And it's in, Ortiz has been elected to the Hall

[Orioles1954]

Originally Posted by Jim65

Its not only about hitting home runs, Papi raised his OPS 100 points, then 150 points, then 200 points and it started the exact year he failed a drug test.

Nah...it's just pure coincidence this all happened when he teamed up with Man-Ram.

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by Orioles1954

Nah...it's just pure coincidence this all happened when he teamed up with Man-Ram.

Total coincidence, of course.

To be fair, he no doubt got a bump in performance just being in the same lineup as Ramirez.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Tabe

Total coincidence, of course.

To be fair, he no doubt got a bump in performance just being in the same lineup as Ramirez.

And Manny will never get any serious consideration for the Hall. Basically just written off as a dirtbag.

[Orioles1954]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

And Manny will never get any serious consideration for the Hall. Basically just written off as a dirtbag.

One played the part of the lovable bumbling buffoon and the other was his genuine arsehole self. Ortiz gets a big A+ for using the media to his advantage.