He'll need a new nickname. May I suggest "Hair-roids"... Better that "Bitchtits" for ARod...
Posted on 05/07/2009 8:52:53 AM PDT by kellynla
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.
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You can’t destroy what you don’t have.
Got to look at Big Papi too. He’s got a huge upper body. Not normal looking
Why go after them when A-Rod's in the lineup?
“50 game suspension starting now will put Manny back in the game right around the All Star break.”
July 3
He'll need a new nickname. May I suggest "Hair-roids"... Better that "Bitchtits" for ARod...
He'll just see it as another off season.
Amen!
Ortiz is fat.....
Funny how Papi can’t hit anymore. Could he be an ex steroid abuser?
whaddya bet Scott Boros is up to his elbows in this? He was desperately trying to pump-up Manny’s free agent value this past spring and summer.
“The suspension will cost Ramirez $7.7 million, or roughly 31% of his $25-million salary. Players in violation of baseball’s drug policy are not paid during suspensions”
How’s that for incentive ?
Although I don’t think Manny has ever known what to do with 20-25 million/ year anyway. There were stories from Boston he had uncashed checks laying all over his condo.
Now we know why the L.A. Druggers were doing so well. Back to reality now. Manny Being Moron.
(Parody—Al Jolson’s “Mammy):
Manny! How we hate ya, how we hate ya,
Go bleep off Manny!
So you’ve been ta-king drugs,
They’re gonna ground...you...
For two months, get lost you loser...
You're real big about smearing people BEFORE the facts are out...FYI, the drug was prescribed by his doctor and WAS NOT steroids...but lets not let the facts get in the way of your libelous posts.
I'll be waiting for your apology & recantation...
but I won't be holding my breath.
Gee, I guess it’s time for another Congressional investigation - right after they fix the College BCS format.
OK kelly in LA what was it then
he’d be a fat ass without the steroids
yup, just heard myself via Ch 7 Boston!
Manny who?
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