaches and Managers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, Ramirez, Manny, Shpigel, Ben, Manuel, Charlie

• Once Ramírez Picks Up a Bat, He Drops All Worries

  Manny Ramírez was dominant against the Chicago Cubs, with homers in the first two games of the division series to help the Dodgers grab two victories before Game 3. Posted Saturday, October 04, 2008 11:17 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, Ramirez, Manny, National League

• Baseball Postseason Analysis: Dodgers and Angels, the Yin and Yang of Southern California

  The dreadlocked free-spirt of the Dodgers’ Manny Ramirez is one side of baseball in Los Angeles and the clean-shaven, clean-cut Mark Teixeira of the Angels is the other. Posted Wednesday, October 01, 2008 11:23 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, Ramirez, Manny, National League, Los Angeles Angels, Teixeira, Mark

• Major League Roundup: Dodgers Take Over First in the N.L. West

  Manny Ramírez hit a three-run homer in the fifth inning, breaking a scoreless tie, helping the Dodgers beat Brandon Webb and the visiting Diamondbacks, 7-2. Posted Saturday, September 06, 2008 10:50 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, Ramirez, Manny, Arizona Diamondbacks

• Manny Stars as Manny in a New Summer Hit

  The Dodgers have won four in a row and 8 of 13 since acquiring Manny Ramírez, pulling into a first-place tie with Arizona in the National League West. Posted Friday, August 15, 2008 10:48 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, Ramirez, Manny, National League

• Ramírez Homers Again; Dodgers Top Cardinals

  Ramírez homered for the fourth time in six games with the Los Angeles Dodgers, who averted a three-game sweep Thursday with a victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Posted Thursday, August 07, 2008 11:31 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, St Louis Cardinals, Ramirez, Manny

• Major League Roundup: Ramírez and Rookie Lift Dodgers to a Victory

  Manny Ramírez homered for the fourth time in six games with the Los Angeles Dodgers, who averted a three-game sweep in a 4-1 victory against the St. Louis Cardinals. Posted Thursday, August 07, 2008 10:06 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, St Louis Cardinals, Ramirez, Manny

• Happy Ramírez Says Hello to Hollywood

  With the acquisition of Manny Ramírez, the Dodgers may have taken a step towards ending their star power drought. Posted Saturday, August 02, 2008 12:04 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Torre, Joe, Los Angeles Dodgers, Ramirez, Manny, Los Angeles (Calif), National League

• Red Sox Move on in Altered Environment

  After seven years, the Red Sox officially began life without Manny Ramirez on Friday. Posted Friday, August 01, 2008 11:35 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Francona, Terry, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Ramirez, Manny, Epstein, Theo, Trades (Sports)

• Torre Ready to Welcome Familiar Foe to His Side

  Joe Torre hoped that he would get the player who tormented him during previous seasons rather than the one who in recent days was not running out grounders. Posted Thursday, July 31, 2008 11:23 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Torre, Joe, Los Angeles Dodgers, Ramirez, Manny, Trades (Sports)

• Red Sox Send Ramírez to Dodgers in 3-Way Deal

  The Red Sox separated themselves from the unhappy Manny Ramírez by sending him to the Los Angeles Dodgers in an expensive deal in which they obtained Jason Bay from Pittsburgh. Posted Thursday, July 31, 2008 6:06 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Ramirez, Manny