Read more hitting stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1259/hitting.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorMon, 21 May 2012 09:57:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53185/mcgwire-resurfaces-as-batting-instructor.htmlJohn Johnson<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=189711&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331231216' border='0' />Mark McGwire speaks! Just not about steroids. The former home-run king granted a rare interview to the New York Times to talk about his reemergence in baseball—as a volunteer hitting instructor. “I’m such an easygoing guy,” he said in a brief reference to his steroids scandal. “I don’t need...St. Louis Cardinals Mark McGwire hits a fly ball in 2001.http://www.newser.com/story/53185/mcgwire-resurfaces-as-batting-instructor.htmlThu, 12 Mar 2009 21:24:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/1495/manny-being-manny.htmlColleen Barry<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=2675&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401035430' border='0' />The New Yorker 's Ben McGrath finagled an astounding nine minutes with Manny Ramirez, the notoriously fractious and endlessly fascinating Red Sox slugger. In the interview the reclusive Ramirez embodies all the myths about him: He's deeply personal, funny, petulant, and cryptic—besides being, arguably, "the greatest hitter of his...Manny Ramirezhttp://www.newser.com/story/1495/manny-being-manny.htmlThu, 19 Apr 2007 12:44:06 CDT