I've Never Felt Older After Watching Manny Ramirez And David Ortiz's Sons Hit Homers This Past Week

I had a great childhood, and I attribute a lot of that to David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez.

We had never really seen anything like that before, and I don't think we'll ever see anything like it again. Two of the best hitters of all-time hitting from opposite sides of the plate, back-to-back in the Red Sox batting order. You know how they say you wish you knew you were living in the good times while you were in them? That's how I feel about the Manny-Ortiz Era in Boston. It was just really special to see on a nightly basis, and I think I was too young and naive to appreciate it while I had it. I thought it would last forever and it was limited to a magical five years. It feels longer, honestly. I think that's because we still talk about it like it's still happening.

Well, there's an outside chance we can run it back. A few days ago, Manny Ramirez's son Manny Ramirez, not to be confused with Manny Ramirez Jr. as I did in the tweet, hit a homer with his dad watching close by. To avoid any confusion, Manny had a son in 1995 from a previous relationship who is named Manny Ramirez Jr. and then after getting married, he had Manuelito Ramirez AKA Manny Ramirez in 2003. This is 18-year-old Manny Ramirez, not to be confused with Manny Ramirez Jr. who is 26.

Anyways, 18-year-old Manny Ramirez hits bombs and wears his dad's old number with the Dodgers, No. 99, while doing so. Then you have 16-year-old D'Angelo Ortiz, son of David Ortiz, who also hits bombs but, unlike his father, is a right-handed hitter.

What's really cool about this is that Ortiz and Ramirez are actually friends and keep up with each other's accolades as they both pursue their dreams of becoming big leaguers like their fathers. As much as I'd love to see them both in the Red Sox organization some day, I'm sure they'll both get drafted by the Blue Jays the second they become eligible.