Los Angeles Dodgers heavy hitter Manny Ramirez has been suspended for 50 games without pay after testing positive for performance enhancing drugs. According to the report, Manny stands to lose about $7.7 million. According to a statement released by Ramirez:
“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.”
I know this isn’t a sports blog but being an LA native this is on par with any Paris Hilton or Lindsay Lohan story I post. Manny, say it aint so…..
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I don’t believe it… next thing you know they are going to say Barry Bonds or Mark Maguire or any other pro-baseball player was using performance enhancing drugs…. Geez, what is this? The Olympics?
The pitcher Kenshin Kawakami of Braves heard that Ramirez (Dodgers) was subjected to suspension by banned drug use on 7th and received a big shock.
Kawakami talked as follows.
Ramirez is famous in Japan, and he is one of the players to respect, and I am really sorry.
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