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Girardi presents A’s Gaudin, Ramirez with rings

The Columbian
Published: April 20, 2010, 12:00am

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Before the New York Yankees could fully begin their on-field pregame routine, manager Joe Girardi had some important business to handle.

He called over Oakland pitchers Chad Gaudin and Edwar Ramirez, both of whom sported pinstripes last season, for a makeshift ring ceremony in the middle of New York’s stretch session in front of the dugout.

They each slipped on their World Series champion hardware — white gold encrusted with 119 diamonds totaling 3.55 carats — for everybody else to see.

Gaudin hand was visibly shaking as he talked about the ring on it. Ramirez, the only major leaguer from his tiny hometown of El Cercado in the Dominican Republic, beamed as his former teammates patted him on the head and yelled “Atta boy!”

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