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On Manny Ramirez's 41st birthday, here are his top 6 moments from the Chinese Professional Baseball League

Manny Ramirez turned 41 on Thursday. The slugger's Major League career is likely finished with 555 career homers and two World Series rings, but Manny-being-Manny moments are still plentiful in the Chinese Professional Baseball League. Let's review his first season in the Far East to-date:

1. The EDA Rhinos faithful greeted Manny in March -- with a photo of Johnny Cueto:

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2. Cueto probably never hit a ball this far, or inspired a home run call like this :

3. Manny punctuated his long ball with a trot that was anything but punctual. The video is sadly lost, but this running diary will last forever.

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4. He also invented first-and-a-half base:

5. And got himself compared to Michael Jackson on an amazing Taiwanese news broadcast:

6. And finally, Manny as the Hulk:

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-- Matt Monagan / MLB.com