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Jovial Manny 'in a happy place'

Updated: March 5, 2009, 7:22 PM ET
Associated Press

PHOENIX -- Manny Ramirez clambered up the stairs to a rooftop patio jammed with reporters, team employees and television cameras.

"Why such a big deal?" he said with a grin. "I played here before."

One day after agreeing to a $45 million, two-year deal, baseball's slugging clown prince arrived at the Los Angeles Dodgers' spring training headquarters on Thursday morning. With the Dodgers' new Camelback Ranch ballpark providing a backdrop, Ramirez declared that he was looking forward ...

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