Manny Ramirez is old enough that his youngest son is hitting tape-measure home runs in high school, but not too old to still impress at the plate himself.
MLB reporter Héctor Gómez recently shared a clip of the 12-time All-Star during a batting practice session, and one of the most memorable right-handed swings in baseball history still looks pretty sweet:
Ramirez last appeared in a major league game with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2011, but his stint with that team lasted just five games before he suddenly retired because of an impending performance-enhancing drug suspension.
Multiple positive tests and other PED-connections have kept Ramirez, who finished his career with 555 home runs, out of the Baseball Hall of Fame to this point.
Nonetheless, Ramirez remains one of the more beloved players of the late 1990s and 2000s because of stints with Cleveland, the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers. He, of course, helped the Red Sox to snap an 86-year World Series drought in 2004, winning World Series MVP. In 2007, his final full season in Boston, the Red Sox won another World Series title.
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