Manny?

[glg]

Manny tests positive? The guy's a savant, usually someone taking steroids does it because they want more. Manny doesn't seem like that type at all.

I wouldn't be surprised if he tested for something similar to the Williamses.

[PurpleMustReign]

Manny tests positive? The guy's a savant, usually someone taking steroids does it because they want more. Manny doesn't seem like that type at all.

I wouldn't be surprised if he tested for something similar to the Williamses.

It wasn't steroids. It was some other banned substance that he had a prescription for.

[dead_poet]

It wasn't steroids. It was some other banned substance that he had a prescription for.

Still, he's out 50 games. I'm not familiar with MLB substance policy though. Is it this for all first-time offenders? Seems a little severe.

[glg]

It wasn't steroids. It was some other banned substance that he had a prescription for.

Right, hence my point that it's probably something dumb like the Williamses.

Still, he's out 50 games. I'm not familiar with MLB substance policy though. Is it this for all first-time offenders? Seems a little severe.

That is the first time. It sounds really high, but that's just over 30% of the season. NFL's first penalty is 4 games, 25% of the season. So, it's higher, and I think that's mostly due to all the pressure that was put on baseball by Congress, etc.

[Demi]

A person familiar with the details of the suspension said Ramirez used the female fertility drug HCG, or human chorionic gonadotropin. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the banned substance wasn’t announced.

“As tough as it is for us, it’s pretty tough for Manny, too,” Dodgers manager Joe Torre said. “I know he’s the one that did the wrong thing and nobody is trying to cover that up, but it’s still something that I know he’s sorry about.”

HCG is popular among steroid users because it can mitigate the side effects of ending a cycle of the drugs. The body may stop producing testosterone when users go off steroids, which can cause sperm counts to decrease and testicles to shrink.

Ramirez’s suspension was based not on a spring training urine test result but rather evidence obtained afterward, a second person familiar with the suspension said, speaking on condition of anonymity because those details were not released. MLB had concluded the spring test was positive, but the person said the players’ association would have challenged the result because of “testing issues.”

Dirty cheater is all he is. Not surprising. He was too good to be true.

[DeeEss57]

Still, he's out 50 games. I'm not familiar with MLB substance policy though. Is it this for all first-time offenders? Seems a little severe.

JC Romero (a former Twins pitcher) took an over-the-counter supplement, which had a banned substance, and he got 50 games too. The punishment for Manny is in line with MLB policy.


Dawn

[jackal]

not a Red Sox player anymore and a dodger which almost half as bad as a Yankee
IMO.

As long as the Yankees don't win I don't really care.

[glg]

Dirty cheater is all he is. Not surprising. He was too good to be true.

Huh? It's a potential masking agent, just like the diuretics the Williamses had. Hell, maybe he was just trying to get pregnant...

[VikingMachine]

And you guys thought Harvin was stupid!

At least he hasnt done anything to cost himself or his team during the season......yet.

[Hunter Morrow]

Hey, relax everybody. Its just Manny being Manny.

[PurpleMustReign]

Hey, relax everybody. Its just Manny being Manny.

LOL, yes.

[Hunter Morrow]

Or is it just Manny being Anny?
notthatheresanythingwrongwiththat

[Demi]

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-man ... ?track=rss

No trace of the medicine HCG was found in Manny Ramirez's system at the time of his drug test, three sources with specific knowledge of the results have told The Times. It was a prescription for that drug, which is a non-steroid but banned by Major League Baseball, that led to the outfielder's 50-game suspension for violating the league's drug policy.

One of the sources with knowledge of the test results confirmed that the outfielder's sample was flagged for having an unusually elevated synthetic testosterone level, more than four times that of the average male. Sources also said that MLB's decision to move to suspend Ramirez would have happened only if the report showed a banned substance. Anti-doping experts said the absence of HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin), coupled with the league's action, indicated that the Dodgers' outfielder used steroids.

When something looks too good to be true, it is. ARod, Manny, probably hundreds of others. Disgusting sport, you don't see the faces of the NFL testing positive. While no money small ball clubs are priced out because of over achieving hacks shooting horse larvae up their rectums.