Manny Ramirez has asked Dodgers manager Joe Torre to give him more playing time as Opening Day approaches. "I need to get used to fly balls during games," said Ramirez. "It's not the same in practice as the speed of the game." Ramirez has played in 10 of the team's 33 spring games and only six in left field for a total of 26 innings. "I need more at-bats," he said. "Everybody is ahead of me and I'm trying to catch up. It's such a long season. I've just got to take it day by day."