Manny tests positive

[Funky Dredd]

Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Manny Ramirez tested positive for a banned performance-enhancing substance, incurring an immediate 50-game ban and serving the highest-profile reminder yet that the use of such drugs in the testing area may have been reduced, but not eradicated.
Major League Baseball plans to announce the suspension later today. Ramirez, a baseball source told SI.com, explained to baseball officials he was uncertain that he was taking a banned substance and may have had a medical reason for using the substance.
The source said the substance was not classified as a steroid but was clearly defined as a banned performance-enhancer according to the drug agreement between baseball the players association. Banned substances can only be taken with prior knowledge and medical clearance from baseball's drug program administrators. Such exceptions are known as Theraputic Use Exemptions, or TUEs. The suspension is an indication that Ramirez did not have a TUE for the substance.

Sports Illustrated

[i!!ustrious]

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oh lawd! i think it might get dismissed under those extenuating circumstances. manny is a tank, with or without stimuli, imo.

damn....this makes me want to throw oreo's at telephones like albert belle, cos our dodgers have a really nice win streak at home, and i hope this doesn't compromise it.

[Funky Dredd]

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oh lawd! i think it might get dismissed under those extenuating circumstances. manny is a tank, with or without stimuli, imo.

damn....this makes me want to throw oreo's at telephones like albert belle, cos our dodgers have a really nice win streak at home, and i hope this doesn't compromise it.

I was actually shocked at this and I am hoping it is just a misunderstanding.

[chuckc]

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yeah this was shocking....was really hoping manny would never do this...he is really the last real HR superstar that hadnt ever been busted....

this totally seals the deal. they all do roids.....everyone.

this really kind of stinks for baseball. didnt like arod but actually was a manny fan and was happy that he never was known to have used...and now this. unreal. his legacy is now tainted too.

[day_for_night]

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yeah this was shocking....was really hoping manny would never do this...he is really the last real HR superstar that hadnt ever been busted....

this totally seals the deal. they all do roids.....everyone.

this really kind of stinks for baseball. didnt like arod but actually was a manny fan and was happy that he never was known to have used...and now this. unreal. his legacy is now tainted too.

for what its worth...he wasn't taking a steroid. some "performance enhancer", could have been as simple as ephedrine for all we know...

[Nigel Harkness]

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what he was allegedly caught taking was a drug that is commonly used to kick start your testosterone after you get off of a cycle. This only leads you to believe that he was taking it for dishonest purposes.

As much as I am not happy with him for kind of talking shit when leaving Boston I still had a soft spot for him in my heart and this is really disappointing. Oh well, another one bites the dust.

[Steve Graham]

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hahaha! he was taking a fuckin fertility drug.. yeah, its a misunderstanding lmao

how are any of you surprised when someone gets caught taking PED's? naive

[floridaorange]

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come on guys, don't be naive, they all do them...hell they did at my highschool

[bananapeel]

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the kicker is that it was a female fertility drug

[PROG]

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for a moment i thought you meant manny pacquiao. this isn't shocking

[Garrick]

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good riddance

[chuckc]

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how are any of you surprised when someone gets caught taking PED's? naive

its not necessarilly that we are not suprised another player is caught, its that we r shocked that its manny ramierez

he would be the last person i would have guessed. i followed manny since he was a rookie in the early 90's (since i grew up in cleveland) and he had such a natrual abliity to hit he made it look easy.

its just sad to see a guy like him with such amazing hitting skills taint it with this. he dindnt need to use.

the only good thing is at least is it seems as if the drug policy is working.

[Steve Graham]

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fair enough, still naive to be surprised at anyone in baseball being caught.. imo

wow, bananapeel.. it was a fertility drug you say?

[floridaorange]

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^True but as batters get older an pitchers throw harder and contracts get bigger, the pressure gets to players, especially the ones with mega egos.

[chuckc]

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there was a good artical in our local paper....

basically said it was worth the risk to rameirez to use....he is 36 and just got a 2year-45million contract....

the enormous contracts are probably another reason, even with the strict testing, that players are still trying to find new ways to roid up and beat the system