Manny Suspended

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Don't follow baseball much but this is pretty big.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-manny-ramirez8-2009may08,0,6324894.story

Manny Ramirez will be suspended 50 games for positive drug test

The suspension makes Ramirez the biggest star penalized under baseball's testing program that started in 2003.
By Bill Shaikin and Dylan Hernandez Times Staff Writers

8:35 AM PDT, May 7, 2009

Manny Ramirez has tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs and will be suspended 50 games starting today, The Times has learned.

The test result and suspension is expected to be announced later today. The Dodgers informed triple-A outfielder Xavier Paul this morning that he was being promoted to Los Angeles.

Ramirez is expected to attribute the test results to medication received from a doctor for a personal medical issue, according to a source familiar with matter but not authorized to speak publicly.

With the suspension taking effect with tonight's game at Dodger Stadium, Ramirez will not be eligible to return to the team until July 3.

Ramirez would become the biggest star suspended under an oft-criticized major league testing program that started in 2003. He had been a model citizen since arriving in Los Angeles last August, following a stormy tenure with the Boston Red Sox.

This is the second drug scandal to rock baseball within four months. In a year in which baseball officials hoped their greatest concern would be the slumping economy, the two highest-paid players in the game have been revealed to have failed a drug test.

Alex Rodriguez, the game's highest-paid player, acknowledged during a February news conference that he used steroids from 2001 to 2003. The admission followed a Sports Illustrated report that he failed a drug test in 2003, when players were not subject to suspension.

Ramirez did not appear in the clubhouse after the Dodgers' 10-3 victory over the Washington Nationals Wednesday night. After the game, Dodgers General Manager Ned Colletti and Manager Joe Torre said they were unaware of any failed test or pending suspension.

As unconfirmed reports circulated around Dodger Stadium on Wednesday night, Scott Boras, the agent for Ramirez, declined to comment.

Major League Baseball spokesman Pat Courtney said he could not comment, citing the limitations stipulated in baseball's drug policy.

Rob Manfred, baseball's top labor lawyer, and Michael Weiner, general counsel for the players' union, did not return multiple messages.

The loss of Ramirez would leave a gaping hole in the Dodgers' lineup. Juan Pierre, the likely replacement for Ramirez in left field, has batted ninth in two of his five starts this season.

Ramirez doubled and drove in two runs on Wednesday, as the Dodgers set a major league record with their 13th consecutive home victory at the start of the season. The Dodgers have the best record in the major leagues, at 21-8, and the biggest division lead in the majors, at 6 1/2 games in the National League West.

Ramirez leads the Dodgers in batting average (.348), on-base percentage (.492) and slugging percentage (.641), and he is tied for the team lead in home runs with six.

He signed a two-year, $45-million contract with the Dodgers in March, with the first year guaranteed at $25 million and the second year at his option at $20 million.

In an appearance at USC last month, Jose Canseco said Ramirez's name "is most likely, 90%" on a list of 104 players that failed a drug test in 2003. The players were promised anonymity for taking tests in 2003; Rodriguez is the only player that has been identified among that group.

Ramirez laughed when Times columnist Kurt Streeter relayed Canseco's allegation to him.

"I got no comment, nothing to say about that," Ramirez told Streeter. "What can I say? I don't even know the guy."
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Every dodger fan that railed me about Bonds being on roids for all those years can officially suck it. Going to be busy texting today. That a kid Manny.
 
Manny Suspended 50 games for Roids!!!

Major League Baseball is expected to announce Thursday that Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez has tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs and will be suspended for 50 games, The Los Angeles Times is reporting.
Ramirez's suspension is expected to be announced Thursday, The Times said.
Triple-A outfielder Xavier Paul has been told by the Dodgers that he will be promoted later today, according to The Times.
In his first full season as a Dodger, Ramirez is batting .348 with six home runs and 20 RBIs. Los Angeles has bolted to a 21-8 record -- best in the majors -- and a 13-0 record at home that set the modern major league record for home winning streak to start a season.
 
Gammons reporting that Manny bought some shit at teh doctor's office and it's supposedly "not" steroids...

Look forward to seeing what he says later...
 
Damn I loved Manny. But he's just another cheater in baseball. Same as Bonds, A-rod, Sosa, Mcgwire, etc. They're all bitches.
 
or to go on and maintain a cycle???

zero chance

he took some tainted shit or did something else stupid

no chance he was actually trying to cheat
 
He signed a two-year, $45-million contract with the Dodgers in March, with the first year guaranteed at $25 million and the second year at his option at $20 million.

Wonder how that contract is written.
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chopz33 said:
where does this number come from. not doubting you, just curious
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Was watching Sports Center and that was the report. 30% of the games he is gonna be out and based on 162 games 30% of 25 mill. is right around that #.
 
This sport is finished. It will take a generation for it to recover.

Oh and everyone who thinks Pujols never juiced is kidding themselves.

ICHIRO. The last man standing.
 
See this is why the MLB steroid policy is so damn ridiculous

Manny gets suspended 50 games because of something that was in something that he was prescribed for a medical condition...

JC Romero gets suspended 50 games after taking an over the counter supplement from GNC that was approved by MLB and was tainted with a trace of something...

Alex Rodriguez uses steroids for the majority of his career, earns 500$ million doing it and is in position to set the all time HR record and he gets no punishment whatsoever

Its a fucking joke
 
How cany you believe any player? He says it wasn't a steroid but something he was prescribed but no way I give any baseball player the benefit of the doubt. And if it was something prescribed, then he's even more stupid then I thought. Once again, Jose Canseco was right.
 
smoke, scott boras is the one claiming the medical thing so i wouldn't put so much into what he's saying without getting more information. but am i the only who doesn't care?
 
Fuck...i cant even use a DL spot on him can I?

Not that it matters because I have 5 guys currently on the DL and only 2 DL spots, but still...

dammit all to hell
 
you know the guy who has manny in my league already posted on the message board if he can use a dl spot or if he has to eat a roster spot because of this.
 
Joe is probably taking this news badly

Yeah, Joe doesn't like this one bit.

Now, that said, I've said for a long time that I think MLB is a sham. This just sort of makes it a shamockery.

I am kind of with Smoke, though, the guy seems far too lazy to cycle steroids or something like that. I'm very interested to see what he says.

But if he does come out and say, 'yeah, it was steroids,' it's just another huge blow to the sport. I more feel sorry for hardcore baseball fans right now than anybody.
 
so ARod returns on the same day that ManRam goes to the shelf......seems fair right??
 
Manny Ramirez just released the following statement regarding his 50 game suspension for violating the MLB drug policy:

"Recently I saw a physician for a personal health issue. He gave me a medication, not a steroid, which he thought was OK to give me.

Unfortunately, the medication was banned under our drug policy. Under the policy, that mistake is now my responsibility. I've been advised not to say anything more for now.

I do want to say one other thing; I've taken and passed about 15 drug tests over the past 5 seasons.

I want to apologize to Mr. McCourt, Mrs. McCourt, Mr. Torre, my teammates, the Dodger organization, and Dodger fans. L.A. is a special place to me and I know everybody is disappointed. So am I. I'm sorry about this whole situation."
 
back by July 3rd.....................he'll be back for the second half of the season and most importantly, october baseball.


i'm just happy espn gets to jump back on the steroid horse, it had been too long...:10_16_2:
 
other than manny's rep getting thrown in the trash by haters who don't have a clue what the real story was, this is probably a good thing for the dodgers, forces Kemp loney and martin to step the fuck up and it'll make it easier for the dodgers to keep manny next season.

its not as tho they're gonna miss the playoffs or anything, the nl west is garbage
 
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