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Manny lectured by cop for jaywalking in Seattle
It seems not a day goes by that Manny Ramirez doesn't find himself in the news.
The Seattle Times Geoff Baker posted a minor Manny being Manny item in his Mariners blog after last night's game:
Seems that Boston slugger Manny Ramirez was leaving the ballpark, with headphones on trying to look inconspicuous and quickly get away from the crowds still leaving the stadium. He started to cross South Royal Brougham Way, against the signals of a traffic cop who was directing pedestrians. The police officer demanded that Ramirez open his wallet and show identification. He warned him that he could face a $500 fine and possible arrest for disobeying a police officer.
It became clear to those watching that the policeman had no idea who Ramirez was. He didn't ask for an autograph or anything, but did ask Ramirez if he'd attended the game. After the brief lecture, and no argument from Ramirez, the police officer let him go with no further trouble.
Here's a map of the South Royal Brougham Way location where the jaywalking incident took place:
Update: Ode to jaywalking Manny
The Globe's John Tlumacki produced a video of two Boston street musicians improvising a song about Ramirez's jaywalking episode in Seattle last night:
talk about a clueless sore looser!!!!!
Who cares?
The cop should be fined for not knowing the Man-Ram.
This is the last straw! Trade this bum. It's always something....now jaywalking. Manny is not a role model for the children of today - jaywalking is not acceptable and Manny should not advocate this practice. A $500 fine would have showed him! .
Who cares?
"It seems not a day goes by that Manny Ramirez doesn't find himself in the news."
This isn't news.
So what?
I find this Manny stuff amusing - and transparent. So how much are the Red Sox paying the Globe (and part owner) to "smear" Manny as much as possible in order to sway public sentiment and soften the blow when he's gone after season's end?
Jim Rice would've pulled the officer's arm off.
Is this really news?
In Seattle jaywalking is considered a very serious offense. I got a ticket for jaywalking even though they were doing construction and I couldn't get to the corner. Oh, and once I jaywalked and two other pedestrians gave me a very stern lecture. They weren't even cops and didn't say anything about tickets but said, "don't you believe in traffic lights?" like it was a religion or something (it was a tiny sidestreet and no car in sight). That city really needs to get their priorities straight.
Oh paaaaalease. I just do not get the media....stupid!
So yesterday Michael Felger accuses the Boston Red Sox of a well planned smear against Manny Ramirez - with releaseing information to Lobel and no mention of it in the Globe or Herald - only that Manny is a J-walker.
This is the last straw! Waive Manny! (but make sure he looks both ways before leaving town). We don't need jaywalkers on the Red Sox. If he gets caught jaywalking again, it could seriously disrupt the delicate environment in the Sox clubhouse.
When you're Manny, you obey no one...
Big deal.
Maybe the yahoos on talk radio can use this as another reason why the Sox should not sign one of the best hitters in baseball and Red Sox history.
HIlarious! I lived is Seattle for ten years. Coming from Boston one of the toughest things to get used to was the fact that THEY DON'T JAYWALK in Seattle. People will gather at a corner when there is not a car for miles and patiently wait for the signal. Used to drive me nuts. I once received a $75 ticket which goes against your drivers license. Watch it Manny, they'll cuff 'ya.
WHAT PERSON NEVER HEARD OF MANNY RAMIREZ EVEN IF BASEBALL ISNT HIS FORTE I MEAN WHAT PLANET DID THIS GUY COME FROM EVEN IF YOU DONT WATCH SPORTS YOU ALL HEARD OF TOM BRADY BABE RUTH EVEN YOGI BERRA IS THIS REALLY BELIEVEABLE
Jay walking??? What is the 1930s?? Gimme a break! He didn't spit on the ground too did he? Or commit adultery?
Give Manny credit, at least he didn't pull the old, "Do you know who I am!?"
should have given him a ticket , great hitter and I thank him for his contribution to the 2 world series championships but he's not much of a human being .
Oy...
Gee, I thought this was going to be the day that no stupid stories would get published or posted. Maybe tomorrow.
Manny being EVERYONE ELSE!
I blame you. Please stop turning this into "news."
Just more bait for the Manny-haters to jump at. I am not saying that I am a Manny apologist but this is Nothing!!
Not leaving the batter's box
Lazy attitude in the field and base paths
Pushing down someone
Slapping another player
Taking the time to knock his helmet off his head while running
All of those are arguably stuff to yell at Manny for doing.
Despite the fact that it's always better when he homers, it's still nice to see Manny take a walk once in a while to keep them honest out there.
(sorry)
WHO CARES????????
WHO CARES!!!! HE LISTENED TO THE COPS AND THEN WALKED AWAY!!!!! WHO IN THIS WORLD HASN'T JAYWALKED!!!! LET IT GO!!!!!!!
Manny always has been and always will be a loafer and a lollygagger.
At least he didn't give the cop the John McCormick treatment.....
Probably because the cop was under 60 years old!
(to the melody of "I"m a Girl Watcher")
I'm a jay walker
I'm a jay walker
The cars can't get by
my oh my
Can we get those cops in Boston? We could use some jaywalking enforcement around here!
In the ole days I used to run from the kingdome to the ferry terminal to catch the last boat back to Bremerton. Good thing they didn't play by those rules then. I would have been in the klink!
I am shocked that he knew how to walk back to the hotel! The guy doesn't even know how to get from the Ritz to Fenway in his own city..... I wonder if he was listening to "cuzzz i got high"........
Gee, its late July and guess what??Everyone is against Manny again. I am so SICK of hearing this BS. Did he assault the officer? Who has never jaywalked before? Leave Manny alone will ya!!! This is a ridiculous story, give Manny credit that he did not give the cop a hard time. What Manny did was not good, but this is so minor it is ridiculous.
OMG!! This is it!!! I cant stand this guy anymore..its one thing to push an elderly man down and backhand teammates but nobody should ever be allowed to jaywalk!!! I agree with the blogger that is questioning what kind of examples this is setting for our children!
A few years ago Brett Favre was stopped for jaywalking in Seattle. He promised the cop he'd never do it again, but a few months later changed his mind and said he'd like to jaywalk again in Seattle if given the chance.
They only Jay Walking I want to see written about should be taking place in TAMPA BAY tonight.
(boycott WEEI - the worst station in New England)
I lived in Seattle and the cops there are Jaywalking Nazis, I've never seen anything like it. When you need a cop in Seattle they are never around, but when you are crossing the street and there's no traffic, but the signal does not indicate walk, you better believe you will get a fine. Drove me insane!!!!
Maybe the Boston Globe/Boston.com should find some "real" news to write about....Isn't there a war going on somewhere? Isn't there a good cancer survivor-donor story just waiting to be dug up? Let's waste some more front cover space on some bodybuilder/fireman article. I'm no writer, but I'd find a better story out there with more integrity that what I've been reading lately.
I feel bad for Manny. Just trying to get away from the crowds safely and listen to some tunes, and then you got some police officer with a stick up his butt trying to blow up on Manny. Imean I understand from the cop's perspective but really?
It sucks because this small little incident will not only make Manny look bad (which I'm sure he's not the only one in MLB to do this), but the Boston management will look at this and not sign him at season's end...
As a Bostonian living in Seattle (and who went to last nights game), NOBODY but the "bums" (and us EAst Coast transplants) jaywalks. Manny was lucky he only got a lecture.....the cops out here some times act like it is the Wild Wild West!!
This story is ridiculous! Apparently, there's not much going on in Seattle!
My wife, my children and I all demand that Manny Ramirez be traded immediately after this breech of conduct. Does this man have no morals whatsoever?
He lives in Boston! Jaywalking is a way of life here!
It's ironic that you'd misspell "loser."
GET A LIFE....NO ONE CARES....WHO DOESNT JAYWALK? RIDICULOUS....NO WONDER MANNY HATES THE MEDIA. IF IT WAS ANYONE ELSE, WE WOULDNT HAVE EVEN HEARD ABOUT THIS. STUPID, GET OFF MANNY NUTS
to those who have not been in Seattle, it is very true, they do ticket for jaywalking, I was visitingmy cousin there 3 years ago, and it just so happened the Sox were in town and playing the M's, upon leaving, almost the very same spot my cousin jaywalked, was pulled aside by the policeman directing the crowd, was lectured, asked to present his ID and cut a break by the cop...so it is real, and it is a law in seattle...However, lets keep this in perspective folks, did you see my cousins name in blogs all across the USA, no you did not....for good or bad, Manny has to accept this because he is a polarizing figure, like him or not....What the reast of us need to realize is, that in Seattle jaywalking is against the law, and they respect the rule of law....you may not like it, but there it is....the law...so lets keep it in focus, nobody is above it....so to me this not about Manny, it is about our communithy at large again giving a pass to someone or slamming someone because they are famous, if we all simply did what we are supposed as members of our society then little things such as this would not occupy our minds....heck I am guilty of it as well....because here I am posting my worthless thoughts....follow the law, dont worry about somebody else....do what you are supposed to...let Manny do what he is supposed to and that is play baseball....
THIS IS NEWS????
Leave the poor b@stard alone!
Seattle is the only city in the US where you'd see twenty people waiting for a ped crossing light with no traffic at five in the a.m. But poor old Manny, he can't do anything right ....he just gets HR's, RBIs, and makes some great defensive plays. Come on Globe, lay off the poor guy. Jay walking...low....
cut him some slack people!!
Man Ram and everyone else here in New England can just walk out in front of traffic and the cars are suppose to stop....
dont fault Manny.........
FAULT THESE BASS ACKWARDS LAWS here in MA.
Isn't there more omportant news to discuss in Boston - like gay marriages for out-of-staters?
It's a sad commentary that Manny has to continually "act out" to get attention. Maybe if he put as much effort into his game he'd be at 600 homers by now.
I'm glad the cop didn't know who he was. He was trying to disguise himself anyway and get away from the crowd, so he should expect to be treated as such if his disguise works, which it did.
I got a warning from a policeman when I first moved to Seattle. It a very serious offense out there. Hey, it wouldn't be a day in the Nation without some stupid thing happening to Man Ram
It would have been news if Manny pushed the cop to the ground and demanding more tickets to the game.
Nobody Jaywalks in Seattle, its pathetic. People look at you like you're crazy if you cross the street at a "Do Not Walk" light with no cars coming from either direction. Manny is just used to walking in Boston where people walk at Do Not Walks without looking all the time and almost (and sometimes do) get killed. Both sides of the spectrum for jaywalking, Boston and Seattle.
I think Manny did this to intentionally get back at Sox management.
Are you sure it was only a $500 fine? Bob Lobel was reporting Manny was fined $500,000!
who cares!!! How many millions others jaywalk in america? big deal!
People in other parts of the country actually follow traffic laws! Why do you think we are considered the worst drivers (and pedestrians) around? I'm glad the cop didn't know who Manny was and treated him like anyone else, Manny probably hasn't had that happen in a LONG time. I'm also glad Manny didn't try to pull rank - maybe he doesn't need that anger management class after all :)
Jay walking is a way of life in Boston!
seattle sounds like a real fun town, can't wait to visit!
The real story is....Edgar Martinez has his own street???? Wow the M's are lacking true legends.
Manny is a BIG JERK!!! Manny is a BIG EGO! He need to grow up.. Manny should know better..
DUMB Manny!
I'm surprised Manny didn't need help lifting his wallet out of his pocket.. I'll bet there where hundreds flying out instead of moths..
I can just see it now - Manny steps up to the plate and the crowd chants in unison, "Jay-Walker, Jay-Walker".
The only thing I can't figure out is which is sadder - that this actually made it into a newspaper in Seattle or that Boston.com repreated it.
Can't we all just be happy knowing, or at least reasonably assured- at this point, that no further reports have come to light that MANRAM later shoved an old woman using a walker into traffic at another intersection... another `inconvenient' part of life in the real world that MANRAM has little -read VIRTUALLY NO- patience/experience in, ironically precisely because of myriad USUALLY NAMELESS FACELESS minion
Red Sox staffers in service to The GREAT MANRAM...
These closeup views- on and off-field are getting R-rated, R for Reminders, of just who MANRAM IS and ISN'T... It may seem harsh but his dismissive passing hand shakes with the 3 All-Stars PreGame was HIS MOST OFFENSIVE On-Field game
insult in my memory and the single most clear example of why he must be let go...
why aren't we sending the Seattle cops after Whitey and Bin Laden?
but the pitch was outside...
who cares, the media will never give this guy a break. he is the man.
Could be worse, he could have been seen coming out of a nudie bar with a blonde on one arm and Madonna on the other.....oh wait that WAS someone else.
I guess J-walking is no so bad after all.
Jeez. Sounds like Manny listened to the cop and moved on. Seems like a pile on for previous offences. In Boston jay-walking is a way of life, how would he know that it was against the law in Seattle.
Agreed Jeff.. why is this the first story I see when I log on to Boston.com.... Save that space for relevant stories like... Oil rises $4 a barrell.... Tropical Storm hitting East Coast... what a joke...
Folks you don't understand rules do not apply to this guy. Jaywalking, nope I can do. Assualt a 66 year old guy, nope I can do it, not run out a ground ball, nope I can do it. A pampered little brat. Theo and the Trio get rid of this guy.
Manny was never the sharpest knife in the drawer...
The Sox are trying bury us with .280 singles hittters- I will not watch that Product.
Keep manny. Dump Theo, Shaughnessy, Cullen, the Seattle PD and all other bitter never-weres
Guys, this isn't news.
BREAKING NEWS: IDIOT CROSSES THE STREET WRONG! ALERT TEH MEDIAZ
My best friend lives in Seattle and impressed one clear thing upon me: the officers will ticket you for jaywalking. When I saw the headline, it gave me a good laugh. For Manny, $500 to get across the street before the fans is worth it, but I suspect the officer later found out why Manny was rushing.
I love Jay Walkers. They give me something to aim for.
I jay walk a half dozen times a day at the very least. You've got to be kidding me. This is news?
If he ran a red light, or sped away, or double parked while he went into some establishment for something and left the car to block traffic, or was on his cell phone while driving, I could see this being somewhat of a story.
But, jaywalking?
I personally would like to see jaywalking laws... ESPECIALLY at Harvard Square.
I have a green light? I Go!
You have a walk sign? I wait for you to cross.
But don't have a staring contest with me if I have a green light and you decide to walk your self entitled pompous ass into MOVING traffic!
Rules are rules. Does every move he makes need to be documented? Maybe we should just ignore him for a while, I think he secretly craves the attention.
Unless he was on crack WHILE jay-walking, I think this is a non-story. Okay, yeah, it's the law ... and it's probably against the law in a LOT of cities ... including Boston, but it seems pretty rediculous to actually fine for it. I mean, it's a way of life in Boston ... where red lights are merely a suggestion anyway. Good thing Manny didn't spit on the sidewalk too!!
Some of you people are pathetic. OMG he jaywalked. Trade him now. You guys are so clueless. If I were in Seattle I'd be in jail for jaywalking everyday. And I'd probably run from the overweight police anyhow. Incredible. Whats next? You can't cross the road unless you ask permission? They going to install a little speaker on every corner where you ask a guy in a box if it is safe to cross the road?
No morals? So apparently it's "immoral" to cross the street. I fail to make the connection. This is absolutely ridiculous. You people who are criticizing Manny need to get a life. Perhaps find a new team to root for while you're at it.
Must be a slow news day.
Actually the same thing happened to me while visiting Seattle.. Got lectured by a police officer for walking across the street... I did not have the walk sign and no traffic was approaching, but still got lectured for jaywalking... Seattle police should have better things to do.
This one was best left for the dolts in Seattle to waste their time reading...
Manny Delcarmen should be cited for jaywalking every time he walks from the bullpen to the pitchers mound. Could someone seemingly care less about winning/losing?
Those of you who are bothere by Manny's J-walking, you're not serious, right?
WhoFan70 is this your IQ.
Move back to New York dude... Manny Hater
Seattle??? more like Seanal
Dr. Evil, I spent decades building a world-wide corporate empire based in Seattle.
DUMP HIM! THAT WAS THE LAST STRAW!
Go Manny!
This made news? Ridiculous ... I'm surprised Manny didn't high-five the cop & keep running ... woo hoo!
I got a warning my first day in Seattle in Sept. '89 - I moved her after 11 years in allston brighton.
I was crossing the street eating out of a big thing of blackberries I bought for a buck -- I didn't know the things grow EVERYWHERE for free - and after I crossed I heard a woman yelling at me ... I look over, she's wearing a uniform & sitting on a motorcycle & I read her badge or ... something ... and see "Seattle Police", so I think -- 'oh crap, this is real, what did I do?'
she asks me what did I just do, and I honestly did NOT know. after the 3rd time, I said ... 'well, I just crossed the street' and I smiled and ate more blackberries. She said 'did you notice anything while crossing'
and I said 'well, I was looking at the cars so I didn't get hit ;) '
and she said 'what about the traffic lights?'
and I said ' I was watching the cars, I won't get hit by the lights ;)'
and she said ' you're not from around here'
and I said 'NO, I just got here from Boston, look at these blackberries for a buck! this place is beautiful'
and then she told me about the idiotic jay walking thing. I was back in Boston later that fall and intentionally jay walked in front of cops ... they could have cared less.
its crazy out here with this nicey nice sheep stuff, but, NO humidity, NO bugs, great scenery, and it takes 1/3 the effort to be twice as far ahead of the pack !!
Question : Why did the ManRam cross the street?
Answer: To get to the other side (and in your stupid blog again).
Gee, you know, people in the northwest take this seriously because they don't want to become a bunch of idiots like those in Boston - people who cannot behave themselves to save their own lives unless somebody is making them behave. Childish.
Guess what asshats - the laws DO apply to YOU and to MR IMPORTANT and EVERYBODY out in Seattle, Portland, Vancouver, Calgary ... It is called "functioning democracy" and "rule of law". Sorry you don't know what that looks like and act like a bunch of kindergarteners about basic safety rules on the road.
I grew up in Boston, but have lived in Seattle for the past 20 years. I love it here, but the jaywalking thing continues to amuse me. It could be 2 o'clock in the morning, pouring rain and no car around for miles, and Seattlites will not cross against the light. It is hysterical. I still jaywalk often, but safely. I don't dart in front of traffic, I "look both ways," and only do so when I know it is safe to cross. (In fact, I did so before last night's game -- on the very street where Manny later got nabbed.) Still, I can't tell you how many times I've gotten nasty looks from pedestrians still standing on the corner while I'm already across the street and on my way.
Oh I love it when Manny gets into hijinks! He is so funny and wow the cop is soooooo dumb for not knowing who Manny is. How can you NOT know who he is? He is a world superstar and a role model for everyone in the American nation. It wouldn't surprise me if that cop was a soccer fan or something because it's obvious that Manny knew what he was doing and he was safe. This guy runs bases for a living so obviously he knows how to cross the road to get to the other side! lol. I think Seattle is just being jealous because they don't have the raw talent that we do. They'll do anything to try to get an edge and cheat and that includes locking up our ball players when they do nothing wrong! sdfsfdsdManny is so much fun and lovable that I dont
Because the rest of the world never Jaywalks. Give me a break, if Manny wasn't such a superstar, we wouldn't be hearing ANYTHING about this. Anymore stories that seem to wreck Manny's image? "BREAKING NEWS! MANNY CRUSHED AN ANT WHILE WORKING OUT!" Is the newspapers actually running out any clever things to report on?
Comment #1 called Manny a "looser" Nice spelling LOSER. Manny is the man. So sick of these flip-flopping "fans" In Seattle, people quip that the "B" on the hat stands for Bandwagon. Clowns who hate on Manny suck! Manny rules! 1st ballot HOF. Get a life haters!
i love how people click on articles with clear titles, read them, and then comment about how they are not news.
What I think is interesting about this story is that Manny was walking - not taking a cab or limo. Maybe he's concerned about his "carbon footprint"!
Seriously? Who cares? leave the guy alone.
Is this all there is to talk about? Isn't Britney Spears up to something even less relevant than Manny jaywalking?
In Seattle vagrants can lay all over the street, assault pedestrians, urinate in public, threaten tourists that don't give them a handout, etc. , and never be arrested. But don,t jaywalk even at midnight with no traffic. Seattle is a hick town run by and for aging flower children .
They need the jay-walking fines to build more "housing for the homeless" and other feel good projects.
Are you people serious who are saying this is the last straw because he JAYWALKED?! And thats a bad influence for kids?! Get a life guys, you really really REALLY need one. Anyone who lives in Boston probably jaywalks at least once a day.
Can we please find something more interesting then Manny crossing the street.
I have been a Jay Walker, and so has a few others. Breath, Breath and Let it go.
Very silly - no, this is NOT news, other than it being Manny - sure, the cop is just trying to do his job, which is to keep everyone safe & traffic moving, but sounds like Seattle needs to lighten up a little bit - silly stuff like this can really turn people off, especially people visiting from out of town!
Manny's conduct is worse than the time the Globe let some useless hack post a picture of Bull Connor using a water cannon on blacks in Alabama to illustrate a "point" about Terry Francona. Its much worse than that .
Wait....wait...I hear something......Its the Globe......going ....down......the....toilet....
who gives a flying $#@%
It's funny that people are making fun of Seattle, yet a few weeks ago when a pedestrian got hit by a car on Newbury there was an outcry about how Bostonians don't follow the rules of the road, and cops should be tougher on pedestrians and/or drivers. Hypocrites!.......and no, I am not from Seattle.
Just read some of these comments: For example, no one J walks in Seattle. ? Like this is a bad thing? How about in Rome do as the Romans do. Some easterners (and I've lived in the east most of my life) should not dismiss obeying traffic laws. We all know that in Boston and NYC, Green Yellow and Red all mean GO.
It's ALL ABOUT YOU. It's different when you do it. The rules don't apply to me.
I alway like to ask myself "what would Chuck Norris do?, and he would scoff at the police officer and then roundhouse the reporter who wrote that in his blog. So I say Manny should only be accused of not living up to the Chuck Norris Standards....
Also, whoever made the first post is an idiot. A sore looser? First, what is he sore about? They won... Second, looser? Learn how to spell.
Me fail English? That's unpossible. - Ralph Wiggum
People who don't jaywalk shouldn't be allowed to live in America!
Honestly.....people want him traded because of Jaywalking???? Come on....I realize some of the things he has done are not acceptable...but jaywalking???
I just jaywalked this morning. Who cares????? If Manny hadn't been in the news for other things recently this would have never even come out.
I'm from Boston and have lived in Seattle for 6 years. Yes, it is funny to watch a crowd of people waiting for the green light when there are NO CARS IN SIGHT! I was looked at as Al Capone when I did/sometimes still do cross. This is another example of Seattle being a big town trying to grow into a world class city (which it is btw). Pedestrians are so militant here too. God forbid if you drive into a cross-walk to take right on red and get caught there when people start to step into the intersection. People get so indignant and point at the cross signal (sometimes hitting your hood) to remind you that you are breaking the rule. They don't get that this is what happens in the big city sometimes. Hilarious. Like I said, still trying shed the big town identity or maybe just looking for another social injustice to protest. :-)
Anyway, the question here is why is Manny crossing Royal Brougham? I thought that on the on the road, the team gets back on the bus and heads to the hotel after the game and then heads out from there if they want to go out. R.B. is where all the yahoos (fans) are and leads up to First Ave for all the bars (including FX McRory's on Occidental). I would have thought the players would frequent more subdued hangouts vs where all the drunks (fans and homeless folk) are. ;)
this never happened
I live here in the Seattle area and unfortunately, they actually enforce the jaywalking laws. It is pretty funny to watch an entire crowd of people standing on a corner waiting for the light to change even when there is absolutely no traffic. I know it's hard to fathom in Boston, but it is true.
Who honestly cares that Manny jay-walked. People do it all the time. He's just a regular guy like you and me (who happens to make a ton of money every time he goes up to bat) that just wanted to go home after the game. Nothing wrong with that.