Manny Ramirez, whose general odd duck ways and malaise have contributed to the phrase “Manny Being Manny” (and the wine “Manny Being Merlot”) showed this spring that, when something really matters, he will hustle after all. And what caused Mr. Ramirez to put forth that extra effort? A bigger locker, of course. Backup catcher Doug Mirabelli was recently released. From the Boston Globe:

Manny Ramirez wasted no time: he changed his locker to Mirabelli’s, which is in the far corner near the clubhouse office. The locker is more spacious to handle catching gear.

We can only imagine Manny went on to promise that the hustle was not permanent and that he planned to jog halfway down to first base on his next ground ball to shortstop, followed by a leisurely loaf into left field to start the next half inning.

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