Man Ram Suspended for 50 games

[dbacks fan]

Sorry Dodger fans, but Manny tested dirty.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-manny-ramirez8-2009may08,0,6324894.story

And his response so far......

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-spw-manny-statement8-2009may08,0,5773112.story

[cannon_fodder]

The hell with them all.  They know the rules and agree to obey them when they join the league and affirm them every time they sign their multi million (in this instance their hundred million) dollar contracts.  I can only hope he truly falls from grace.

He can whine and moan all he wants.  You know damn well the league wouldn't do this unless it was pegged down.  Every time someone gets busted it's a prescription drug, or they didn't know, or some other BS.

If you want to start a league where you have to do steroids to be in in, fine.  But until then, play by the damn rules.

[YoungTulsan]

I think when you use roids in pro sports, you ARE playing by the rules.  Now, they might not be the "official" rules, but they are the rules nonetheless.

[dbacks fan]

Apparently he is now saying that it was not to help him perform on the field, but help him perform, um, in the bedroom........

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=4148907&type=story

Seems his batting average and slugging percentage needed help

[YoungTulsan]

Regardless of what Manny says, the drug he was taking is what steroid users take to get the um... "boys" going again, after the, umm.. "shrinkage" that takes place on cycle.  Hopefully that wasn't too graphic.

[dbacks fan]

Regardless of what Manny says, the drug he was taking is what steroid users take to get the um... "boys" going again, after the, umm.. "shrinkage" that takes place on cycle.  Hopefully that wasn't too graphic.

I completely agree. While else would he be taking it if he wasn't taking roids to begin with? I wonder if Boston traded him to avoid what is happening now?

[YoungTulsan]

Of course there is no other reason for him to be on that drug besides either recent roid use, or previous use that went wrong and he didn't recover from properly in the gonadal region.