When Manny Ramirez had sleepovers with Pedro Martinez due to his fear of the dark

Manny Ramirez was a star on the field, but not many of his fans knew about his fear. Former Boston Red Sox player Pedro Martinez once disclosed that Ramirez had sleepovers with him due to his fear of the dark.

As per Sports Illustrated, Martinez recalled that Ramirez would turn up in his room for sleepovers because he was afraid of the dark.

Martinez wrote in his autobiography, Pedro:

“Manny was just a kid, one I wanted to take care of. On the road he sometimes was afraid to go to sleep by himself. He’d come up to my room, where Ortiz and some teammates and I would be hanging out. After a while we’d look over and there would be Manny, under my covers, fully dressed, snoring. I always had a suite with an extra bed, so I didn’t mind if he had a sleepover. That was just Manny being Manny.”

Ramirez made his MLB debut in 1993 with the Cleveland Indians, while Martinez debuted in 1992 with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Pedro Martinez once said Manny Ramirez added Viagra to a clubhouse drink

Hall of Fame inductee Martinez was Ramirez's teammate with the Red Sox from 2001-04. In 2015, on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Martinez revealed several tales of "Manny being Manny," including the time Ramirez slipped Viagra into a clubhouse beverage:

"[Ramirez] put three 100mg Viagras in it. So here we go, somebody needs to taste this to see if it works. So we decided to let Ellis Burks try to taste it and I say, 'You know, this mamajuana, if you drink it, you might get turned on.' He said, 'Oh, I'll try it. I'll try it. I'm not playing anyway.' So he took it, it seemed like it worked. So everybody was coming up to him for a little shot."

Ramirez was one of 28 players to hit 500 home runs in a career. He was also a nine-time Silver Slugger winner. His 29 playoff home runs in MLB history and his 21 grand slams rank third all-time. He participated in 12 All-Star Games, including a run of eleven straight contests starting in 1998 and spanning his entire time with the Red Sox.

Los Angeles Dodgers v Philadelphia Phillies, Game 1

One of the best right-handed batters of his generation, Ramirez is known as a complete hitter who could hit for both power and average.