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Title: Becoming Manny: Inside the Life of Baseball's Most Enigmatic Slugger

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Manny Ramirez, aka "The Big Enigma," is one of baseball's greatest and most perplexing players. While he routinely pounds pitches deep into the bleachers with remarkable ease, and performs his best at the most crucial moments, he has also been known to disappear periodically--literally, leaving the dugout in the middle of a game. He is lazy on the basepaths and often abysmal on defense, compounding his slowness and lack of agility with a propensity for making unfathomable decisions, such as his legendary 2004 "cut-off," when he leaped to intercept a throw by teammate Johnny Damon, leading to an inside-the-park home run for the opposition. In another puzzling move, Ramirez has actually authorized this biography, which is co-written (appropriately) by a clinical psychologist, who hopes to manifest the motivations of "ManRam." What emerges is a surprisingly profound examination of Manny's childhood and career, focusing on his early immigration to America, his impoverished upbringing, and the key relationship he formed with his Little League coach. While Manny's antics will likely never be unambiguous, this insightful book will let fans see sides of his life that are usually ignored by the modern sports media machine.

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Language:        English

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Length:        336 Pages



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Book Details Summary: The title of this book is Becoming Manny: Inside the Life of Baseball's Most Enigmatic Slugger and it was written by Leigh Montville (Foreword By), Jean Rhodes, Shawn Boburg. This edition of Becoming Manny: Inside the Life of Baseball's Most Enigmatic Slugger is in a Paperback format. This books publish date is March 2011 and it has a suggested retail price of $15. There are 336 pages in the book and it was published by Scribner. The 10 digit ISBN is 1416577076 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9781416577072. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.