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    Smooth $25 million per year investment. Hopefully this guy finally has his come-uppance. It's long overdue.

    The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Manny Ramirez has tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs and will be suspended 50 games starting today.
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    Whoops...

    http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4148907

    Manny to serve 50-game suspension

    Major League Baseball announced Thursday that Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez has been suspended for 50 games for violating its drug policy.

    The commissioner's office didn't announce the specific violation by Ramirez, but in a statement Thursday provided by Major League Baseball, Ramirez attributed the violation to medication he had been prescribed by a doctor.

    "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," Ramirez said. "Unfortunately, the medication was banned under our drug policy. Under the policy that mistake is now my responsibility. I have 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 five seasons. I want to apologize to [Dodgers owner Frank] McCourt, Mrs. McCourt, [manager Joe] Torre, my teammates, the Dodger organization, and to the Dodger fans. LA is a special place to me and I know everybody is disappointed. So am I. I'm sorry about this whole situation."

    After consultation with the Players' Association and his personal representatives, Ramirez waived his right to challenge the suspension. He will lose about one-third of his $25 million salary.

    Ramirez's test result was first reported by the Los Angeles Times.

    Triple-A outfielder Xavier Paul has been told by the Dodgers that he will be promoted later today, according to The Times. Ramirez would be eligible to return to the Dodgers' lineup for their July 3 game against San Diego.

    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.

    The report of a Ramirez positive test is the second to rock the sport in three months. In February, New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez admitted that he used steroids from 2001-2003 while with the Texas Rangers.

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    Not that it matters for me but Baseball is pretty much dead anyway.

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    And people were making fun of the Sox for trading him last season! We dodged a bullet on that one!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Northman View Post
    Not that it matters for me but Baseball is pretty much dead anyway.
    True! Since the strike the only times I really was excited about baseball was when Sosa and McGuire were in their HR competition that one year and when the Mariners played lights out in 01.

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    A.) Manny signed a 2 year $45 million dollar deal. 45/2 = 22.5.
    B.) All the reports are saying he took a PED, but it wasn't a steroid.
    C.) This isn't funny. Unless you're not a baseball fan at all.
    D.) The Dodgers will still win the west . . . easily.

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    Quote Originally Posted by In-com-plete View Post
    A.) Manny signed a 2 year $45 million dollar deal. 45/2 = 22.5.
    B.) All the reports are saying he took a PED, but it wasn't a steroid.
    C.) This isn't funny. Unless you're not a baseball fan at all.
    D.) The Dodgers will still win the west . . . easily.
    Ok, I'll give you A and D... But everyone always tries to minimize their guilt, so I have a hard time believing players when they plead ignorance, or when they try to act like what they took was a supplement that they thought was harmless... And the west sucks outside of LA, so I agree they will win easily.

    As for C.) The sport already has a blackeye, this isn't going to tip the scales one way or the other... So as a baseball fan who hates how Manny is the ultimate "me-player" and someone who hates the Dodgers because they always kill us... I'm sorry, but I find this funny.

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    Manny being Manny.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buff View Post
    Ok, I'll give you A and D... But everyone always tries to minimize their guilt, so I have a hard time believing players when they plead ignorance, or when they try to act like what they took was a supplement that they thought was harmless... And the west sucks outside of LA, so I agree they will win easily.

    As for C.) The sport already has a blackeye, this isn't going to tip the scales one way or the other... So as a baseball fan who hates how Manny is the ultimate "me-player" and someone who hates the Dodgers because they always kill us... I'm sorry, but I find this funny.
    I honestly don't think anyone (even Manny) is that freaking stupid to use roids at stage in the game. With all the tests and the talk about how there's no HOF for anyone that's taken them, it's just freaking retarted to take them now. Especially when you've already made it, you're set, and you just got your 2 year 45 million dollar contract.

    And I just want everyone to know that PEDs aren't always roids. They can be roids, but they can also be hydroxicut or ripped fuel or many many other things. Steroids are a PED. But PEDs aren't always steroids.

    So now, when the Dodgers play all their away games after Manny comes back, every moron fan is going to start chanting "STEROIDS! STEROIDS!" when Manny comes to the plate. Never mind the fact that he didn't even get busted for roids. But that's the perception.

    The game has a black eye. It'll have one for a long time. But this is just another time the whole talk gets brought up. That damn black eye resurfaced. It's not a black eye, it's herpes! But every freaking time someone (especially a superstar) gets their name in the press with a PED or steroids before or after it, the PED talk just resurfaces. It's like you're resetting the clock. We can't go 2 freaking months without this same GD talk about how MLB is tarnished forever. And that's why it's not funny if you're a baseball fan.

    I'm not an A-Rod fan and I hate the Yankees. But I never laughed or said it was funny when it came out that A-Rod tested positive for roids. Never said "Hah, that's what the Yankees get for trying to buy another championship". Because, even though everyone and their brother knows major league players used roids, it was brand new name to the list. A high profile name that little Johhny will look at one day and say "Hey, A-Rod did it and he's one of the greatest players ever".

    That's bad news man. Just like this story.

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    I am a baseball fan, and it IS funny. It isn't like he didn't know what he was doing. Hello! How many other players have gotten in trouble for that? Idiot.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gnomeflinger View Post
    I am a baseball fan, and it IS funny. It isn't like he didn't know what he was doing. Hello! How many other players have gotten in trouble for that? Idiot.
    See Buff. This is one of my points. To most people, PED = Steroids. They see Manny is suspended 50 games. They see PEDs. And they're like . . . . "What an idiot".

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    Quote Originally Posted by In-com-plete View Post
    See Buff. This is one of my points. To most people, PED = Steroids. They see Manny is suspended 50 games. They see PEDs. And they're like . . . . "What an idiot".
    And what point is this? It doesn't matter if it's steroids or another type of "PED." They are signed and paid for to play on their natural abilities, not artificially enhanced abilities. He's an idiot if he thought he could do this and not get caught.
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    Default Source: Ramirez’s substance a sexual enhancer

    LOS ANGELES – A source close to Manny Ramirez(notes) said Thursday that the illegal substance for which the Los Angeles Dodgers slugger tested positive was not “an agent customarily used for performance enhancing.”

    At least not on the baseball diamond. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the substance is supposed to boost sex drive. It is not Viagra, but a substance that treats the cause rather providing a temporary boost in sexual performance, the source said.

    Ramirez tested positive for the substance during spring training, then was administered a second test more recently, and it also was positive. Major League Baseball notified Ramirez of the second positive test after Wednesday night’s Dodgers victory over the Washington Nationals. Ramirez admitted to having taken the substance and declined to appeal. His 50-game suspension begins today.

    “The substance is not a steroid and it is not human-growth hormone,” the source said.

    Ramirez, the source said, acquired the substance through a prescription from a doctor in Miami for his medical condition. The source intimated that Ramirez might bring legal action against the physician.

    Ramirez released the following statement Thursday morning: “Recently I saw a physician for a personal health issue. He gave me a medication, not a steroid, which he thought was okay to give me. Unfortunately, the medication was banned under our drug policy. Under the policy that mistake is now my responsibility. I have 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 five seasons.

    The Dodgers, who have won a Major League record 13 consecutive home games to start the season, will be without Ramirez until July 3. Outfielder Xavier Paul was promoted from triple-A to take Ramirez’s place on the roster. The suspension will cost Ramirez close to $8 million in lost wages.

    Drugs or hormones that increase testosterone production often show up on banned lists.

    “Testosterone and similar drugs are effective for erectile dysfunction in that they jazz up your sex drive,” said Charles Yesalis, a professor at Penn State who has testified before Congress on issues of performance-enhancing drugs. “But far more clinicians accept that affect with Viagra and Cialis. It’s hard for me to understand if it was erectile dysfunction why they would use [something else].”
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    If he was still on the Red Sux i would lmao

    What other kinds of substances are considered PED's if they arent steroids - things like ephedra?

    And shouldnt a doctor who treats pro athletes be aware of what drugs would effect a piss test??????????? I would be awfully pissed at the doc

    And why isnt he fighting it? If it was a legit mistake, shouldnt that count for something?
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    Quote Originally Posted by orangenblue420 View Post
    If he was still on the Red Sux i would lmao

    What other kinds of substances are considered PED's if they arent steriods - thinks like ephedra?

    And shouldnt a doctor who treats pro athletes be aware of what drugs would effect a piss test??????????? I would be awfully pissed at the doc

    And why isnt he fighting it? If it was a legit mistake, shouldnt that count for something?
    He shouldn't fight it. It's still a banned substance. He just can't take it to court. Victory would be too hard.

    Of course if it's hard for up to 7 hours, he should consult a physician.

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