Manny Ramirez didn’t plot to leave Red Sox

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Scott Boras, the agent for Manny Ramirez, told the New York Times that Manny wasn’t acting out so that the Boston Red Sox would trade him.

And, Boras says, he certainly didn’t advise Ramirez to play his way out of Boston.

‘Everyone said we went to Manny and said, ‘Don’t do things on the field that you would normally do,’ ‘’ Boras told the newspaper. ‘I can only say when people raise that question: Manny hit .360 in July, led the team in home runs, R.B.I.’s, the whole thing. What is it Manny wasn’t doing? I would like to be responsible for Manny hitting .360.’’

-- Randy Harvey