June 06, 2006
His Arm's Not that Bad
Manny Ramirez on a 3-2 count breaks his bat and lines a soft single to Damon in center. For some reason, he tried to stretch it into a double, and Damon throws him out by so much that Cano has to wait for Ramirez to get to second. Sometimes, Manny hustles at the wrong time.
The Yankees announcers had it right: of the $20 million a year Manny gets paid, about $10,000 of it is for running the bases and playing the field.
I thought he tried to stretch it because he was trying to "get even" after the 2 inside pitches during the at bat.