Fresh off joining his fourth team in the Chicago White Sox, slugger Manny Ramirez reflected on his time as a member ofthe Red Sox Friday, in large part taking blame for the actions that led to his departure in 2008. The left fielder, who was unhappy while in Boston, sat out games with questionable injuries and famously got into a scrap with teammate Kevin Youkilis less than two months before his departure to the White Sox.

“Everything was my fault, but you have to be a real man to realize when you do wrong. It was my fault, right. I already passed that stage,” Ramirez told reporters Friday. “I’m happy. I’m on a new team. When I went to first base, I told Youkilis, ‘What happened between you and me, that’s my fault. I’m sorry.’ It takes a real man to go and tell a person it was my fault and that’s what I did.”

Ramirez went to the White Sox on a straight waiver claim, something Tigers DH Johnny Damon refused to do with the Red Sox. Had the Sox claimed their one-time outfielder, Ramirez said he would have returned.

“What I did here in the past is in the past,” Ramirez said, “but if they claimed me, why should I say no?”

In eight seasons with the Red Sox, Ramirez batted .312/.411/.588 with 274 homers and 868 runs batted in. He won World Series titles with the team in 2004 and 2007. Ramirez was moved to the Dodgers at the 2008 trade deadline.

Ramirez said he has used his regrettable actions while in Boston to grow as a player and person, but that he can’t change the way things played out.

“In life, you pass every stage,” Ramirez said. “I passed that stage and you keep growing. You look back and say I did this wrong, but what’s done is done. All you can do is go and play the game and finish your career good.”