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Manny Ramirez, Joe Maddon talk

Updated: April 12, 2011, 3:30 AM ET
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BOSTON -- Slugger Manny Ramirez has spoken to Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon since retiring while facing a 100-game drug ban, but stopped short of apologizing for his abrupt departure.

"He was disappointed in himself, but he was also very kind to the organization," Maddon said Monday.

"He just said he was disappointed. He didn't apologize. I wasn't looking for an apology necessarily. I wasn't. He spoke to me kind of like, man to man, person to person, manager to player. So I didn't ...

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