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Manny Ramirez tells Major League Baseball he’s retiring
bostonherald.com ^ | 04/08/2011 | AP

Posted on 04/08/2011 1:58:41 PM PDT by massmike

Tampa Bay Rays slugger Manny Ramirez has notified Major League Baseball that he is retiring after being notified of an issue under MLB’s drug policy.

The commissioner’s office issued a statement Friday that said Ramirez decided to retire rather than go through MLB’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

(Excerpt) Read more at bostonherald.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: baseball; manny
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1 posted on 04/08/2011 1:58:49 PM PDT by massmike
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To: massmike

Man, I thought he would at least make 10-15 games. I was looking forward to booing him.


2 posted on 04/08/2011 2:01:06 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: massmike

Heh heh....

Moving from Breaking News to Chat in...

5, 4, 3.....


3 posted on 04/08/2011 2:01:15 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A Birther: One who has questions or concerns over the birth of Barry Barack Hussein Soetero Obama)
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To: massmike

Manny Ortez?


4 posted on 04/08/2011 2:01:22 PM PDT by omega4179 (Our Dear Son, Excellency, Baraka Hussein Abu Oumama...)
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To: massmike

C-YA!


5 posted on 04/08/2011 2:03:50 PM PDT by South40 (Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid. ~Ronald Reagan)
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To: omega4179

Yes, John Kerry, your favorite player!


6 posted on 04/08/2011 2:05:06 PM PDT by PrincessB (Drill Baby Drill.)
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To: omega4179

Yes, John Kerry, your favorite player!


7 posted on 04/08/2011 2:05:18 PM PDT by PrincessB (Drill Baby Drill.)
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To: massmike

I got tickets for Wednesday in left field. What a disappointment, now I don’t get to boo him.


8 posted on 04/08/2011 2:08:03 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Somewhere in Kenya a village is missing its idiot)
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To: driftdiver
Man, I thought he would at least make 10-15 games. I was looking forward to booing him.

Ok, that's funny right there (and true, too). I don't hate the guy, but come on: Undisciplined, big steroid abuser, and old (without the sometimes-saving grace of being a hard-at-staying-fit worker). Better late (retirement, that is) than even later.

9 posted on 04/08/2011 2:09:20 PM PDT by pogo101
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To: massmike

He’s got as much a chance of getting elected to the Hall of Fame as my mother does.


10 posted on 04/08/2011 2:14:23 PM PDT by jpl
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To: massmike

Manny being Manny?


11 posted on 04/08/2011 2:17:04 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: massmike

That’s just Manny being Manny, on roids.


12 posted on 04/08/2011 2:17:23 PM PDT by Hacklehead (Liberalism is the art of taking what works, breaking it, and then blaming conservatives.)
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To: massmike

This is the guy who likes to throw old men to the ground.


13 posted on 04/08/2011 2:27:31 PM PDT by maine yankee
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To: driftdiver

Manny Ramirez has been a prima donna cancer on far too many teams.

driftdiver, you go to any Rays games?
So far I haven’t but I’m through with the Marlins and their pathetic ownership.


14 posted on 04/08/2011 2:28:05 PM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO))
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To: massmike

Say what you like; he’s a hero in Boston, and always will be, for helping break the Curse of the Bambino.


15 posted on 04/08/2011 2:34:15 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: massmike
A couple of comments from the Tampa Bay area on TBO.com:

No great loss, hasn't done squat since he's been here. He has more absences than hits!

Whatever drug it was, it sure wasn't a performance enhancer!

16 posted on 04/08/2011 2:39:37 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (I miss President Bush greatly! Palin in 2012! 2012 - The End Of An Error! (Oathkeeper))
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To: Jack Hammer
I don't know how a Sox fan could like/appreciate M.R. after what he pulled the last days he was w/ Boston... he didn't give a damn... barely running out grounders.

After that no team should have bought his services... he should have retired then.

17 posted on 04/08/2011 2:41:49 PM PDT by Trajan88 (www.bullittclub.com)
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To: Bushbacker1

We went to a couple of spring training games. He made no contribution to the team. What a waste of money for the Rays.


18 posted on 04/08/2011 2:41:53 PM PDT by PogySailor (The ruling class will not go down easily. And neither will their paid hacks.)
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To: massmike

Good riddance.


19 posted on 04/08/2011 2:42:06 PM PDT by kevinm13 (Tim Geithner is a tax cheat. Manmade "Global Warming" is a HOAX!)
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To: maine yankee

That was Pedro.


20 posted on 04/08/2011 2:44:04 PM PDT by mowowie
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