LA Dodger Manny Ramirez Suspended 50 Games for Performance Enhancing Drugs

Good

Damn. Dodgers are BALLIN' right now, too. Damn shame. At the start of the season, Jose Conseco said Manny was dirty. As much as an asswipe Jose can be, he's been pretty much dead-on when calling out players. Dodgers may be fucked until July 3rd.

MuthaFunka said:

What kind of world do we live in when Jose Canseco is the most honest voice out there?!?

!!!

Sowhat said:

Wait...don't tell me - Giants fan, eh?

MuthaFunka said:

....actually a die hard A's fan....but this shit is still funny.

I don't like seeing stories like this without seeing a credible source (i.e., not Drudge Report, Perez Hilton, MediaTakeout.com, chokemychicken.com, etc.), so here's a credible link:

http://espn.go.com/chicag...id=4148907

Sowhat said:

That's right, I remember your A's avatar a while back, right? But yeah, is ANYBODY clean in baseball anymore? Griffey, Jr., maybe?

MuthaFunka said:

Yup....I had the A's avatar a while back. I just got lazy and never changed it back when Baseball season came around again.

I believe in innocent until proven guilty but damn...it's looking more and more like the only superstar that is clean in this era is Griffey, JR.

It's too bad that NO ONE is without suspicion these days.



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[Edited 5/7/09 9:47am]

Another baseball player tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs - so what else is new? This "Steroid Era" been going on since the late 80s.

Lawd knows I don't follow baseball, but ain't this the same nut that was holding out for a big money contract???

LOS ANGELES – A source close to Manny Ramirez(notes) said Thursday that the illegal substance for which the Los Angeles Dodgers slugger tested positive was not "an agent customarily used for performance enhancing."

At least not on the baseball diamond. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the substance is supposed to boost sex drive.

Two sources said Ramirez tested positive for a gonadotropin. Major League baseball's list of banned substances includes the gonadotropins LH and HCG, which are most commonly used by women as fertility drugs. They also can be used to trigger testosterone production. Testosterone is depleted by steroid use, which can cause sexual dysfunction.

"Testosterone and similar drugs are effective for erectile dysfunction in that they jazz up your sex drive," said Charles Yesalis, a professor at Penn State who has testified before Congress on issues of performance-enhancing drugs. "But far more clinicians accept that affect with Viagra and Cialis. It's hard for me to understand if it was erectile dysfunction why they would use it."

Ramirez tested positive for the substance during spring training, then was administered a second test more recently, and it also was positive. Major League Baseball notified Ramirez of the second positive test after Wednesday night's Dodgers victory over the Washington Nationals. Ramirez admitted to having taken the substance and declined to appeal. His 50-game suspension begins today.

"The substance is not a steroid and it is not human-growth hormone," the source said.

Ramirez, the source said, acquired the substance through a prescription from a doctor in Miami for his medical condition. The source intimated that Ramirez might bring legal action against the physician.

Ramirez released the following statement Thursday morning: "Recently I saw a physician for a personal health issue. He gave me a medication, not a steroid, which he thought was okay to give me. 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.

The Dodgers, who have won a Major League record 13 consecutive home games to start the season, will be without Ramirez until July 3. Outfielder Xavier Paul was promoted from triple-A to take Ramirez's place on the roster. The suspension will cost Ramirez close to $8 million in lost wages.

Drugs or hormones that increase testosterone production often show up on banned lists.

It wasn't performance enhancing...

"Ramirez's substance a sexual enhancer"

and ESPN just said it was a "womens fertility drug." lol

It wasn't performance enhancing...

"Ramirez's substance a sexual enhancer"


http://sports.yahoo.com/m...&type=lgns

and ESPN just said it was a "womens fertility drug." lol

Does the public really care if these guys are on steriods? I don't.

The ONLY reason he's not appealing is cuz he doesn't wanna have to go public about his limp dick issues. Otherwise, he'd be going all out.

The ONLY reason he's not appealing is cuz he doesn't wanna have to go public about his limp dick issues. Otherwise, he'd be going all out.

Graycap23 said:

I really don't. It's weird, but I care ONLY in track and field.

Graycap23 said:

I really don't. It's weird, but I care ONLY in track and field.

SCNDLS said:

You are absolutely correct!