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BOSTON -- Hanley Ramirez was breaking bad.

It was May 2010, and Ramirez had gotten national attention for misplaying a pop fly, kicking it into left field and not running hard to retrieve it, an incident that sparked a feud with then-Florida Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez. Their relationship only worsened, ultimately leading to Gonzalez getting fired, and just like that, Ramirez's reputation turned from an ultra-talented MVP candidate to a poisonous problem child.