Posted by: mb () on Fri Jun 8 11:16:37 2001

Watching Manny Ramirez this year he hits a lot of balls with topspin. Line drives that constantly dip in the out field and hard topspin ground balls. He also drives a lot of pitches over the fence including the record 491 ft job at Skydome last week. He was intentionally walked the other night 4 times in one game. Earlier this year he was intentionally walked with no one on base and he represented the winning run! I don't think there is a better hitter in baseball particularly since he has absolutely no one hitting behind him. He has been the offense on the Red Sox this year. I love watching his mechanics, they are pretty much what Jack prescribes.