Manny Being Shawn

Is there something in the water in Houston? First the Astros Shawn Chacon put the smack down on GM Ed Wade. Now with the Red Sox in town to play the Astros, Manny Ramirez lost his cool and shoved traveling secretary Jake McCormick to the ground .

The incident stemmed from Ramirez wanting 16 tickets for Saturday's game at Minute Maid Park.

When McCormick cautioned Ramirez that he might not be able to fulfill his request, Ramirez responded by shouting: "Just do your job!"

An argument followed and the Man-child shoved McCormick, who fell to the ground. The two later met behind closed doors where Ramirez apologized to McCormick.

Asked on Sunday to comment on the altercation, Ramirez responded: "That's over. We're fine now."

"Sometimes things happen," said Terry Francona, "and when they do, we choose to handle them internally. I'm satisfied with how we handled this."

Added McCormick: "It was an unfortunate misunderstanding and it's over with as far as I'm concerned."

Though McCormick accepted the apology, it would be a disservice to him and anyone else who works behind the scenes if the Red Sox do not fine and/or suspend Ramirez for his actions. Then again when you let Manny be Manny all the time, you're going to have expect fall out.

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