Touch 'Em All: Manny Ramirez departs Taiwan; is the Big Apple next?

After putting up some eye-popping numbers with Taiwan's EDA Rhinos (.352 average 43 RBIs, 8 homers in 49 games), Manny Ramirez figures it's time for the big leagues.

The Rhinos said they tried to keep Ramirez (promising to raise his monthly pay from $25,000 to almost $60,000, which is a lot of money in the Chinese Professional Baseball League) but the 41-year-old, 12-time all-star said he missed his family.

He left Taiwan and was to arrive in New York on Friday.

"This whole thing with Manny in Taiwan was a phenomenon. He invigorated the league," Ramirez's agent, Barry Praver, told Foxsports.com. Praver said his client really wants "to play in the United States."

Here's a thought: Manny (555 homers and 1,831 RBIs in 19 seasons) in Yankee pinstripes.

Joe Torre's daughter made an amazing save Wednesday when she fielded a baby who had fallen from a storefront awning Wednesday in Brooklyn, the New York Post reported on its website Thursday.

Cristina Torre, 44, had just left her home when she spotted 1-year-old Dylan Miller atop a frozen-yogurt shop about 9:20 a.m., police said. As she was calling 911, the toddler fell, and Torre caught him.

On Thursday, Torre told the Post she was still in a fog about the whole thing.

"People have been really kind and expressing gratitude and everything. I personally have been in shock," she said. "I'm just happy the baby is alive and well and his parents are getting the help they need to ensure his safety."

The parents were charged with reckless endangerment.

Joe Torre was understandably proud. "She always had good hands. I don't know if they're mine or not," said the former Yankees manager, who started his career as a catcher with the Milwaukee Braves. - Wire reports