"With Manny Ramirez making his return to Fenway Park this weekend, Boston fans are reminded how brilliant and talented yet flaky one man can be. Ramirez will be remembered in Boston not only for helping the Red Sox win two World Series titles in four years, but also for the unpredictable and apathetic behavior that littered his tenure here.

The parallels between Ramirez and Celtics forward Rasheed Wallace are plentiful. Both are players with immense skills who glided to success on physical prowess. And both will go down as players who never fully focused on being great, and therefore fell short.

A former NBA coach said recently that the two players who did less with great ability were Derrick Coleman and Wallace. Wallace's career includes a championship ring and four All-Star appearances, but those who have watched him since his Philadelphia high school days expected more."