Manny Says "No" To WBC

John Henry annonced today that Manny Ramirez will not be playing in the WBC for the Dominican Republic. He will instead be with the Red Sox for spring training. He will still join the team on March 1st. Manny has informed the Dominican national team nor his coach.

This come on the heels of specualtion that Pedro Martinez and Aramis Ramirez will also drop out.

Date
Thur 2/23/2006 9:29 PM

Source

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