CHICAGO -- Manny Ramirez's latest gig with the Cubs is proof that if you hang around the game long enough, you'll see it all.
Among the greatest right-handed hitters of his generation and definitely one of the least coachable, he's back in baseball as a coach. Exactly what kind of coach, well, no one in the organization seems to be certain.
Ramirez isn't listed on either the coaching or support staffs as Chicago heads into the NL Championship Series. Yet nearly every hitter on the roster checks in with him regularly and the team's young Latin players - budding stars Jorge Soler and Javier Baez, in particular - also revere him as some kind of life coach or guru.