PHOENIX – Manny Ramirez and the Oakland Athletics have reached agreement on a minor league contract.
The A’s announced the deal Monday. Ramirez is expected to report to spring training by the end of the week.
The 12-time All-Star is due to serve a 50-game suspension for his second positive drug test before he can play for the A’s. Barring rainouts, his first game could be May 30 – on his 40th birthday.
Ramirez ranks 14th on the career list with 555 home runs.
The A’s announced the deal Monday. Ramirez is expected to report to spring training by the end of the week.
The 12-time All-Star is due to serve a 50-game suspension for his second positive drug test before he can play for the A’s. Barring rainouts, his first game could be May 30 – on his 40th birthday.
Ramirez ranks 14th on the career list with 555 home runs.
Red Sox to bus it
Bobby Valentine always expects his players to bust it. The new manager of the Boston Red Sox also wants his team to bus it this spring.Valentine says the Red Sox will take the team bus to away games once the exhibitions begin. It’s common around the majors for star players to drive themselves to spring training road games, mostly so they can get a fast start home after playing a few innings.
Fine for Pujols
“Here I am,” said Albert Pujols in Tempe, Ariz., after reporting for the Anaheim Angels spring training.It didn’t take long for Pujols to feel like he was part of the club.
During manager Mike Scioscia’s first team meeting, Pujols’ cellphone rang, earning the superstar his first petty fine, which according to a team official, will require him to buy his skipper lunch.
Around the league
Atlanta pitcher Tommy Hanson is being checked for a possible concussion after blowing a tire on his way to the first workout of spring training in Kissimmee, Fla. The right-hander wrecked near the team’s training complex and apparently bumped his head on the steering wheel or windshield. …Raul Ibanez and the New York Yankees agreed to a $1.1 million, one-year contract, a person familiar the negotiations said. … Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, 42, says he won’t announce his long-term plans until after the season. … Free agent catcher Ivan Rodriguez, 40, says he’s healthy and hoping for a chance to play this season after an oblique injury limited him to 44 games last season with Washington.. …
Arizona shortstop Stephen Drew took part in the Diamondbacks’ first drills of spring training in Scottsdale, Ariz. Drew broke his right ankle and severely damaged ligaments sliding into home plate seven months ago. Drew says it’s too early to tell whether he will be ready for the season opener April 6.
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