Why do they do that?

When will other teams learn that walking Ortiz to pitch to Ramirez just doesn't work?

Hopefully, never.

Soxaholix sums it up:

It's like saying, you know, I've got a bad feeling about this Titanic, think I'll try the Hindenburg instead. Gotta be safer.

And Manny, you keep on being Manny - or, as Kristen puts it, Manny being Papi.

The crowd outside Cardullo's in Harvard Square.

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