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The team travels without him and defeats the Chicago Cubs, 5-4, with Jeff Weaver throwing two scoreless innings and Doug Mientkiewicz hitting his second home run in four games.  Manny Ramirez had his first full workout of the spring today with the Dodgers but missed their trip to HoHoKam Park and a 5-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs.   Continue reading on L.A. Times

After months and months of negotiating what turned out to the the same offfer, the Los Angeles Dodgers have Manny Ramirez under contract.  Despite the new contract, it was too late for Ramirez to get into a playing mindset and participate w/ the team in their matchup w/ the Chicago Cubs (a victory).

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