Manny (Brett, and Chichester) being Manny (Brett, and Chichester)

By BostonMac, Section MLB
Posted on Mon Aug 11 2008 at 12:19 AM EST
More on: Manny Ramirez, Boston Red Sox, Brett Favre, New York Jets, Unsolved Mysteries (all tags)

By Ryan P. McGowan

They say celebrities always die in threes, such as my personal favorite celeb death trio: Jacques Cousteau, Jimmy Stewart, and Gianni Versace in June/July 1997.   And since Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes died within one day of each other, if you're an overweight, middle-aged black comedian, I'd make sure you are within an arms' reach of a defibrillator over the next few days.

Apparently, celebrities get overexposed in the media in threes as well.  Like George Costanza in velvet, I have ensconced myself in wall-to-wall coverage of Manny Ramirez, Brett Favre, and "Clark Rockefeller" over the past couple of weeks.

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Slugger? Yes. Attention Seeker? Probably Not.

By bobbyjim45, Section MLB
Posted on Thu Mar 01 2007 at 3:02 PM EST
More on: Boston Red Sox, Manny Ramirez (all tags)

By Rob LaBrie

As if Manny Ramirez wasn't unpredictable enough, now he's so unpredictable, we can't even predict his unpredictability.  What?

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