(CNN) -- Any baseball fan who has been alive in the last decade is familiar with a truism: "That's just Manny being Manny." It has been used to describe one of the best outfielders in baseball history, Manny Ramirez, who -- like a certain Vice President -- had a way of stumbling into (and creating) some truly terrible press. Like Joe Biden, Ramirez was colorful, beloved and often forgiven. He could be endearing, running an American flag out onto the field with a wide boyish smile after becoming a U.S. citizen. He was certainly amusing, retreating into the Green Monster at Boston's Fenway Park during the games to take a call, or high-fiving a fan in the middle of a play.
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S.E. Cupp: Baseball player Manny Ramirez had reputation for stumbles, like Joe Biden
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She says, with Ramirez, as with Biden's recent gaffe, snafus could become problem
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She says calling out Arab allies as strengthening ISIS threatens fragile coalition
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Cupp: Biden must remember: He's proxy for Obama. Let's hope gaffe doesn't do damage
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