The Los Angeles Dodgers will convey again two former franchise greats to throw out the primary pitch in every of their first two video games of the Nationwide League Championship Collection. The Dodgers will host the primary two video games of the NLCS in opposition to the New York Mets at Dodger Stadium.
Manny Ramirez, who performed for the Dodgers from 2008-10, will throw out the primary pitch forward of Recreation 1 of the NLCS on Sunday, through Jack Harris of the Los Angeles Occasions. Ramirez spent nearly all of his profession with the Boston Pink Sox and Cleveland Guardians, however will nonetheless get to throw out the honorary pitch for the Dodgers earlier than their most significant playoff sport since 2021.
Over his 18-year profession, Ramirez made the MLB All-Star group 12 separate occasions. He received the World Collection twice — each titles got here with the Pink Sox — and the World Collection MVP in 2004. He’s additionally a nine-time Silver Slugger and completed his profession with a .312 batting common and a pair of,574 hits, 555 dwelling runs, and 1,831 RBIs.
Ramirez had his most efficient season as a Dodger in 2009 when he recorded 19 dwelling runs and 63 RBIs over 104 video games.
Former Dodger Shawn Inexperienced will throw out the primary pitch earlier than Recreation 2 on Monday. Inexperienced performed for the Dodgers from 2000-04, and beforehand held the franchise single-season dwelling report with 49 dwelling runs through the 2001 season. That report was damaged by designated hitter Shohei Ohtani this season, as Ohtani went on to complete the season with 54 dwelling runs, the Dodgers’ new single-season report.
Earlier than Ohtani broke Inexperienced’s report, Inexperienced informed Dodgers Nation that he was “at peace” with Ohtani overtaking his report.
“I believe Ohtani is the best baseball participant who ever lived. If he retired immediately he’d be the best baseball participant,” Inexperienced informed Dodgers Nation. “And so for me, it’s been positively an honor to carry essentially the most dwelling runs in a season by a Dodger. If it’s going to get damaged, why not be damaged by the best participant who ever lived?”
Inexperienced did additionally play for the New York Mets, spending each the 2006 and 2007 seasons with the Mets earlier than retiring from MLB. The 2-time MLB All-Star moreover frolicked with the Toronto Blue Jays and Arizona Diamondbacks throughout his profession.
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