Manny Ramirez

"That's something he's never dealt with, mentally or physically." Boras said he didn't know if Ramirez could have earned a larger payday by opting for free agency and acknowledged that the suspension could have hurt his value on the open market. "I think it's easier when you don't have to speculate about the numbers," Boras said, adding that Ramirez's decision to remain with the Dodgers was based mostly on his comfort level in Los Angeles. "Obviously, he enjoys L.A.,"

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"You can only hit your head against the wall so many times, you know, before you figure out there's another way to get to the other side of the wall." Howard has paid attention to Rodriguez -- for the baseball, not the business. "I've watched A-Rod and just tried to study guys like A-Rod, study like Manny, Albert," he said, a reference to Manny Ramirez and Albert Pujols. "You don't want to be known as just a slugger. You want to be known as a good hitter or a great hitter."

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"I've watched A-Rod and just tried to study guys like A-Rod, like Manny, Albert," he said, a reference to Manny Ramirez and Albert Pujols.

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"I've watched A-Rod and just tried to study guys like A-Rod, study like Manny, Albert," he said, a reference to Manny Ramirez and Albert Pujols. "You don't want to be known as just a slugger."

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"I've watched A-Rod and just tried to study guys like A-Rod, study like Manny, Albert," he said, a reference to Manny Ramirez and Albert Pujols. "You don't want to be known as just a slugger. You want to be known as a good hitter or a great hitter."

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But they've also got Ramirez, who announced at the end of the NLCS, "I feel great. I feel like I accomplished all I wanted to accomplish."

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"They were better than us," Ramirez said. "You saw what they were capable of doing."

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"The regular season doesn't mean anything in the playoffs," Ramirez said. "They got the hits when they needed to, and they won."

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