omg he named his dogs after a bunch of MLB players, that's so cute! "Puppy" gave me pause, but it came right after Manny so I think it's supposed to be Papi, which is the nickname for David Ortiz. Manny and Papi would have still been teammates when this was written, or at least at around the time Aramaki went under.

SO CLEVER. I love little details like that.