His Generation’s Finest Hitter, Manny Ramirez

With the 13th pick in the 1991 Major League Baseball Draft, the Cleveland Indians selected Manny Ramirez.  On September 2, 1993, Ramirez made his Major League Baseball debut against the Minnesota Twins, wearing a Cleveland Indians uniform for the first time.  From that day, until May 6, 2009, Ramirez earned and wore the distinction of being his generation's finest hitter.  May 7, 2009 was the day Ramirez was suspended for taking human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), which is a fertility drug for women that is used to restart natural testosterone production as a steroid user comes off a cycle.  As Manny Ramirez's career comes to an end, I can't help but reflect back on one of the player...

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