Ramirez Suspended for 50 Games
Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Manny Ramirez tested positive for a banned performance-enhancing substance, incurring an immediate 50-game suspension and serving as the highest-profile reminder yet that the use of such drugs in the testing era may have been reduced, but not eradicated.
Ramirez will be able to return to the Dodgers -- who currently have the best record in baseball -- on July 3. He will lose about $7.65 million of his $25 million salary
Manny Ramirez is serving a 50-game suspension enforced by Major League Baseball after officials found out he was using a banned substance, one that's used to correct testosterone levels after doing steroids.
The other common use for the drug is to increase fertility in women. Needless to say, childbirth isn't on the slugger's to-do list..
Manny was an unexpected gift from Boston in the middle of last season. The Red Sox even paid his salary for the remainder of the year, just to get rid of the guy. Did they know something the Dodgers didn't? Shouldn't the organization have suspected that there was more to fear than the slugger's silly antics? Of all people, Jose Conseco insinuated that the Dodgers knew of or suspected Ramirez's drug use when it took them so long to resign him this past off-season.
Ramirez will be able to return to the Dodgers -- who currently have the best record in baseball -- on July 3. He will lose about $7.65 million of his $25 million salary
Manny Ramirez is serving a 50-game suspension enforced by Major League Baseball after officials found out he was using a banned substance, one that's used to correct testosterone levels after doing steroids.
The other common use for the drug is to increase fertility in women. Needless to say, childbirth isn't on the slugger's to-do list..
Manny was an unexpected gift from Boston in the middle of last season. The Red Sox even paid his salary for the remainder of the year, just to get rid of the guy. Did they know something the Dodgers didn't? Shouldn't the organization have suspected that there was more to fear than the slugger's silly antics? Of all people, Jose Conseco insinuated that the Dodgers knew of or suspected Ramirez's drug use when it took them so long to resign him this past off-season.
Ramirez Tests Positive, Suspended for 50 Games
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