05-07-2009, 10:11 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Market Mall Food Court
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Manny Ramirez gets 50 games for positive drug test!
as per BREAKING NEWS on yahoo sports.
I love baseball and their steroid heroes. what a sport! ummmm game. it's not really a sport.
TSN link now.
http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/story/?id=277874
Ramirez's agent Scott Boras spoke to ESPN's Peter Gammons and said that the positive test is not due to a steroids, but rather medication that he received from a physician.
Yeah thats what Canseco took too.
Last edited by Bertuzzied; 05-07-2009 at 10:13 AM.
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05-07-2009, 10:13 AM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: @robdashjamieson
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It's just Manny being Manny...
Ramirez will lose over $7 million in salary because of the suspension.
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Last edited by Prototype; 05-07-2009 at 10:15 AM.
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05-07-2009, 10:18 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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50 Games, wow.
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05-07-2009, 10:20 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: City by the Bay
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I'm now convinced that there may not be a clean significant MLB player.
Other than Griffey and Thomas I cant think of anyone significant that hasnt (a) been closely linked with performance enhancing drugs or (b) actually been tested. Shoot even Pujos is suspected.
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05-07-2009, 10:20 AM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Suck it Dodgers.
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05-07-2009, 10:21 AM
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aka Spike
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: The Darkest Corners of My Mind
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NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOO
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05-07-2009, 10:23 AM
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Franchise Player
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Ugh I'm so sick of steroids it's getting to the point where I'm just going to assume everyone did/does it and I'll be surprised when people come out clean.
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05-07-2009, 10:29 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Calgary, AB
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Nooo...
I bought Dodgers vs. Mets tickets for next week specifically to see him!
FML
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05-07-2009, 10:31 AM
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Franchise Player
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I guess I know what Jim Rome will be talking about today (and likely tomorrow).
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05-07-2009, 10:33 AM
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In the Sin Bin
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ha ha!
People like Manny are why I miss Carlos Delgado in a Jays uniform...
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05-07-2009, 10:33 AM
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Franchise Player
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Smackoff is tomorrow, but yeah he will most likely be talking about it all day today.
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05-07-2009, 10:34 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: In my office, at the Ministry of Awesome!
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In a statement released by the players' association, Ramirez says he won't challenge the suspension, and that he has taken and passed about 15 drug tests over the past five seasons.
Seems to me that if this was all a mistake because of something my doctor gave me, as his agent has said, and if I had $7 million on the line, I would be all over sppealing that thing.
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05-07-2009, 10:35 AM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Resolute 14
ha ha!
People like Manny are why I miss Carlos Delgado in a Jays uniform...
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If you don't think Carlos Delgado was on that list of 100 or so positive tests then you're kidding yourself. I'm a Jays fan but I hold no delusions that he was probably one of them.
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05-07-2009, 10:39 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Lethbridge
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Clever_Iggy
I'm now convinced that there may not be a clean significant MLB player.
Other than Griffey and Thomas I cant think of anyone significant that hasnt (a) been closely linked with performance enhancing drugs or (b) actually been tested. Shoot even Pujos is suspected.
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Pujols was only suspected because of a garbage list posted on the internet of supposed guys listed in the Mitchell Report. The list was proven to be complete garbage.
He may have used them, although I doubt it, but him being "suspected" is not based on any sort of fact or anything resembling evidence.
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05-07-2009, 10:48 AM
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Crash and Bang Winger
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It's funny how none of these players ever seem to "know" what they're taking. Yeah, I'm just going to take this random medication and deal with the consequences later. These players get caught and they still deny any knowledge of wrong-doing, it's ridiculous.
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05-07-2009, 11:04 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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nm.. It was performance enhancing.. lol
Last edited by burn_this_city; 05-07-2009 at 11:16 AM.
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05-07-2009, 11:08 AM
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Franchise Player
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If it was in fact medication, Manny needs to get clearance from the league before he uses it. So it's his own fault for not getting the required league approval.
$7 Million is nothing to this guy. He used to leave un-cashed Million dollar paychecks in his locker when he played in Boston.
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05-07-2009, 11:13 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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If these guys were tested as much as pro cyclists are, there would be a lot more suspensions than there are now. The problem in baseball is that one of the more popular PEDs (HGH) doesn't have a reliable test yet.
And I can't belive how dumb Ramirez is.
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05-07-2009, 11:17 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Market Mall Food Court
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Baseball will not be missed if it goes away. I feel sorry for the sucker fans who pay millions to watch these 'athletes' play.
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05-07-2009, 11:20 AM
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Everyone's Favorite Oilfan!
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: San Jose, California
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I was a huge fan of Manny when he was on the Red Sox. He had some clutch playoff performances. I'm glad baseball is taking atleast a little bit of a bigger stance. I think they should punish players even further. Give them atleast a year for a positive test.
Makes you appreciate guys like Ken Griffey Jr. and Ichiro even more.
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