Manny Ramirez Plays Cricket

Baseball Slugger Manny Ramirez Turns Cricket Batsman In Support of DIRECTVs CricketTicket™ Service; Hits Five of Eight Pitches in Cricket Debut DIRECTV to Deliver All International Cricket Council (ICC) and Indian Premier League (IPL) Cricket Events Exclusively in the U.S Through 2011 GILBERT, Ariz., March 18, 2009 Baseball superstar Manny Ramirez has faced baseballs toughest pitchers, but today he encountered a challenge of a different kind at Nichols Park in Gilbert, Ariz., home to the Arizona