The Los Angeles Dodgers will deliver again two former franchise greats to throw out the primary pitch in every of their first two video games of the Nationwide League Championship Sequence. 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, by way of Jack Harris of the Los Angeles Instances. Ramirez spent the vast majority of his profession with the Boston Crimson Sox and Cleveland Guardians, however will nonetheless get to throw out the honorary pitch for the Dodgers earlier than their most significant playoff recreation since 2021.
Over his 18-year profession, Ramirez made the MLB All-Star crew 12 separate instances. He received the World Sequence twice — each titles got here with the Crimson Sox — and the World Sequence MVP in 2004. He’s additionally a nine-time Silver Slugger and completed his profession with a .312 batting common and a couple of,574 hits, 555 house runs, and 1,831 RBIs.
Ramirez had his best season as a Dodger in 2009 when he recorded 19 house 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 house report with 49 house runs in the course of the 2001 season. That report was damaged by designated hitter Shohei Ohtani this season, as Ohtani went on to complete the season with 54 house 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 at this time he’d be the best baseball participant,” Inexperienced informed Dodgers Nation. “And so for me, it’s been positively an honor to carry probably the most house 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 hung out with the Toronto Blue Jays and Arizona Diamondbacks throughout his profession.
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