It has been five years since Manny Ramirez has graced a baseball field as a player, but the former Dodgers outfielder has reportedly indicated that he is interested in returning to play in the Chinese Professional Baseball League, according to The Taiwan Times.
That’s right folks, Mannywood is looking to move across to the Pacific Ocean to Taiwan! Again!
The land of empty stadiums, cardboard fans, and live cheerleaders seems like an inauspicious situation for the return of live baseball. However, it serves as perhaps the most conventional of landing spots for one of baseball’s most unconventional stars, where his quirky, enigmatic persona will play right in line with what has become the only spectacle in town.