Five hundred!
BALTIMORE - Manny Ramirez kept saying 'Don't worry about it!' Well, no need to ask the question again.
Ramirez has sent this large Red Sox crowd here at Camden Yards into a frenzy by stroking his 500th homer in the seventh inning.
The home run came on the first pitch from submariner Chad Bradford, a former Red Sox teammate, who watched the ball land several rows up the right-center field bleachers.
Ramirez did not cheat himself. In fact, it was a patented Ramirez homer, struck solidly to the right side, as so many of his blasts have been through his career. The homer was estimated at 410 feet. It was his 10th of the season.
It also gave the Sox a 5-3 lead.
Ramirez ran around the bases at a swift pace with his head down. When he got to home he jumped on the plate and hugged on-deck hitter Mike Lowell. Then he proceeded to hug and jump up and down with David Ortiz and Julio Lugo before going through the rest of the team. Ramirez received another loud ovation as he took the field for the bottom of the seventh.
THE MAN
Listening to the big hit on XM radio whichmeans I'm getting the Baltimore crew, and Joe Angel is beside himself saying it makes him sick to see so many Boston fans at Camden Yards and noting that Manny missed a couple catches he should have made. He is easily the most homer announcer out there.
Congratulations Manny! You are the man!!
Classic Manny being Manny....a patented shot to right centre.....you never know with this guy and that's why he's so fun to watch..........a feel good moment for the entire team and that's probably a tribute to the character of these guys.....Manny did look a little annoyed in the eighth when he was pulled.....but so be it...
Congrats to Manny. Although he may have lost a little of his consistent prolific power, and it took him longer than he expected to get to number 500, he is still one of the best right handed hitters ever in baseball history.
Nick, your article "Huge sigh of relief after a big fly'" was the baseball writer equivalent of 24's 500th last night - gorgeous writing, truly a memorable column.
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