True Bromance

Now more than ever, David Ortiz misses his best pal Manny Ramirez. While Big Papi is struggling to come to terms with Manny's exit (last July), Ramirez has embedded himself in a new and exciting market, successfully slugging in Dodger blue.

Ortiz is a man without an ally. When he puts cups on his ears and peers about the dugout, he is greeted only by the disaproving shake of Youkilis' beard, and Jonathan Papelbon staring at him from the bullpen.

He has crafted a likeness of Manny to laugh at his jokes and pick him up when he is sad or struggling, which is becoming increasingly more important as Papi seems to be in the twilight of his career (at age 31). Teammates and even concerned fans believe their DH has become a little too attached to "Hanny", and refuses to take off the meticulously handmade knit cap, even while batting.

"Chu know, Manny provides protection for me in the lineup, I see alot more fastballs and middle fingers thank to his presence. That's just Manny bein' Manny, chu know? He told me a funny joke the other day, the whole dugout was laughing (no). Is good to have friends, chu know? Tim Wakefield still talks to me sometimes, like dis one time when he wanted sunflower seeds, and I handed them to him... Ay dios mio.... I am so alone...."