Hanley Ramirez won’t apologize for loafing
Article By AP on 18th May, 2010
MIAMI — Florida Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez defended his play Tuesday and took shots at his manager and teammates, a day after he was pulled from a game for not hustling.
Ramirez, a two-time All-Star and last year's NL batting champion, wasn't in manager Fredi Gonzalez's starting lineup against Arizona. On Monday night, he accidentally kicked a ball and then lightly jogged after it, allowing two runs to score.
The controversial play came in the second inning. "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.
It seemed unlikely Ramirez would say he was sorry.
"We got a lot of people dogging it after ground balls," he said. "They don't apologize."
The trouble for Ramirez started in the first inning Monday night after he fouled a ball off his left shin and was tended to by a trainer. He grounded into a double play and did not run full speed down the line.
Ramirez's costly misplay came the next inning after Tony Abreu's looper fell near him in short left field. Ramirez booted the ball about 100 feet toward the left-field corner and slowly chased it.
"I wasn't trying to give up," Ramirez said. "That was the hardest I could go after the ball."
Ramirez was replaced by Brian Barden an inning after the play. Gonzalez, in his fourth season at Florida's manager, confirmed Ramirez was yanked for not hustling in the 5-1 loss.
Ramirez is hitting .293 with seven homers and 20 RBIs ...
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Ramirez, a two-time All-Star and last year's NL batting champion, wasn't in manager Fredi Gonzalez's starting lineup against Arizona. On Monday night, he accidentally kicked a ball and then lightly jogged after it, allowing two runs to score.
The controversial play came in the second inning. "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.
It seemed unlikely Ramirez would say he was sorry.
"We got a lot of people dogging it after ground balls," he said. "They don't apologize."
The trouble for Ramirez started in the first inning Monday night after he fouled a ball off his left shin and was tended to by a trainer. He grounded into a double play and did not run full speed down the line.
Ramirez's costly misplay came the next inning after Tony Abreu's looper fell near him in short left field. Ramirez booted the ball about 100 feet toward the left-field corner and slowly chased it.
"I wasn't trying to give up," Ramirez said. "That was the hardest I could go after the ball."
Ramirez was replaced by Brian Barden an inning after the play. Gonzalez, in his fourth season at Florida's manager, confirmed Ramirez was yanked for not hustling in the 5-1 loss.
Ramirez is hitting .293 with seven homers and 20 RBIs ...
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