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Head of Production.(Manny Ramirez, baseball player for the Red Sox)(Statistical Data Included)

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| August 01, 2001 | EDES, GORDON | COPYRIGHT 2001 Century Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

MANNY RAMIREZ BASEBALL'S BEST CLUTCH HITTER

Over the last three seasons, right-handed slugger has averaged better than an RBI per game

DENNIS ECKERSLEY BEAT THE rest of New England to the "Wow" with Manny Ramirez. That was the Eck's reaction when Ramirez, seemingly using an eyelet from his shoelaces as a batting tee, ripped a low, inside pitch from the Red Sox reliever just inside the left-field foul pole in Fenway Park, producing a ninth-inning run that ultimately proved to be a game-winner during the 1998 playoffs.

It's not as if Sox fans weren't primed to fall in line behind Eckersley. It's just that after a spring training in which Ramirez ...

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