May
18
Florida Marlins Hanley Ramirez rips manager Fredi Gonzalez
ByThe Associated Press says that Florida Marlins Hanley Ramirez was not too happy one day after he was benched for not hustling on the field. On Tuesday, manager Fredi Gonzalez did not include the in his starting lineup.
“It’s his team. He can do whatever,” Ramirez said, mixing in an expletive. “There’s nothing I can do about it.”
“That’s OK. He doesn’t understand that. He never played in the big leagues,” he said.
Responded Gonzalez: “He’s right, but I know how to play the game.”
“I played six years in the minor leagues and I know what it takes to play this game and I know the effort it takes to play this game,” he said.
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Ramirez goes on to say that he lost a little respect for Gonzalez.
“A little bit. We got 24 more guys out there,” Ramirez said. “Hopefully they can do the same things I can do. They’re wearing the Marlins uniform.”
“I wasn’t trying to give up,” Ramirez said. “That was the hardest I could go after the ball.”
