McCarron: Manny Ramirez gives Cubs a helping hand

Manny Ramirez finds a post-playing career with the Cubs, serving as a hitting consultant and 'cultural coach' for the young team.Manny Ramirez's second act is taking place in Cubbie blue, as part hitting guru and part, as Joe Maddon puts it, "cultural coach." Ramirez, the one-time hitting savant turned baseball outlaw, has been a big part of the blooming of some of Chicago's terrific young talent, Maddon says.

Manny Being Helpful? Not really the post-playing path many would have figured for a former drug cheat who was as well-known for his 555 career homers as he was for his bizarre off-the-field doings.

But Maddon and others around the Cubs rave about him. Maybe Ramirez can pen his own…