Remember how Manny Ramirez was such a bad, terrible, awful dude for testing positive for a banned substance, one that tied him to PEDs? Man, he totally ruined the game of baseball, and kids everywhere cried for days after they found out about it.

So, now that he’s back on his rehab stint in the minors, he of course received loud boos from the crowd in Albuquerque last night, because now that he’s back out on the ball field baseball fans were set to show him how mad they all felt.

Right? Wrong.

The capacity crowd of 15,321 was the largest in Albuquerque’s baseball history.

Fans lined the walkway from the clubhouse as Ramirez entered the field. They gathered near the dugout, clustering for autographs, and they seemed ready to forgive Ramirez for violating baseball’s drug rules.

“People love me everywhere I go,” Ramirez said before the game. “I’m excited to bring a lot of joy to a lot of people here. I feel good. I’m happy that I’m here.”

There were scattered boos before Ramirez batted leading off but cheers began before he was introduced and grew louder when he approached the plate. Flashbulbs blinked from around the ballpark during his two at-bats.

What’s that sound I hear? It’s Bill Plaschke’s head exploding.