Manny is well aware that you can vote 25 times per email address in the All-Star balloting.

He is also aware that his name remains on the ballot, his current sabbatical notwithstanding.

But he won't tell you how to live your life. That is not his way.

Manny Ramirez is lucky that there are no major league baseball teams in Iowa

as he has a Betty Boop Tijuana Bible tattoos on his back.

Oddly, when seen on his frame, few would disagree that it does not contain “serious literary, artistic, political, and scientific value,” but Manny doesn't want the headache.

Did you know that Manny Ramirez's favorite food is a sour creme and sriracha boxty?

Whist is a game that taxes the most ordered and scientific mind.

It rewards attention and care and quiet, well-mannered brilliance.

Manny once won the world in a game of whist with an unnamed partner but, in a moment of cruel pity, refused to accept his bounty.

Like Helio Castroneves...

Manny Ramirez climbs the fences of the stadiums that he wins in.

However, Manny does so on the outside of the stadium. You would see him if, when leaving the ballpark, you would just look up.

Unlike Jose Canseco

Manny is not fighting a 7'2" South Korean kickboxer in a Japanese mixed martial arts tournament.

Unlike the doper Canseco, Manny has a code. He never fights for money, only for honour, and almost never on this spectral plane.

Did you know that Manny Ramirez is allergic to Haberno Peppers?

They give him earth shaking gas.

Manny apologizes, but Malo had a special, and he took home leftovers.