ARLINGTON, Texas -- Manny Ramirez is a free agent again after the Texas Rangers released him from his minor league contract. Garrett Celek Jersey . The Rangers released Ramirez on Tuesday, just more than five weeks after he started playing for Triple-A Round Rock. "Based on our evaluation, there was not a spot for Manny on the club at this time," Rangers general Jon Daniels said. "We released him so he could pursue other opportunities if he so chooses." The 41-year-old Ramirez hit .259 with three home runs and 13 RBIs in 30 games for Triple-A Round Rock. All of his homers came in the first eight games. Ramirez never played for the AL West leaders, even after All-Star slugger Nelson Cruz was suspended last week by Major League Baseball for the final 50 games of the season. They have since acquired right fielder Alex Rios from the Chicago White Sox. A 12-time All-Star, Ramirez is a .312 career hitter and is 14th on the career home runs list with 555. He started out this season playing in Taiwan, where he hit .352 with eight homers and 43 RBIs. Ramirez was suspended for 50 games in 2009 while with the Los Angeles Dodgers after testing positive for a banned drug. He retired in April 2011 instead of serving a 100-game ban for a second positive test while with Tampa Bay, but later agreed to a reduced 50-game suspension and played in the minors for Oakland in 2012. He won two World Series with Boston. Ramirez hit 17 homers in the final 53 games of 2008 after being traded from Boston to Los Angeles, but he has just 28 since then because of injuries and the suspensions. He was 1 for 17 without a homer with Tampa when the second drug suspension hit two years ago. Colin Kaepernick Jersey . -- Jay Haas and Peter Jacobsen took the second-round lead Saturday in the Champions Tours Legends of Golf, teaming for a 6-under 48 in windy conditions on the par-3 Top of the Rock course. Joshua Garnett Jersey . Ireland was the last unbeaten side in the championship after France fell to Wales on Friday, and was favoured to end a three-match losing run to England with a side with more than twice as many caps, rampant momentum, and added incentive to celebrate Brian ODriscolls world record-tying 139th test cap. http://www.officialauthenticsf49ersonline.com/AUTHENTIC-WILL-REDMOND-49ERS-JERSEY/ . - The Green Bay Packers got back to work on Friday without star quarterback Aaron Rodgers.ST. LOUIS - Odell Beckham Jr. refused to be intimidated, giving as well as he received.Before the first of his two touchdown catches, the prolific rookie spun the ball and was whistled for taunting in the end zone. After outside linebacker Alec Ogletree flung him to the turf well out of bounds, Beckham stuck the ball in Ogletrees face.He has a little something, a flair to him, which obviously we like, quarterback Eli Manning said after the New York Giants stayed on a late-season surge with a 37-27 victory over the St. Louis Rams on Sunday.Looks like they didnt want to let him get away with anything like showboating.Beckham rolled up 148 yards receiving against a defence that hadnt allowed a TD in three straight games, setting two franchise rookie marks and topping 1,000 yards despite missing the first four games with a hamstring injury.The Rams (6-9) had been riled, coach Jeff Fisher said, because someone said he came out and said he was going to set an NFL record.The Ogletree tackle led to fisticuffs and three ejections, two of them coming to Beckhams aid. Before the penalties were announced, the rookie returned to the field clapping his hands.You play snap to whistle and after that you leave it alone, Beckham said. For the intensity and passion they brought to the game, I cant fault them.Defensive end Damontre Moore, one of two Giants players ejected, had been on the bench when wide receiver Preston Parker jumped Ogletree from behind.The way I was raised, you protect family, Moore said. That shows me maybe being immature and acting out on my emotions. But the way I was thinking, my brother was in danger.Reasons why the Giants won their third in a row and spoiled the Rams home finale:BIG DAYS: The Giants had a season-best 514 yards in total offence, also a season-worst allowed by the Rams. Manning was 25 for 32 for 391 yards and three touchdowns, rookie Andre Williams had 110 yards rushing on 26 carries in place of injured Rashad Jennings, and Rueben Randle had six catches for 132 yards and a score. The Giants overcame 12 penalties for 141 yards by excelling in every other phase, scoring 10 points off two first-half turnovers while committing none and dominating in time of possession. Rookie Orleans Darkwaa ran for his first career TD and forced Cunninghams fumble. Garry Gilliam Jersey. Manning was sacked just once by a defence that had dominated lately.Definitely, the offence was clicking from the start, Manning said. We moved the ball well all the game. Ran the ball well. Got a couple of big runs. I got the ball out quickly.LOW TIMES: The Giants had a short field, just 21 yards, on Beckhams 9-yard catch that ended the Rams run of 12 quarters without allowing a TD after Benny Cunninghams lost fumble on a kickoff return. But they also had drives of 69, 80, 87 and 80 yards against a defence that allowed just four field goals last week after consecutive shutouts against Oakland and Washington. Tavon Austin barely got his hands on a ball right to him, an interception that led to a field goal that put the Giants up 13-3 in the second quarter.RECORDS DEPT: Beckham has 79 receptions, most in NFL history for a player in his first 11 career games and five more than the previous franchise rookie mark by Jeremy Shockey in 2003. Hes had at least 90 yards receiving in eight consecutive games and could tie the NFL record set by the Cowboys Michael Irvin in 1995 in the finale against Philadelphia. The 11 touchdown catches broke a team rookie record set in 1948 by Bill Swiacki.MISTAKE PRONE: Shaun Hill threw for 290 yards and two scores, but two high snaps from centre Scott Wells, playing with an elbow brace for several weeks, were costly for the Rams. They settled for a 20-yard field goal after Hill chased down the ball and hurriedly threw incomplete. They missed a chance at a late comeback after Daren Bates blocked a field goal when, on the next play, Wells snapped one over Hills head and Kerry Wynn recovered for the Giants.NOTES: Giants OT Will Beatty had a rough day with four holding penalties, one in each quarter. ... Rams rookie DB E.J. Gaines had a concussion but would be OK after getting his helmet knocked off in a collision with T.J. McDonald in the third quarter. Gaines also had a lacerated lip. ... Giants K Josh Brown, who played four seasons with St. Louis, was whistled for a personal foul after tangling with the Rams Cody Davis on a kickoff.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL Stitched Jerseys Jerseys NFL Cheap Wholesale Jerseys 2018 Jerseys NFL Cheap Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping Cheap Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic ' ' '