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Just like with the NL, the American League now starts to get interesting with the coming-and-going of the All-Star Game. Moving into the second half of the season, the storylines in the AL range from “Which Talented Team From the AL East Will Be on the Outside Looking in Come Playoff Time” to the super-super-close race on the Left Coast for the AL West crown (OK, not too much going on with the AL Central right now, but with Ozzie Guillen in the mix…ya never know).

Most Red Sox fans, Yankee fans, and pretty much baseball fans in general associate Manny Ramirez and Pedro Martinez.  The two Dominicanos spent four years together in Boston, and each played an integral role in breaking the Red Sox 85-season World Series “Curse.”  Seems kind of fitting then that on the day after talking about Man-Ram we turn our attention Petey.  Unlike Ramirez (gainfully employed by the Los Angeles Dodgers) Martinez needs a job.  Currently, the three-time Cy Young Award win

Normally grown folk need to make their own decisions, but if a particular grown folk might benefit from a little nudging in one direction or another…well, I’m happy to oblige. So let me just flat-out say it: Manny Ramirez, visit your old neighborhood in Washington Heights.

For anyone not in the know, the Puerto Rico Day Parade goes down in New York City on Sunday (apparently the Big Apple’s third largest walking party behind the St.

Today’s RBI features the two sports most closely associated with Latinos: beisbol and futbol. Not intentional, just the way things worked out…although we did kind of need a break from basketball (that being said, look for a Carmelo Anthony blog tomorrow).

Last week, we took a look at what other careers the still unemployed Manny Ramirez might want to pursue as a replacement for baseball: barber, taxi driver, guard at Buckingham Palace…and we weren’t kidding. So what does Manny do in response?

Will work for $20 million a year. Will work for a minimum of four years guaranteed and $16 million signing bonus. Will work and I promise I won’t quit on your team like I did last year with the Red Sox.

Exclusive footage from CNBC of Red Sox slugger, David Ortiz, and Yankee pitcher, Joba Chamberlain, hanging out!!!!

David Ortiz and Joba Chamberlain hanging out? How can these guys be friends? A Red Sox and a Yankee aren’t supposed to co-exist in social settings. That’s like Nas and Jay-Z collaborating on a song (oh wait…). Plus, the incriminating footage comes from CNBC. I almost buy Ortiz and Chamberlain replacing those Tongan cousins on The Biggest Loser: Couples 2, but appearing on a business show? What is this a glitch in the Matrix? Not exactly.