Wow. Wow. Wow.

Just Manny being Manny !

Just Manny being Manny.

Will not affect my view of him as a Red Sox legend

Let the dominoes fall. Clean-up this sport once and for all. Any bets on who will be next?

Gosh, I for one, am shocked...NOT! Sign Jason Bay...I'm calling him the Sox's "Manny Upgrade"...all of the hits, none of the attitude!

Are we really suprised????

Before everyone goes crazy on EEI, what was the substance

what was the drug testing policy when he was with boston?

The Red sox will never have this problem with Jason Bay , guaranteed !

I hope that's without pay!

It certainly did not help his fielding

Hilarious.

Who is surprised by this? I guess the Yankees are not the only guilty team.

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J-U-S-T-I-C-E.

HAhahahahahaha!

explains his poor behavior - glad he is not on our payroll

Wow as much as i hate him for what he did with the Red Sox i never saw this coming!!!! another one bites the dust you wonder now is there any clean power hitter left in baseball one by one all the great hitters have been linked to steriods!!! if this continues baseball is going to lose its popularity very soon

bye-bye manny...

Snap!

Hmmmm...as if the Sox knew!

Big story. His whole career will now be under a microscope.

Good! Never liked him, never will. Maybe the drugs explain his erratic behavior here in Boston. Trading him was the best thing that the Red Sox ever did...

Well, well, well. Interesting. Glad it happened there and not here. I wonder what the drug was and what he was taking it for.

50 games ? He should be banned for life, as should all who cheat.
I guess there is no star from this era of baseball who hasn't indulged themselves. How sad.
I say wipe their records clean and act like they never existed. The teams they played for should sue them for the wages they payed these frauds and con men.

As much as I've come to dislike Manny I did not see that one coming.

thats awesome

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy!

Manny !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Manny being Manny.

I knew it.

so this is news in todays baseball. the next. next up is albert and jeter

and the surprise here is....?

I am baffled that players continue to use steroids when they know the league will be testing & suspending players if they test positive. So, either the players really dont know what they are taking, which is very stupid, or they just dont give damn. I personally am glad that Manny is in a different uniform. Let's just hope it's an isolated case from the 2004 & 2007 WS teams.

HA HA HA HA HA! Is it Christmas already? The only thing better would be a Yankee 40 game losing streak!

Glad we traded him and don't have to hear about this 24/7.

This birngs a new meaning to Manny being Manny. I wonder who will hit more HR , have more RBIs this year Bay or Ramirez? Hopefully this iwll put the last of those fans who still long for Manny.

Best trade ever

of course, blame it on someone else. Niiiiice, Manny.

Is there ANYONE out there any longer who thinks the Sox AREN'T better off with Jason Bay?

Have fun with that Dodgers...

Red Sox Nation Rejoice.

What? Manny is subject to actual rules like the rest of the players?

...et tu brute? Say it ain't so, Manny

"medication received from a doctor for a personal medical issue" ?

Well if this were a legitimate excuse, he would appeal the suspension and win. So if he begins serving the suspension tonight, then the "medical issue" is just a childish dodge, a load of hogwash.

With the numbers he's put up year after year, one has to wonder how many years this has been going on. And what about links to other Sox now? I'm sure many of us are drawing conclusions about David Ortiz's inexplicable power shortage since Manny left the team.

If you ask me, 50 games is too low for a first offense. Let's get the cheating out of baseball, permanently. First offense, 162 games, 2nd offense, lifetime ban. Mandatory testing. Period. It's inane how long MLB has let this problem drag out without nipping it in the bud.

Not our problem anymore is it?

Is this just 'Manny Being Manny'? or is it 'Manny Being A Cheater'?

The Jason Bay trade is looking better and better every minute.

OUCH! Glad it was this year. We all know the talk is already out that 2004 and 2007 championships are tainted because of this. I think it's fairly safe to say that more championships have been tainted than we want to admit, even if Manny was clean during his time in Boston.
Another sad day for baseball.

So what? His numbers will still stand and he'll get into the Hall. All will be good.

Tragic. Manny is truely a tragic figure. I am happy he never failed such tests here in Boston. Scott Boras destroyed him and got into his head. I suspect that Scott gave him the name of his other client's (A-Rod) supplier! MLB should go after his agent as well. Remember he told Manny he could get 100 mm for four years. Manny could not....so, he went to steriods. He did not need them. Very said and tragic. Shame on Boras. MLB should fine him.

No way. Huh.

This brings new meaning to Manny being Manny. For all of you out there who still wish Manny were still a Red Sox--this should put you all off his band wagon. Who will hit more HR, have more RBIs this year Bay or Ramirez?

"I didnt know" doesn't work anymore. When the HELL are these guys finally going to figure that out????????????

um YES

LOVE IT!!!!

I am so not surprised. This is the steroid era and at this point I feel so many of us are now just asking "Who's next". And the fact that he may try to say his doctor gave him some medicine that made him test positive is baloney. Most people would know who he is and a doctor;a smart and ethical one, knowing his profession is not going to turn around and give Ramirez a drug that has the potential to test as a performance enhanicng drug. Just so Shaughnessy knows, I will hold the same contempt for him that I do Rodriguez, Bonds etc.

Just Manny being Manny right?

Does this tarnish our world series titles??

When did he take the drug test?? Was it back in '03 or was it just last week??

It's more likely just a case of swine flu

Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha

That might even make RemDawn forget about his problems

For whatever it's worth, it supposedly was not steroids.

But still, a shame he felt the need to start taking performance enhancers after being traded by the Red Sox.

How much better would this news be if Manny was with the Yankees?

Manny who?

peter gammons reporting it was not steroids but medication from his doctor..

Can this be attributed to how he suddenly became the best hitter in the game last season after he was traded? It's just mind boggling.And now he is apparently shirking the blame.

Bwaaaaaaa!

It's not steroids, so all you guys can calm down...

This is the greatest news I've heard all day!

Now we know where all that agression came from

This is does somewhat taint the Red Sox world series titles. That's what is awful!

Does this tarnish his legacy??? Um, this *completes* his legacy...

Good thing they don't suspend for marijuana use, he'd be gone until 2014...

"Does this tarnish his legacy?"

Um. YEAH.

It's probably not steroids. Gammons wrote: Prescribed by MD for personal use = POT

I am shocked -- SHOCKED! -- by this news.

What are you going to tell me next, that ratings don't drive NBA officiating?

a little hard to not hear this and start asking some questions about the sox clubhouse? if Jose was right and manny was positive in 03, and now again in 09 then that certainly adds some weight to the theory that he's been at it for a while... and if he has how likely is it that he was the only person on the team using? can anyone think of anyone else on the team who was pals with manny, that had huge numbers in the past, that is now a shell of themselves.... sad day for baseball, again. and maybe a sadder day for the sox.

Manny WHO ?

How can anyone be baffled by players taking steroids. Manny has made $25 million a year!

UPDATE: Ramirez has issued a statement:

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. 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.

Ramirez has reportedly waived his right to an appeal and will forfeit nearly one-third of his $25 million salary. He'll be eligible to return on July 3.

one word AWESOME!

In his statement he said a doctor gave him something he thought would be okay. It turned out to be on the banned substance list. This should NEVER happen with Boras as his agent, which means it's probably a fib. That he's not even appealing confirms it.

I prefer to wait for the facts to come out before throwing out criticism. It was NOT steroids, so that's out the window. PED's cover a very wide range. Would it surprise anyone if many is on ADD meds? Kind of hard to imagine he ISN'T, and those would fall under the violations, as would an inhaler. Could be hundreds of things.

For how long have i said this...

Yeah, it unfortunately does tarnish the WS rings, especially since Manny probably wasn't alone. Witness Papi without his PED's, still no homers .......shocking. Manny was his source!

hahahahahahahahahaha

I always thought it was just a mental issue. Good stuff!

I'm thinking this taints the Red Sox World Series victories forever. I have a hard time believing he was clean his entire career until he got to LA.

I'm sure Manny is on the list of 103 players names that tested positive in 2003 that hasn't been released by the Commissioner's Office. I'm sure David Ortiz name is on it as well.

He doesn't still get paid does he?

Clearly he is a victim in this case.

This proves what I have always thought about Ramirez and that is he is definitely mentally challenged. To continue to take PEDs after all the hearings, media scrutiny, suspensions etc. just shows that Ramirez is a mental midget at best. I would like to see that list of 104 players. We know A-Roid was on it and I'd say with almost 100% certainty that Ramirez was also on it. I hate to say it but I also think that the Sox currently have a couple of players who are also on it. Bud Selig is the most pitiful excuse for a Commissioner I have ever seen. He has doen NOTHING to solve the PED problem. He's an owner's lapdog. Would someone please tell me how in the Hell that idiot earned $18MM last year?

Theo made the right call on this one again, folks...

Jason Bay: The Anti-Manny

Glad he's now someone elses problem!

Not hard to believe. money has ruined the game. Baseball is the American sport. Guys who can escape severe poverty will easily put that ahead of legacy or American hero worship. Wake up people -- they all were on it.

If the Camps the MLB teams set up in the Dominican were as effective as they seemed to be, why didn't they set up such camps all around the world. Becasue it wasn't ever about the natual ability of the players and MLB knew it.

While we are at it -- the truth about LaBron will come out one day too. If we haven't seen a guy like him in all of the years the game has been played, there is probably a reason why.

Sports Illustrated has a article with better facts in it, what he tested positive for was not a steroid. It was in something his doctor prescribed but the rule is you have to get permission to take drugs, even prescribed by your doctor ,with banned substances in them and he did not.

Mannywood!!

I am not sure why the question was asked whether this will 'tarnish his legacy.' His legacy is that of a dysfunctional, sociopathic, pompous ass. This suspension does not tarnish his legacy - it just confims his legacy.

Trade of the Century: Manny Ramirez for Jason Bay...and Boston wins!

You know, what Manny said about him going to his doctor to receive a medication that was banned by the MLB, i absolutely 100% agree with and back him on that. This suspension was from a PED test for the 2009 season. As far as we know Manny has passed every test he had taken prior to this most recent one. So let Manny be Manny and no this does not tarnish his legacy. Of coarse unless this opens a door to more steriods use, then i will retract my statement.

So what if it's not steroids and so what if it was prescribed? Paul Byrd got HGH legally prescribed.

When one player stands out from the rest, it is because of talent, hard work, performance-enhancing drugs, or some combination. Manny is known for working hard during the off-season, anyway.

You guys don't even know the whole story but you make judgments already. We don't even know if he took steroids!!

What's amazing to me is how the Red Sox avoid all this controversy. Henry and Selig are too close. I mean, I'm a fan of the Red Sox, but this the Sox teflon is kind of ridiculous.

Why is Manny eligible to return July 3? Fifty more games for the Red Sox, for example, would push him into August. The Dodgers' schedule is so different?

Gotta look it up...

Who IS next? Papi? From '04-'07? Why is Ortiz suddenly (or not so suddenly) slumping badly? The guy is falling apart, for God's sake.
Manny had a great resurgence when he landed in LA and attributed it to new team/fresh start. B.S.!! He was a cancer here and his being here or not doesn't affect me or my family. They're entertainers, not gods.
MLB knew they had an exciting 1 2 punch with the two of them back-to-back in the line-up and turned a blind eye.
Big business being big business!!

I don't believe it taints the Sox WS victories as you have to judge the Championships within their proper context. What is clear is that a good portion of major leage baseball players during the past 10 years were using some form of PED, and to somehow believe this did not apply to the Red Sox is not naive, it is plain ignorant. Take a look at some of the pictures of the 1999-2003 Sox and compare them to today. Guys are a lot thinner.

According to MLB.com, "All suspensions are without pay, so the suspension will cost Ramirez, who re-signed with the Dodgers as a free agent on a two-year contract that was to pay him $25 million this season, roughly $7.7 million."

Nice!!!

I LOVE IT!!!

And this does not taint the 2004 and 2007 titles. After all, the Yankees had Giambi, who is the most juiced up player I've ever seen.

There is a GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how sweet it is

What arrogance - knowing that there is now major testing going on in baseball and still have the gall to continue to use steroids and growth enhancing drugs. This shows a total disrespect for the game as well as for his teammates.

Given the news media's zeal for performance enhancing scoops, I am loathe to believe a word anyone says.

Manny's arrogance has finally caught up with him. To somehow think he was immune from baseball's testing, or their rules against taking PEDs is the only possible reason to have (continued) taken substances after the ban was enacted. I realize that there are several drugs, including treatments for ADHD (as mentioned by one poster), that are on the list and could trigger a postive. But if Manny was on ADHD treatment, he'd have been on it for a while and the league would have been made aware by Boras. Sorry Manny, age slowing your bat speed does not qualify as an ailment justifying medification.
Wonder where all the people clamoring to re-acquire Manny or still whining about the trade are? Certainly glad we have Bay in left instead of the gaping hole that would have been there had Manny still be a Sox.

And to poster who asked if this test happened last week or back in '03 - obviously it was a recent test. The test results in '03 can't be used to suspend players, otherwise A-Rod would also be serving a 50 game one.

My opinion will depend on what the substance is and what he was being treated for. Not all illegal substances are equal in terms of performance enhancements.

I honestly don't think he's a juicer like bonds, sosa, mcgwire or arod. But I did chuckle on seeing his suspension. I agree with others that we should sign bay to an extension.

Come on guys. check out the muscle shape of those NBA players, like Rando or Howard, everybody knows those are produce of steriod.
The truth is when you take steriod, every single muscle tissue, especially those barely developed by routine trainings, will enlarge itself. Your neck, waist and hip pop up to such a degree that no one could miss it.
Chiseled biceps and suddenly swollen neck are definite indicators.
Professional sports are in slow-mo suicide.
Our society, our economy or even our food are running on steriod. What a modern dog fight. Kill a dog, make other dogs happy at least for one day.

Yes, Yes, and Yes! Indeed! I am spinning like a top and I am dancing and singing sorprono on this one!

Hurray, for MannyWood!!!!!!

Any player that has had success over the past ten years will be deemed suspicious. All we can do is sit and wait for reports like today. Some union members will be caught and punished, while others skate by because they either stopped taking PED's or have been warned prior to the tests.

Regardless of who did and didn't, the days of 70 HR seasons are gone. So aren't 60, 50 HR seasons. Fans (and chicks) dig the long ball and that is one reason MLB dragged their feet on this serious issue. The long ball made good business practice.

Was Manny always suspected of taking enhancing prescriptions? Who knows. It depends upon whom you ask. But now we all know that indeed he did take PED's. And it seems as if he was expecting this result as his excuse is already floating around out there. He was prepared for today by his agent, no doubt.

To answer your questions, well, yes this damage his legacy? Of course it will. Every MLB has the cloud hanging over then. But now it is raining over Manny.

Ironically, the more players who are caught with his pants down will only help MLB get over this issue much quicker. The more accepted, the easier forgiveness.

(idle thought: I wonder if taking drugs was the reason for his sometime bizarre behavior and violent outbursts? We can only speculate until if/when he comes clean)

Manny who?

Just wating for the hypocritical Yankee fans to say the 2 World Series are tarnished now....

Well he admitted that it was his responsibility; can't say that i don't miss him. the man was just plain old fun to watch.

Well at leat the Dodgers don't have to pay 1/3 of his salary. I'm surprised Manny didn't figure out a way to get suspended and paid. I wonder if Scott Boras loses 1/3 of his commission? Hope so....

I'm glad he's not playing for the Sox, so we don't have to hear about it 24/7. I am surprised by this though. Does he just not care?

Who cares???? Who really cares about all of them, I have enjoyed the baseball the last 10 years they have provided. What ever the use from all of them they still have to hit a 95mph fastball, still takes talent. I for one miss Manny in Boston. Manny gave us many great years and moments. I will say Boston misses Manny because for some reason we all can't stop talking about him. (TALK RADIO, SPORTS NEWS, INTERNET) If we go after basball, go after all of them, you can't tell me pro football, college football and all sports aren't mixed up in this. So sit back enjoy what the guys put in front of us. I am with ya MANNY.

Can someone say "Asterisk"????

I don't really care for Manny, but if you're Red Sox fan or fan of baseball in general, you're not celebrating this because you know it tarnishes the Sox and the whole game, and the game has already been tarnished enough. This just sucks.

Geez, Bud Selig, do something or get out of the way so someone else can! You are helping to ruin the game.

Manny's story just doesn't hold together. There is NO WAY a pro player puts ANYTHING in his body without knowing if it copuld cause him to fail a drug test. Maybe this thin excuse washed back in the day but certainly not now. He's LYING.

What was the substance he took? Let's get that info before we lump him in with the rest of the cheaters.

As gleeful as we all are feeling right now, I would withhold judgement on this one. Manny's explanation is plausible and should be easy to check. These things do happen sometimes - romanian olympic gymnasts, British alpine skier Baxter, to name a few. They took cold medication that contained a banned substance. It clearly was not an attempt to enhance performance, but they got stripped of their medals anyway. If this is also the case with Manny, he still should be suspended, but he should not be placed in the same group with the "steroid" guys, nor should his career achievements be tarnished.

Disheartening to say the least. So many players work their asses off to be good and never show up on the stats boards. Then you have those who cheat and use drugs to enhance their stats and the league glorifies them. This is proven because the league puts their numbers in the record books. What does that say to our children? How many ways do we have to tell the league to get serious about punishing cheaters. It's not fair to the ones who compete honestly. Really now, what are we saying....? I can't help but think the league some how profits from this drama.

its not april first is it?

Pujols is next. You know it's coming.

I'm going to reserve judgement until Scott Boras comes out with a statement, then it should all make sense.

The way he acted while in Boston.I kind of figured he was on drugs and not necessarilly steroids.

Manny has been proven guilty for taking PEDs, but I'll still wait to hear what kind of PED(s) he failed for, before I give my full judgement. He has (supposedly) passed all other tests prior to this one so I won't poopoo his legacy yet. Also, until the list of 103 is published (if ever) I won't lump him into that group. Keep in mind that no matter how much you dislike his antics the Sox would not have won two world series without him. I guess my own selfishness allows me to simply ignore the Steroid talk and be joyful that a team I never thought would win (a championship) in my lifetime, won due to the contributions of this goofball. I'm just going to accept history for what it is.

Sweet...Sweet...Sweet Karma

That's what he gets for crapping on Boston. I love it
No HOF for you Manny Turd

There are reports the Yankees had blown the whistle to the league about Manny's steroid use, and that author Selena Roberts may have played a role.

There is nothing awesome about this. Everything he ever did is called into question, including WS MVP for us. "felt he needed to use roids after we traded him?" Are you that stupid? Im beginning to tire of baseball.

Hello! With all the controversy about PED's, you would think that a player would have a MLB sheet of banned substances and have the doctor sign-off on the acceptability of the drug. Bet ya it was an Rx for testosterone.

But we all know that Manny plays exclusively for "team Manny"!

I'm not surprised, but I wouldn't have been surprised either way. And just as I said with A-Rod, this is a widespread issue, not just something that only affects a few top players in baseball.

"Does this tarnish his legacy?" His legacy was ruined when he let his personal issues affect the way he plays baseball. He purposely dogged it, affecting the outcome of games. Can't prove it? OK. They can't prove Rose's gambling caused him to affect the outcome of games either, but he's still never going to overcome it. In my opinion, Manny...and any other player who doesn't give each inning of every game he's in everything he has...should be banned from having anything to do with the game. There are lots of others out there who will take his place and for a lot less money. THAT bothers me more than drug allegations, which not only permeate baseball, but probably every other sport, major or minor.

Its a shame Manny when he was playing for Boston was my favorite player, like Roger Clemens was when he played in Boston, its very similiar the way both got caught and at what point in there careers both toward the twilight of there careers, then bam they leave Boston with a chip on there shoulders thinking that they will show them, then realizing the body is aging and they can't do things at the highest level like they once did turn to steroids and cheating, and whats really amazing is that these players are so arrogant, they think anyone will believe any story that they tell, and for the most part people are gullable enough to believe them, I feel betrayed by my 2 favorite sports heros from Boston.

Easy there with the tarnished reputation talk....he could have been smoking weed for all we know. I don't like Manny, but lets find out what the substance was first before being so critical

I can't wait now for manny to come back ... 50 games huh ?
how incredibly funny this will turn out to be if its all been about the juice ... and manny becomes julio lugo ...
lol ... see how well manny being manny plays in LA with a .235 hitter with no power LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL .... I love it
no power , no glove , no hustle wiith a 20 miillion contract and a bad attitude ,,

Well, the Manny/L.A. honeymoon is most definitely over, as we all knew it would be at some point. All good things must come to an end, right Dodgers fans? My Giants-fan friends here in Northern CA are LOVING this. Meanwhile, here are two memos to Manny from a couple of quotable figures from the past:
A) "Self-conceit leads to self-destruction." - Aesop
B) "Instant Karma's gonna get you." - John Lennon

Chad Finn, this email is to you.

If you are not going to publish any emails which are in any way critical of the Red Sox, it's players or anyone associated with the boston media. Please mention it in your piece so that we non-sox ballwashers do not need to waste our time. I am sure it is not related to the NY times owning the Globe and having the oft stated "17% stake" in the Red Sox. Just coincidence, right?

Manny is arrogant enough to beleive he can do whatever he pleases. This time, he got caught. Knowing Manny, he'll turn this into a vacation instead of a punishment. Maybe his knee(s) can fully heal during his time out of the game. Thank GOD he is no longer with Boston!

Several Yankees sites are gloating about the Manny suspension, and are now poiting the finger at other Red Sox, David Ortiz being on the top of their list. Time to clean up the sport, as there are too many multi millionaires not taking responsibility.

Oh boy! How is it that George Mitchell didn't uncover Manny, Ortiz or any Boston player during his supposed impartial investigation? Thats the real scandal. As a part owner of the Sox he only went after NY Yankee players, allowing his own ballplayers whom he was profiting off of handsomely to get off scott free!!!

Very Sad for the children who have looked up to him. MLB should be stricter with testing and should also reduce saleries if anyone is pos+ ..... disgusted,

Oh boy! How is it that George Mitchell didn't uncover Manny, Ortiz or any Boston player during his supposed impartial investigation? Thats the real scandal. As a part owner of the Sox he only went after NY Yankee players, allowing his own ballplayers whom he was profiting off of handsomely to get off scott free!!!

It's amazing after reading the article and finding no hint that what Ramirez took was in fact a performance enhancing drug, that the writer of the Globe article makes that leap without any evidence.

I think if what he's saying true then his career is not tarnished. If this is the calm before the storm then yest it is. I think it's too early to tell. What makes me say this is the fact that he gave the number of tests he had since the new rule was in place and said he tested negative. I was never a huge fan of his even while here but I am willing to give credit where credit is due and he did in fact face the issue as soon as it became known, unlike the others.

Looks like his settling down out there is just an act. He is still out of control. He is the most narcissistic person in baseball. He deserves a good slap into reality. I was so glad he was traded. He was demoralizing the rest of our great team. He was a cancer when he was here.

Now they are THE ROIDIOTS!

maybe he can sell a few items on ebay to make up for the lost pay...

I agree with post #129.
What will you be saying when we find one of "Red Sox Nation" suspended for a similar offense?
I hope he appeals if his statements are true and he has evidence to support his claim (he had 15 other drug tests which he passed which should be easy to prove)

Besides the fact that this revelation should give atheists and agnostics a different view on whether there is a God, there is a surprising paucity of Manny apologists posting today. As for this news casting a negative light on the Sox and their accomplishments during their tenure with Manny, I disagree given that we now know that the use of performance enhancing drugs was/is prevalent. A level pharmacological playing field as it were.

Or is it the ROID SOX?

Hey Manny, why apologize if you didn't do anything wrong?

Does the Nation's fandom now feel less (hypo)critical about ARod now that Manny is down? at least Rod quit when he was ahead. I personally liked Manny's 'tude. Finally, the Sawks' rings are absolutely tarnished!

You wont have it with Bay but you'll have it with Ortiz soon. "Slump" aka "Off the juice".

If he is suspended, then his pay (and any other suspended players pay) should be put into a fund that can be deposited in my bank account. No. Maybe a fund for building a new wing of the baseball hall of fame, for all the players that will have an asterisk beside their name.

"Good ridance to bad rubbish."

thank god for Jason Bay.

So this is what he did in the Green Monster?

Once again the brilliance of Theo. Red Sox just keep proving everyone wrong. Manny was bad news. Where are all you Manny worshippers now. What a loser!

I can't help but think the league some how profits from this drama -David

Of course the league profits from it. How much would you pay to see a bunch of scrubs who could do just what the local double A team and Softball league at your work do? Not much. I want to see people doing things that normal humans can't do. There should be a whole seperate all steroid league where I can go pay to watch cyborgs do amazing things. MLB minus steroids is about as enntertaining as womens basketball....

Finally, "Manny being Manny" doesn't excuse him from being an idiot. I feel bad for the Dodgers - they just broke a record with a 13-0 win and are on a huge winning streak. But if any manager can keep a team going, it's Joe Torre.

Good riddance, Manny.

Lets face it, this is a player that loves his leisure. Baseball is a money producing hobby with him. With the RedSox he used to fein illness, now he intentionally does something that definitely would provide him a longer vacation. After all, he's not an idiot. He surely knew that drugs would be detected.

LOL...this must be medication for the non existant knee injuries he had here last season......you know the ones the MRI proved nothin was wrong.....

I always loved Manny here but was glad to see him go.....

Dodgers are about to go from FIRST to WORST in about 10 days.....!

Glad he's with the Dodgers.

Too bad the Yankmees did not sign him as a free agent this year.

TO: Manny Ramirez

FROM: Baseball

GOTCHA!!!

Manny just like many other players I think is guilty of taking the drugs

SHUT DOWN THE THREAD UNTIL WE LEARN WHAT THE SUBSTANCE WAS.

If anybody wants to know what the term "jumping the gun" means, go check out Dirt Dogs.

When will MLB stop sticking their heads in the sand?

And the players should just be a BIT smarter when getting paid so much otherwise they qualify for the [$7M] stupidity discount!

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!

Are we sure this isn't just another one of his attempts to get out of playing???

Wow...I think the bigger fool is Scott Boras.....

Just because Manny and the Union say it was "a perscription from the doctor" doesn't mean it was. More than likely it was a willing PED use on Manny's part and, now he and the union are trying to spin it as a simple mistake.

Couldn't have happened to a more deserving guy.

Sooo glad he is gone.

As far as I'm concerned, it's the punishment, damage to legacy and loss of compensation he deserved for quitting on his team during a pennant chase to force a trade and earlier free agency status. He's going to lose $8 million; his contract for the year was for only $5 million more than the option the that the Sox were holding. Intentional or not, this is what he deserves!

The MLB is to blame for this...they loved Sammy and Big Mac hitting all those home runs and it revived baseball from a dead era. They turned the blind eye to something that was boosting revenues.
If they really want to clean it up, stop wasting people's time and money doing senate hearings and investigations:
First Time Users: Lifetime ban from baseball
Random drug testing on every team monthly...done and done. Problem solved.

The CDD just comfirmed that Manny has contracted the ASININE FLU!

I think he's innocent/unlucky. I doubt he cares enough about baseball to try cheating.

ha, I love it. He lost my respect after he badmouthed the Boston fans who adored him the second he went to LA. Another case of "manny being manny..." this time the Sox fans don't have to suffer because of his foolish behavior. We get to enjoy it.

Was David Ortiz on steroids??????

The CDC just comfirmed that Manny has contracted the ASININE FLU!

Just Manny being A-Rod....

DAVID ORTIZ...COME CLEAN NOW!!

The reason he didn't appeal is that it's a known banned substance that he didn't get permission from the league to use. It wasn't steroids but I want to know what it was. Very, very, very, very, very, very dumb move. I am not surprised though.

What a dope!

DOC CHANCE TO MAKE SOME QUICK BIG BUCKS HEY........7.7 MILLION...HA, WELL HE S/ BE MADE TO MATCH THAT TO A CHARITY OG Z DODGES CHOICE YA THINK. TOO EASY ON THESE GUYS...WHEN IS ENOUGH , TOO MUCH ANYWAY? YEP THANKS FOR THE LIES & SORRY BIT MANNY...WHATEVER, ENJOY YOUR TIME OFF.

Glad he's gone from the Red Sox

Yankee fans who say that the '04 and '07 Series are tainted should look at their own team. The Yankees could field a whole team of Steroid using All-Stars. Giambi, A-Rod, Pettite, Knoblauch, Clemens, Sheffield just to name a few...

speaking of the devil

Of course I believe. He always told us when his Mom was sick just befor he headed for the DR.
Days he didn't want to play...we always knew befor the first pitch.
He never took the day off on the way to First BASE.
Honest Abe ... Mother Theresa ... Manny R.

WOW - Manny being a DUMMY, what else is new??

The article says "performance-enhancing drugs", so it's something. Now, whether he actually made a mistake... who knows? Either way, I find it hilarious. Cracks me up how these guys can't find a doctor who knows what is or isn't allowed. Doesn't $25 million a year allow that anymore?

ManRAM is now the ManRoid!

i am very sad because this absolutely taints the world series wins and the whole organization... pappi is obviously next up to the steroid/hgh podium (just look at him and his numbers of late) - so our two best players were juicing... this is a sad, sad day for our team!

ManRAM is now the ManRoid!

Never liked him, never will. Great player but a real jerk. Give #24 back to Dewey Evans, a real player and a real person. The worst thing about this is that we have to see his ugly mug all over the place again, and listen to his child like babbling. Way to Dodgers - thanks for taking him away and making room for Jason Bay, another real player and real person. So, now, who's next on the list?

Pee in the cup, big Papi.

Manny failed a drug test?????? Since when is marijuana a performance enhancing drug????

Yahoo says "Ramirez’s substance a sexual enhancer"

em-barrasing....

I guess it's just Manny being the Real Manny!!!!!

Let's just legalize steroids and bring back some really entertaining baseball. Stop the witch hunt.

Good Riddance!!!!!!

No, it does not taint the WS titles. Those championships were won by the respective teams, not just one player. And while I don't completely buy Manny's excuse this time, I believe his remark about 15 drug tests in the past 5 years.

Just wating for the hypocritical Yankee fans to say the 2 World Series are tarnished now....
Well, Greggers, since you insisted....It does COMPLETELY tarnish the titles, and they are MORE tarnished because ManRam was a much bigger (no pun) component in the Series wins than any of the Yankees you can name on any of their FOUR series title teams in the Torre Era (Go ahead, name ONE major everyday player - you can't)
You Boston Bozos are the hypocrites, gleefully jumping on every bench warmer and part-timer (except Clemens, who got his start in Toronto) mentioned in the BIASED
Mitchell Report....I always wondered why he began wearing such baggy uniforms; I think we know why now...And we haven't even had Ortiz exposed yet but the day
is coming - you know it in your hearts - and Sox 'Nation' will reap the whirlwind...you can't have it both ways; no way this guy went from a part-timer to freakin' Babe Ruth and back to what he was in Minnesota w/o a little help...You can't possibly be that stupid!

Is manny going to rat on other players?

ESPN is saying that the drug Manny was taking was a "fertility drug".

Man, can this get any weirder?

Tarnish the Red Sox championships? Absolutely not!! In 2003, the Red Sox faced Sheffield, Pettitte, Clemens and Giambi (who in Game 7 hit 2 HR), and in 2004 they also faced A-Rod. In the 2007 ALCS, they faced Byrd. Who knows if all members of the 2004 Cardinals or 2007 Rockies were clean? In three months, we will hear about another high-profile baseball player testing positive, and again 3 months after that. The era is one of rampant drug use, and I imagine that at least 25 of the 30 teams had at least 2 significant users in 2004 or 2007. Yes, that almost surely includes the Red Sox. But let's not throw away those seasons on suspicious of unacceptable behavior--when this clearly WAS very acceptable to many.

Manny is all about Manny. My disrespect for him runs deep. I would not hesitate to call him the Mike Tyson of baseball. Both me hve been talented athletes and train wrecks in their personal lives.

Without Manny, they'd still be chanting "1918" in Bronx. Watch what you say frontrunners.

Was in LA last September--Dodger Stadium had a larger-than-Manny cutout and sign saying "LA Welcomes Manny Being Manny"--my thought then was, "Wait til they find out that Manny Being Manny means feigning injuries and talking on his cell phone in the OF"_

But this--hey, aren't we all glad he's not ours??

Was in LA last September--Dodger Stadium had a larger-than-Manny cutout and sign saying "LA Welcomes Manny Being Manny"--my thought then was, "Wait til they find out that Manny Being Manny means feigning injuries and talking on his cell phone in the OF"_

But this--hey, aren't we all glad he's not ours??

UPDATE FROM THE NEWSROOM:
The doctor who provided the drug to Manny has confirmed that it was specifically prescribed to treat a "personal medical issue." The doctor stressed that the condition- an inability to hit for a high average or with power- was treated with the "best medication available, a product that Manny had used effectively in the past without ramifications, health or baseball related. The doctor, known on the streets as "Big Chicken" had no further comment.

Does anyone else think this is a tad suspicious? Just as A-Rod is about to come off the DL, Manny is being suspended for a failed drug test. I am beginning to wonder if A-Rod's injury was just a convenient excuse to allow him to serve his suspension under the radar. Now that he is almost ready to return, another big MLB star is suspended. Perhaps MLB is strategically controlling the release of information so that all of their big time stars are not serving suspensions at the same time which would severly damage revenues. Don't be surprised if around July 1st, another big name or two come out. Something is fishy........

Wasn't Manny always called a "smart hitter" who had great eyes? One would think that such a player would not need PEDs. As for "tainted" Word Series rings, well Mr. Rodriguez admits he took steroids and he still doesn't have any World Series rings. Clutch hitting is more about the head than the PEDs.

In any case, good thing the Red Sox got rid of Manny. Bay is much better on defense, and in the clubhouse.

QUE CABRON!

I am so sick of this horse's A**!! He is a disgrace to the game. Are we to believe that he didn't use during him time with the RED SOX?? Suspension should be for life with steroid use!! Let see what other talents he has, cause it deffinatley is not lying!!!

Two points:

1) If Manny did not take Steroids or HGH, then what was he on? If he Manny discloses his medical history and he had a legitimate reason to take this substance, does it matter?

2) For all of the Manny haters in Boston who are cheering right now, you might want to think for second. Supposing Manny is lying and this is not the first time that he took performance enhancers, this would mean that he was likely juicing as a Red Sox player. The implications here are huge. This would mean that the Red Sox are not a clean team. Thus far the Sox were not mentioned in the Mitchell report and no current Red Sox player was mentioned in Canseco's books. This changes everything. If Manny was juicing, who else? Ortiz, Llowell, anyone else? Moreover, depending on who else besides Manny was juicing you could argue that the Red Sox championships in 2004 and 2006 are tainted.

Leave Manny alone were you, due to the bad economy situation Manny is taking performance performance-enhancing drug to gain power hitting homerun that can bring the economy:)

It's no wonder why he wanted to get out of here. Nobody even knows what he tested positive for and everyone is selling him down the river. It wasn't a steroid from what they are saying and he's been tested several times over the years with this being the first positive test. I'm not saying I'm a big Manny fan, but you people are all ready to get the rope and drag him to the nearest tree....geez, relax. Did any of you even read the article?

I Love the Dodgers but Manny Why? Today Manny tomorrow who knows, Baseball is a great sport but as a fan its sad to see that. I guess its about the Money. 25 million a year. What bad economy lol

GOTTA LOVE IT BABY !!!! THE LAWS OF KARMA STRIKE AGAIN. FAKES AN INJURY TO BE TRADED OFF A TEAM ? THIS GUY IS A CLOWN AND DESERVES TO BE SUSPENDED FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR AT LEAST. 50 GAMES IS A SLAP ON THE WRIST - THEY BETTER TAKE OUT HIS EARNINGS AS WELL - THE GREEDY BAST#$%

In 50 years as a Sox fan - this ranks up there with my happiest. This guy is poop thru and thru. Hope he gets caught again and banned from the game - he deserves it

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Looking forward to Torre's next book. Manny wasn't suspended for sabotaging games with the Sox from THE WORST COMMISSIONER EVER Dud Selig but he's out now for 50. Karma evens things out I suppose.

manny being moron....still miss that swing in the four spot

It looks like its not Steroids or HGH or anything of that nature so you whackos should really calm down..but I mean dont let facts get in your way...

Curious to see if all the cheater and sc*m-bag type comments flow so easily when Ortiz is eventually named..because you know that is defintely coming.

people need to chill out

"However, two sources told ESPN's T.J. Quinn and Mark Fainaru-Wada that the drug used by Ramirez is HCG -- human chorionic gonadotropin. HCG is a women's fertility drug typically used by steroid users to restart their body's natural testosterone production as they come off a steroid cycle. It is similar to Clomid, the drug Bonds, Giambi and others used as clients of BALCO."

Manny - if you want to get your wife pregnant, you're doing it all wrong ....

Does viagra contain steroids?????

I LOVE IT!
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

Thank god this loser is not our problem anymore.. Manny was a disgrace to the game even before this happened. Hopefully those who have been putting up with his spoiled-child behavior will begin to see him for what he is.

Irresponsible reporting!! No where in that Times article does it say "performace enhancing". There's a big difference between PED and a medication mistakenly prescribed by a physician. The writer know the difference and is looking for a splash with false reporting.

Let's hear all of you "with it" sportscasters..."It's just Manny being Manny". He has a condo for sale $12,500,000.00 any takers?

Mike No. 110 - of course it taints the 2004 and 2007 titles. The point you try to make with Giambi misses (as is usually does when being made by a Red Sox fan). Giambi never won a title with the Yankees.

BOOM!

Womens Fertility Treatment!!!
Hmm... Why would a seemingly healthy male be using that?

I love what Manny did in the past, but was glad to see him go last year. I'll give him partial props for taking responsibility, but I have to wait to hear him come completely clean and tell the whole truth.

On a positive... at least the new rules seem to be working.

hero to ZERO...

Didn't read the first 147 comments, but this would only be sweeter if he had signed with the Yank-mes.

It's a 8 million dollar Viagra. That hurts!

hero to ZERO - thanks for the role-modeiing

This is the funniest thing I've heard all week.

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. It is not Viagra, but a substance that treats the cause rather providing a temporary boost in sexual performance, the source said.

Did he fail any drug tests while he was with the Sox? That could put a lot of the "tainted championship" talk to rest (or confirm it). While I doubt his denials, it really wouldn't surprise me if he didn't know it was illegal. Manny is not the sharpest tool in the shed..

If he brings suit against the doctor, then his story is probably legit.

If he doesn't, then it's clear he's lying.

It's really as simple as that.

And for all those that are "100% sure it wasn't for steroids" tell me this: who other than Manny or Boras has come out and been quoted as saying this? Any league front office sources? Nope.

Manny being Barry...

Oh, my grandma died... oh, my right errrr left knee hurts... oh, my doctor made a mistake. Once a liar, always a liar. So glad he's gone AND we were able to replace him with a pro like Jason Bay!!!

Manny WHO?????

Can't yell steroids at the Yanks anymore. How many more 2004* and 2007* Championship players will come back as dirty....hint, he's 350 lbs, best friends with Manny* and has yet to hit a homer since Sept 22nd.

HA HA HA HA HA !!! How are you Dodger fans liking him now!?

Does Boras also take a 1/3 cut on his commission? Hee hee!

If MLB wants to clean up the drug problem for real, then if a player is caught they should be suspended for remainder of the year and forfeit their pay for remainder of year. Then to be let back in the following year they must past a battery of test,s. But MLB and the Players Union are to chicken s..t to do that. I have been a life long SOX fan and i am not surprised at all. I am sure the list of 104 names not yet released have other big names but, this list is 4, 5 years old and b/4 MLB tightened up the drug policies. Selig and owners and Players Union would never go for this rule because they would loose $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

According to Bostons new Benedict Arnold, Sully Baseball, he writes on Yankees Beat that if David Ortiz tests positive for steroids too, we have to give back Both World Series !! Can you believe that..

Just two words of comfort for Sox fans: Jason Bay

What a shock. Completely invalidates 2004 and 2007. I guess it’s back to 87 years and counting.

Manny's medical condition: Not enough pop in his bat.

"Manny" is an affectionate term for this Jerk. He should be called for what he is a liar and a loser.

HE DID NOT TEST POSITIVE FOR STEROIDS, SO STOP COMPARING HIM TO AROD, CLEMENS, PETTIT, CANSECO, etc. He tested for a drug banned under the policy, which so far has not been clasified as a PED. Until the facts come out about what he took and why, stop judging

no wonder da redsox won . . . you might as well start taping your opponent's practicing . . . OOOPS!

I don't like Manny's attitude that much, but there is much Hate for the guy here. Maybe you should all toss your Manny shirts in the trash. It is very interesting that A-Fraud is off the hook because he claims the drugs were prior to the rule. It's a good thing that athletes are above the law, otherwise we would need to build even more prisons.

This puts the Sox Victories into question!!!

ESPN has reported that it is a female hormone supplement used in fertility treatments. For women. Unless Manny has a uterus we don't know about, why would a doctor administer it? How about men use it after coming off of a steroid cycle to restart the production of testosterone.
Never was a Manny fan, so maybe I'm biased. I'm just glad that finally the rules that apply to everyone else have been applied to Manny.

Just goes to show you that the Red Sox wins were tainted as Yankees Beat site says if Ortiz is Dirty too, those rings and banners will be null and void.

He's so DUMB he may not know what he was taking!!!!

He's done. He can go back tot he Dominican and hang out with Pedro under the Mango tree.

I doubt it was 'roids .... he's too lazy to work that hard!

Hi Manny, this is A-Rod. Thank you very much.

Why don't they say Adios to Manny, and get someone who would play by the rules and not be an attention seeker.

I can't imagine what would happen if Manny has signed with the Yankee last off season. I believe the Yankee would make headline every day which the way they want to manage their business :)

Why don't they say Adios to Manny, and get someone who would play by the rules and not be an attention seeker.

manny ramirez? is this the same guy that red sox nation worshipped for years? what a bunch of losers.

Mike No. 110 - of course it taints the 2004 and 2007 titles. The point you try to make with Giambi misses (as is usually does when being made by a Red Sox fan). Giambi never won a title with the Yankees.

BOOM!

Manny who??????????? Jason's our man!

It's just Manny being A-Rod.

What a dope!

BANNY...BANNY...BANNY

Tarnish his legacy? What legacy are you talking about? Is it the selfish, spoiled, malcontent legacy he's leaving behind? Well then, it only enhances it.

Thank the gods that we don't have Lobel on the air anymore saying his stupid shtick.... "why can't we get players like that..."

Manny and ARod are both Boras' client. Manny and ARod both got ridiculous contracts. Manny and Arod gotta produce and live up to those contracts... Can you blame them?

Judas, Brutus, Red Sox fans........ sell-outs

Manny gave you 2 rings and funny to see you rejoice over his demise.

Wonder where you'd be without his numbers for those 7.5 years.

Manny, you got the dough, pay someone in the Statehouse to get you off through special legislative exemption, like all the career retirement exceptions the reps just knocked through.

The REAL question is this: Can/could Ramirez perform at an acceptable MLB level without enhancements?

Let's face it- many of his home runs would, otherwise, fall inside the park (i.e. outfielder's glove).

Why is it that whenever these guys are caught, it's always the fault of their doctor / personal trainer / clubhouse attendant, etc., while the multimillion-dollar chump claims that he was ignorant / a victim / misunderstood? It's an old, sad song, and Manny doesn't sing it any better than Roger or Alex.

PED ? Steriods ? Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Who cares ? I don't
Letslay ball

Thank Jesus for Jason Bay :)

If it were someone other than Manny, I would not believe the "I didn't know" excuse. Manny, however, is so stupid that he might actually be telling the truth. I doubt it's pot, because even he must know that pot is banned - but it could be something else that really wasn't indended to be a performance enhancer.

Then again, it could have been the estrogen for after a steroid cycle. Who knows? Anything is possible. Manny being Manny. I hope it's not performance enhancers, for Manny's sake. If so, another tragedy.

lu

Glad to see that Papi never took anything.

Cough. Cough. Nudge. Nudge.

I told ya so.

so, it's from a prescription for a "medical issue". you think someone who makes 20 million a year would take the time to think a little with the brain instead of other parts of his body, and ask questions about what he was taking.

hope the dodgers had an escape clause in heir financal with agreement him. and he still owes the tint guy $50 for the escalade from 5 years ago!

A proud member of Red Sox nation, I was in Fenway last summer and saw Manny hit his last homerun in a Sox uniform. I flew home to Phoenix the day of the trade. The local radio sports guys lost no time in skewering the Sox management for their "stupidity." At the time, I thought they did the prudent thing...now I think they were BRILLIANT!!!

It Is Viagra!!
come on, performance inhancing drug...
Manny being Manny...

I dunno.....usually drug use is accompanied by erratic behavior....anybody notice anything like that??

Bet he smoked a big dubie with Cheech

He should have been banned for life last year when he went into the tank to force a trade. Not much different than what Joe Jackson did -- except Shoeless Joe did it for a gambler who was betting on games and Manny-being-Manny did for an agent who was betting on Manny's ability to make the Sox trade him. What goes around, comes around.

Could not have happened to a better person. He probably is blaming the Red Sox for this to.

It's my doctors fault. They all cheat!!! Baseball is the breeding ground for fat, lazy drug cheats!!! You suck Boras!!!!

too bad really-he was a hero to many young children....especially his own

this stinks... I'm very sad because this story will taint the world series wins in the eyes of the public... and pappi is probably next on the list to be found guilty... (just look at him and his numbers of late) - this is a sad day for everyone...

Up your culo,Manny.

It doesn't get any better than this. The Dodgers must be thrilled they paid all that money for Manny who will spend 1/3 of the season on the golf course.
I wonder if his agent Bor-Ass has to give up a percentage of his fee with Manny?
I wonder if he'll go the way of Palmero and Bonds??? Gone and Forgotten!!!

this stinks... I'm very sad because this story will taint the world series wins in the eyes of the public... and pappi is probably next on the list to be found guilty... (just look at him and his numbers of late) - this is a sad day for everyone...

Manny is on the H...Mantega, Manny let me use your rifle.

I always felt if Manny had done steroids for a full season he would have hit .450 with 100 homers and 225 RBI's. When he was traded to the Dodgers and put up those monster numbers last year it seemed pretty obvious he was juicing with some kind of substance. My feeling then was nobody really wanted to know and everyone including the baseball brass looked the other way. Very ironic if he did get caught doing something innocent that his dooctor gave him. And amazingly stupid or arrogant if he got caught actually juicing.

I have hated this jerk since 2002. I was happy when they got him, but his act wore thin with me after his first year here. When the Red Sox won the title in '04, I said it's too bad Manny had to be part of it. Lot's of my friends argued against my comments.

When the Sox dealt him in '08, I suddenly didn't have a lot of people arguing with me.

Oh well, have fun over the next year and a half LA!

Bahahahahahahahahahahaha.....
Now, if only they could catch Johnny Damon tipping pitches with his buddy, a-roid.

Roidmirez Roidtiz Roidtek .Thats just the tip of the iceberg name them all.I knew theMitchell Report was a Yankees witch hunt.Part Sux owner nonbiased .Thats a big a hole as The Big Dig.

First A-Rod, now Manny. Baseball in the 90's and 00's is tainted forever. The best names in the game have been associated with performance enhancing drugs. We need good, hardnosed players like Youk and Pedroia that work hard and play hard without them. Go Sox!

It's official, Manny is a steroid user. Here's a quote from the AP, and he got busted for a steroid related drug.....

"Two sources told ESPN that Ramirez used a women's fertility drug — HCG, human chorionic gonadotropin. That sort of drug can be used by steroid users after they complete cycles to get their bodies to produce testosterone naturally again."

Manny is no better than ARoid, Bonds or Clemens. And now that he's going to have to stop using steroids, his hitting ability will plummet back to earth and he'll end up batting .240 with 20 homeruns, if he's lucky. Turns out Manny is not an idiot savant, but rather just another steroid savant. Hopefully this will end his career and the only place we'll hear about him is in a court room.

your series are and were tainted, I said this a few years back on this board. Look at Manny and Poppy...they come to Boston bulk up and start crushing the ball. Flash forward Ortiz is 1/2 his size and can't hit a pop-up and Manny has been caught red handed. So please get down off your mountains and accept your team for what it is/was a few talented guys and a bunch McGuire-like of juicers smacking the ball around

All a ploy by Manny to get some time off

I think Manny swapped urine samples with the scoreboard guys, that's why he was in there so many times and why he never got caught.

Manny should announce he's a registered Democrat so the left-wing loons will know they're supposed to 1) excuse his behavior 2) accuse those who think he should be suspended of really being racists and 3) blame George W. Bush

SHADENFREUDE!

Ooops. So much for the "maybe it was Ritalin" argument. If he was taking HCG, he's toast.

* 2004
* 2007

Its just Manny being Barry

Why major league don't want to test all baseball players? they need to stop the use of drugs in baseball players, they get paid big money and at the end they fail to the best sport ever baseball, that is not a good example for kids, that is the reason i loved baseball in kids under 15 years old...

2004* and 2007* World Champions

Manny and Arod are in the same boat. Oh, and by the way, they have been best buddies for a long while. . .

Scott,
C'mon, the idea that Manny was just a goodie-two-shoes only recently corrupted by Boras? No. First off, the biggest misconcpetion of all has always been that Manny is stupid. He's not; never was. He proved last year to be quite the calculator. Just because Manny's impetuous and spoiled never meant he was innocent.

Did he get the stuff from his cousin?

As much as I dislike Manny's personality and baseball attitude , give him a break . Lets hear the whole story with all the details before jumping to conclusions and / or judging him.

Does he (and his beloved agent) take a salary hit for being out soooo many games?

A team player he wasn't, a great hitter and a lousy fielder with a gross hair do that kept his hat high on his bloated head and obscene salary full in his pocket. I am thrilled that we have Jason Bay (and the SAWX better sign him up quick) the Constant Canuck, for his timely hitting and team spirit. Peedie, Youk, Papi, Dice-K, Jon, Papi, Mike, J.D. and all the rest make me proud to see Red Sox across their uniforms at home and BOSTON emblazened when away. Win or lose, these are class guys. Manny helped us win to fatten his purse and ego but his Purse" is now a Curse for the Dodgers of LA. Yeeeeeeaye!
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However, two sources told ESPN's T.J. Quinn and Mark Fainaru-Wada that the drug used by Ramirez is HCG -- human chorionic gonadotropin. HCG is a women's fertility drug typically used by steroid users to restart their body's natural testosterone production as they come off a steroid cycle. It is similar to Clomid, the drug Bonds, Giambi and others used as clients of BALCO.

A source with intimate knowledge of steroids told ESPN that a male athlete usually uses HCG after a cycle of steroids because steroids often shut down the testosterone-making ability of the testicles. HCG restores their capacity to make testosterone. The source said that some males may use HCG in lieu of steroids also. HCG by itself can provide a substantial boost in the body's own testosterone, and this may provide some performance-enhancement benefits.

If it turns out he's been taking them for a long time, that would explain Manny being Manny his last year in Boston.

2004*

2007*

(along with the other playoff runs)

And I'm not a Yankees fan, but Sox nation shouldn't be gloating. If the ESPN reports are true that it's hCG or another estrogen suppressant, that would indicate the only legitimate "condition" was that he was on Testosterone Replacement Therapy, which would be in turn legitimate only if his T was under 300 ng/l over a period of time. The chances of TRT not being not pre-cleared by Boras with MLB is about zero, and now you get to wonder just how many of those home runs in an Olde Town uniform would have fallen short. Major stain on the franchise, and have you forgotten the incident early in his Sox stay where an attendant in Manny's car got pulled over and had steroids found in the glove compartment?

Be very careful what you wish for, Sox fans. Hubris over spending to win like the Yankees have turned you into an arrogant bunch, and if they ever do release the other 102 players on that 2003 list, you don't have George Mitchell working with Red Sox ownership to "protect" the franchise. A shame.

This really leaves a bad taste in my mouth, being a Sox fan. Although, it's not a shock. Look at Manny when he came up with the Indians back in the 90's, then take a look at him over the years, up until now. SOMETHING was going on there.

Makes it hard to watch the sport, knowing these guys not only make kazillions playing a kid's game, but cheat like hell, as well.

Is Big Papi next?

Manny was taking Tamoxifen Citrate. It is described as a fertility drug.
Why would Manny take a fertility drug. According to the description of the drug it makes more hormones....now that makes sense.

It was legitimate drug use...

He was trying to ovulate.

Manny, you're a bum. In fact, you're a fool. The only bigger fool is that baseball commissioner known as Bud Selig. Selig has no balls to make the right call and throw you (or anyone else taking steroids) out of baseball all together.
You were an average ball player (who could have been great) if you hussled more and quit being self centered.
......which makes me think....you were on steriods while playing for the Red Sox and without those steriods....you must have REALLY sucked as a ball player.

Manny was taking Tamoxifen Citrate. It is described as a fertility drug.
Why would Manny take a fertility drug. According to the description of the drug it makes more hormones....now that makes sense.

If he's truly following doctor's orders, then we should see him file a lawsuit for his lost salary (50 games worth) against the prescribing doctor for negligently providing him a prescription with a banned substance. Right?

"So Good, So Good!" to see this go down in Dodger Blue.

As much as I was p-o'ed by his attitude and lack of effort during his last year or so in Boston, I'm gonna wait before I tag him as a cheat on this one. We only have rumors of what drug he was found to have taken, and what those drugs are typically used for.

I think the penalty should be 3 years.

Would it not be "poetic justice" for Red Sox Nation if Manny gets a suspension and Jason Bay gets an extension?

They foreclosed on Mannywood!!

Pujols is next. Just wait.

Just Manny being Barry!!

He lives in the filth he created. I'm mostly sad that as baseball fans, we have no idea what's real and what isn't. MLB is the new WWE: more entertainment, less sport.

SO WHAT IS NEW WITH THE GUY, HE HAS BEEN A THORN IN THE SIDE OF EVERY TEAM HE HAS PLAYED FOR. HE IS A REAL PRIMA-DONNA WHO THINKS HE IS ABOVE ALL RULES AND REGS AND WILL CONTINUE TO THINK HE IS A SUPER GOD AND CAN DO WHATEVER HE WANTS.!!
HE CAUSED AL SORTS OF BEHIND THE SCENES PROBLEM WHILE HE WAS ON THE RED SOX TEAM BY NOT BEING A TEAM PLAYER AND DEMANDING TO PLAY ON HIS SCHEDULE ONLY. I COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND WHY THE MANAGERS, INCLUDING EPSTEIN COULD KEEP HIM ON THE TEAM, THEY'D HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF WITHOUT HIM!

Get rid of all the cheaters....even if they are in Boston. The sport must be cleaned up. If every team lost 10 to 15 players for cheating, then so be it. It would be a lesson to the minor league guys to be clean and clear of any and all PED"S

Weren't the Dodgers looking at putting a Marijuana dispencary in left field? Kinda makes you wonder...

I TOTALLY BELIEVE MANNY'S "MALADY" CAUSED THIS. HIS PERFORMANCE FOR THE SOX LAST JULY WAS CERTAINLY LIMP!!!!

Now the Dodgers' manager should deduct 15 millions on his current contract

"I'm thinking this taints the Red Sox World Series victories forever. I have a hard time believing he was clean his entire career until he got to LA. "

Thats just ignorant and stupid- that means every other team that had any player at any time associated with steroids or PEDs during a championship is also tainted???? give me a break, He didn't even test positive for a PED!!! We don't even know what he took for sure. Shut up and stop judging.

He probably pulled his appeal when he realized he would get 50 days off.

The guy was suspended by MLB for using a BANNED SUBSTANCE!
Get it? All you Manny apologists make me sick.
If he were innocent, why isn't he appealing it, instead of losing 8 million dollars?
Because he's GUILTY!
Wake up. Manny is a quitter AND a cheater!

He was just trying to get pregnant. The doctor prescribed HCG so that it would kick start Manny's ovulation cycle.

He was just trying to get pregnant. The doctor prescribed HCG so that it would kick start Manny's ovulation cycle.

I agree - it couldn't happen to a nicer guy! Make sure he gets the same treatment as arod!!!

can pro ball players who have add take add meds??????????

What goes around...comes around...

Hero to zero? Are you kidding? Manny has always been a zero, although a great hitting zero.

The Dodgers paid this idiot $50 mil plus for a 2 year contract to play baseball.
The Dodgers are not going to have this idiot for 50 games this year.
I suspect the Dodger's organization will be looking to recoup the $50 mil
I hope the Dodger's management and their lawyers are looking at Manny's contract to the"out" clause that states;
"ALL contract terms will be terminated if the employee has shown positive test results for any performance enhancing substances".
If no such clause exists in Manny's contract....the Dodger's management should fire it's Lawyer..

"Well, Greggers, since you insisted....It does COMPLETELY tarnish the titles, and they are MORE tarnished because ManRam was a much bigger (no pun) component in the Series wins than any of the Yankees you can name on any of their FOUR series title teams in the Torre Era (Go ahead, name ONE major everyday player - you can't)"

Hey Jeff... Andy pettite ring a bell???? You're telling me he wasn't a major player ina ll of those titles??? Maybe he wasn't an everyday player, but PITCHING wins championships. You're really saying Pettite had no impact on any of those games you won??? Please

This guy was a cancer when he was here. He demoralized our great team. I hope he did not do more damage by making it seem OK for other players to use PED's. Thank goodness he is no longer with the Red Sox. His settling down in LA is nothing but an act. He is still out of control; the most narcissistic person in baseball. Good riddance and I hope his career is ruined.

I hate to admit this, but Canseco was right.....AGAIN!

Down goes another.

I honestly hope he's exonerated. As mad as I was at him when he was acting like a cancer, he meant so much to the Red Sox, and us, the fans.

Manny has done the nearly impossible -- make me dislike a former Red Sox player even more than Johnny Damon. Boston is so much better off without this adolescent who masquerades as an athlete.

Theo-

Sign Jason Bay NOW!

Manny is apparently a mature hitter with an immature judgment process. He behaves like an adolescent so much of the time, but his spectacular talent as a power hitter has always overshadowed his personal quirks. It is a sad thing in a strange career of unimaginable peaks and valleys. I'm very sorry for him because he really should still be in Boston. I hope he grows up a little during his suspension.

Wait a minute. He was just trying to improve his sex drive.

We now all know that the Red Sox last two World Series Championships are a fraud. So let's make that 5. Tough luck SUX fans.

The Dodgers wanted him. They got him. Good luck to 'em!

I wonder how many Sox fans will think it is funny when it is revealed Big Papi was juicing too. It's a matter of time before that whistle is blown.

Either every World Series championship of the last twenty years is tarnished, or none of them are. I don't think anyone seriously believes there has been a PED-free MLB lockerroom since the Bash Brothers got their start.

Manny did say he 'didn't want to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame'....instead he'll be in the Baseball Hall of Shame!

ESPN, Peter Gammons reporting, as well as Sox Front Office, gives lie, to Manny the long term drug user. I would wait for more facts to come out. MLB has a very strict drug policy. Let's see what really happened. Manny failed one drug test and passed every other one over his career.

Pathological liar....

Just one too many for MANNY. HaHaHa

Imagine how embarrased Dodger fans must be. Sure glad we got rid of the bum. Theo sign Bay ASAP

Hey Bob, if he'd signed with the Yankees, he wouldn't have gotten caught. That's a team that knows how to mask steroid use.

Ortiz hasn't been able to hit the broad side of his belly since he gave up the drugs. That will come out soon. There were more than two players on the world champion sox who were on the stuff.

Sounds to me like he was taking something to help him out in the bedroom . . still hilarious nevertheless . . .

Stooopid is as stoopid duz

I was surprised that Manny would be trying to get pregnant after just signing a $45M+ contract.

Good luck, fella.

Sox fan from the left coast .... The Baseball Gods have watched over our beloved Sox so far... First it was A** Rod - we did'n't get him, and won the World Series; Next it is this joker - we got rid of him in time...; In spite of their antics, Mango Tree Pedro and Idiot Johnny have not yet shown up on the radar for this kind of nonsese.Kudos to Theo and the management - please remain vigilant and keep up the good work. Every baseball executive should think of those 5 year olds who show up at the ballpark donning their team's gear - complete with broken teeth and mouth full of chocolate or candy... Baseball is their inheritance.. Many Mannys may come and go....

Funny thing is .. I bet there are more questions about Manny's drug use in the Sox locker rom tonite than in the Dodgers. If I don't miss my guess the Sox players will rally behind him and say they never knew

I guess we can put an * on your world series titles!!!...........Go Dodgers!!.........& Lakers too!!!!!

Let us rejoice! The only thing that would make this better is if he was playing for the Yankee's!

Papi: we'd rather have you hit weak sauce all season than juice. Don't succumb!

Long time Sox fan and this is just too good; how could he make an error in judgement on this but thats Manny being Manny not playing with a full deck...

They sure dodged a bullet, getting JBay well before this went down. The Sox owner really knows when to short a stock.

These owners/CEO's, etc. couldn't run a lemonade stand. Embarrassment to sports really...to think top employee does whatever he pleases esp when he has little intelligence nor cares.

From lohud/yankees blog

Oh, and if Sully, Little Sully and the rest of the Red Sox fans try to chant “steroids” at A-Rod in June, it would be the height of hypocrisy. If Manny was using in 2009 when baseball was testing, what do you figure he was doing when baseball wasn’t testing?

Meanwhile, David Ortiz last hit a home run on Sept. 22.

this new borught a smile for ear to ear. hey Sox fans it's spelled TAINTED. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

You’re fooling yourself to think any team was clean and be very, very careful of believing your favorite player was. If hugely talented guys like A-Rod and Manny were/are using, then how were the mere mortals keeping up?

The sad thing is, how many of you people making fun of him today were saying yesterday that we never should have gotten rid of him?

I don't know what is more embarrasing... being caught taking steriods...or having the fact that you are taking a "sex drive enhancer" drug and having it publicized to the world!

wow, Mr. impartial gammons trying to defend Manny. All I can say is **.

Glad to hear this, PUNK!

How humilating - he can't get it up!

Poor Manny:

Sounds right that the drug was prescribed to treat ED, or some puberty-related issue.

Now if that Yankees had know that. They would have welcomed him to their team for 2009 with open arms.

The New York Yankees: The official team of the Steroid

His excuse is shallow and his actions show all he cares about is the money. If he cared about the game he would allow his skills to diminish in a graceful fashion and slide into the HOF.
He blew it because no one knows how long this has been going on and to induct him into the HOF is a slap in the face of those who di it the right way.
Yes, most of the players probably used uppers, it does not make it right ,but they can be judged on a even playing field in that respect.
For the Boston fans this is poetic justice.
Now, we have Jason Bay who does it right.

I love it. We're still seeing Manny apologists (i.e. "Well, it wasn't steroids or HGH...")

Um...it was a masking agent used immediately following a cycle. AWhat was initially a female fertility drug is now part of the regular c0cktail of perscription and non-perscription drugs that cheats use to try to stay one step ahead of any testing. This is the smoking gun on Manny.

However, it's time to wake up and take the posters down from your bedroom wall. Almost every single pro athlete is up to some kind of shenanigans. This is a business and there is too much at stake for them not to try to cheat the system in some manner, shape, or form. Whether it be greenies, PEDs, corked bats, stealing signs, tipping pitches, etc., etc.

It's a free for all. Either you sit back and accept it, or you grow up, turn off your TV, stop feeding the beast with revenue (tix, merchandising, etc.) and play real sports with your kids.

No wonder he was so moody.

Certaintly the Red Sox WS's are tarnised. Baseball for the last 15 years is tarnished. As far as I'm conered all records and WS winnders the past 15 years should omitted. The Red Sox won 2 WS during a tarnished period. As far as I'm concerned they have note won a legit WS since 1916!

is papi next?

Manny being hormonal.

People call Manny stupid, but now he's too smart not to have taken boner meds that were on the PED list? You can't have it both ways. And unforutnately for all the Jason Bay lovers here (and I admire his performance), he will never be able to prove he's not doping too.

Can't believe some of you foolish people are still clinging to the "Manny is a good guy" malarkey. Guess someone will come up with an X-Files explanation that he was framed..... some of the luster comes off his heroics, you think? Considering Ortiz' power outage, you really have to start to wonder...hope no matter what the truth is, Nation starts to appreciate this group of players a bit more. The Manny apologists won't. They are the same type of people who join cults. ...Maybe the future HOF lock Manny has McGuire's number.

Any professional ballplayer that is going to take perscribed medication and doesn't have that medication checked by MLB first, is an IDIOT!! At the very least, the doctor should be checking the banned list. $20 million a year and not a brain in his head. So where was his great agent? Most likely off somewhere counting his commission money!!

Manny, what were you doing inside the scoreboard?

1918
2004*
2007*

Lame, that '07 win doesn't seem as great anymore :/

"Shame on Boras"?
The two words do not belong on the same line. Boras has not the foggiest idea of what shame is. And his star pupil, of late, was learning well at the feet of the Master of Deceit. But then he got caught. What a shame!

I won't jump on a man when he's down.....so Manny get up. Bambino curse.

"Just wating for the hypocritical Yankee fans to say the 2 World Series are tarnished now....
Well, Greggers, since you insisted....It does COMPLETELY tarnish the titles, and they are MORE tarnished because ManRam was a much bigger (no pun) component in the Series wins than any of the Yankees you can name on any of their FOUR series title teams in the Torre Era (Go ahead, name ONE major everyday player - you can't)"

How about THREE major everyday players--Knoblach, Pettitte, and Clemens.

You donkey.

I like chips!

Only Manny could be caught when there is so much attention on PED's! A great hitter,but with seconds to A-Roids, the most selfish player around!

Sad, but not surprised.

We now have a logical explanation for Manny's bizarre behavior!
Manny being Manny simply means Manny's juiced and vulnerable to mood swings. I am not the least bit surprised with this news.

hahahahhahahaha............ you suck manny

Makes you wonder if this is the reason Ortiz is doing so poorly, the steroids were taken to LA.. hmmmm, makes you wonder doesn't it?

Well I suppose this explains the skirmish in the dugout with Youk and the throwdown of the traveling secretary in Houston.A sure example of roid rage!!

Manny and his time with Boston and his contributions to the 2 World series titles are no different than Giambi's contributions to the Yankees titles. Both are roid cheaters and have tainted the titles and the game. To go 86 years and finally win only to find out it was because of roids. What a shame. Red Sox and Yankees, you can keep them and their high payrolls, cheating, and high ticket prices. Enjoy the sham scam and keep paying big $ for parking and seats to the "rivalry". Rubes......

baseball is boring

funny stuff....I love listening to all you DIE HARD Sox fans claiming, "he's still a legend in my book" LOL It's easier to throw stones when your behind a wall. So now the big question is: 1. how long before Ortiz is exposed?
2. Should the Red Sox be forced to forfeit their Championships of 04 & 07?

Talk amongst yourselves!

Pujols is next.

Good riddance of Manny, fortunately he's gone and it has helped the Sox. That pathetic hack Peter Gammons has his head so up Manny's cavern that he couldn't be objective if his life depended upon it. Defending Manny is the most pathetic thing Gammons has done yet. No friggin credibility left with him. Why the hell can't he cover the Pirates. Nevermind.... let's send him to amateur sports because he certainly isn't a professional.

To all you folks saying "it's not steroids" and "calm down", you'll be happy to note that it looks like it's a drug typically used to treat WOMEN's fertility issues that is commonly used to start normal testosterone production after a cycle of steroids and is commonly known to be used by steroids users and may even be the same chemical associated with the whole BALCO Bonds circus.

Unless Manny is really a women who's trying to have a baby, I'd say he's basically lying out his a** about the whole doctor / medication thing.

Manny being Barry

Red Sox fans are living in a fantasy world if you think he didn't juice on the sox. His testosterone is all out of whack because of past steroid use, hence why he took the banned substance (which boosts testosterone). The 04 and 07 titles are definitely tainted, without Manny's bat in the lineup, those teams wouldn't have made the playoffs, let alone the world series.

hahahahahahahaha (x infinity)

Maybe that explains some of his bizarre behavior like hitting Youk in the dugout, climbing the green monster for a high-five, not feeling
like playing and sitting on his can in the dugout collecting millions rather than supporting his team mates in Boston. Maybe that even explains why he is such a jerk!

How's this for poetic justice: The $8 million or so Manny loses in salary during his suspension pretty closely matches what the Sox had to pay him after the trade.

Women's fertility drug? In a just released statement, Ramirez said, "You can now call me The OctoManny."
Now we know that when he went inside the Green Monster, it wasn't to take a leak. It was to get a shot of the juice.

denver sox fan....How about THREE major everyday players--Knoblach, Pettitte, and Clemens.
You donkey.

No, you are the Donkey; the air at altitude has obviously altered your brain cells.
First of all, numbnuts:
1. Clemens and Pettitte as pitchers were NOT EVERYDAY players, jerk.
2. Pettitte ADMITTED using HGH in 2007 to help heal an elbow injury...
3. Knoblauch used when he was with the Twins, stopped by the time he came to NY, dummy.
NONE of those compare to MANNY and ORTIZ
Sox STILL haven't won a legit title since 1918...How do you like that?

ever wonder why the uniform was so baggy?what was going on underneath?

Yankee fan here. I will never judge Manny or any other player for using a substance during his career. If it ever turned out that someone on the 2004 or 2007 world champion Red Sox teams was using a performance-enhancing drug, it would not change anything. The Red Sox still won. And their fans would find a way to forgive them and they would be right.

Good riddance of Manny, fortunately he's gone and it has helped the Sox. That pathetic hack Peter Gammons has his head so up Manny's cavern that he couldn't be objective if his life depended upon it. Defending Manny is the most pathetic thing Gammons has done yet. No friggin credibility left with him. Why the hell can't he cover the Pirates. Nevermind.... let's send him to amateur sports because he certainly isn't a professional.

Joe Canseco's book JUICED should be in the contract of every major league player as required reading

Come back, George Mitchell. Come back!

All this can't comment business and hiding behind lawyers contracts. Baseball will never clean up its act. Congress?

It does not change anything. The Red Sox still have their rings.

Just like the Yankees still had theirs. This so-called scandal really does not change anything.

Welcome to the big time.

Never thought I'd say this but Canseco was right. MLB does owe him an apology.

To answer the question : Yes, it will tarnish his record. Maybe not his Cleveland days, but certainly his contribution to the Sox and their two Series wins. Not surprising, but still sad - very sad.

The worst about this is, that we now have to defend two more championships against all of the haters. Truth is I'm not so sure I disagree with them. First the video thing with the Pats. Then the HGH with Harrison, now this with Manny. If they find any dirt on last years Celts, then all the trophies over the last eight years have been tarnished. I love Boston sports teams, but this soils everything and really is starting to make me feel disenfranchised. Being a fan of a championship team is great. Being a fan of a cheat who won a championship is not. What are we teaching our children?

HAHA LMAO!

Gotta Love Jason Bay now - no exceptions!

How about this for his tag line?

"Manny Ramirez - A bad role model for kids since 2001"

As a fan of the game of baseball overall today is just another sad chapter in what is becoming a real horror story and a stink the likes of which the game may never be able to remove. As a fan of Manny Ramirez I am livid. I really am angry with Manny and feel like he once again has taken a giant proverbial dump all over the game and the people who pay his salary. I have shelled out thousands upon thousands of dollars to watch Manny play. Home games, away games, regular and post season. I've spent hundreds of dollars on gear bearing Manny's name and now he's just another cheater like A-Fraud, Sosa, Mac, Giambi, and the rest of em. I feel cheated as a fan of the game and moreover as a fan of the Boston Red Sox. I made countless excuses for Manny and apologized for his ridiculous behaviour more times than I care to remember during his tenure with our beloved organization. What does he do? How does he repay the people who allow and pay for him to run around a ballpark in pajamas all because he's morphs into an idiot savant when you put the bat in his hand? By cheating the game and cheating the people who cheer for him and chant his name until their voices go hoarse. Damnit Manny Ramirez I'm really angry with you and you owe me an apology. You've got the money how bout you pay me back for the thousands I've spent to buy your jerseys and watch you play. It is such a sad sad commentary that you can get paid millions of dollars to PLAY A GAME and you can't even do that honestly. Manny your actions have put a stench on the titles that the fans of this organization waited so long to see our team win. Now, the questions will always be out there was Manny a cheater during his World Series MVP year in 04? Was Manny juicing during the title run in 07? We'll never know the 100% truth but in my eyes and in the eyes of the majority of baseball fans once the brand of a cheater is on you there's no washing it off. So congrats Manny once again you've managed to stick it not only to the Red Sox as an organization but also to one of the people who loved you the most. I have met Manny multiple times. He's engaging, he's funny, and he really seemed like a genuinely nice guy who acts like a 5 year old when he doesn't get his way. I have talked to Manny when he came out to Chicago I'd always make sure my seats were in left field so I could interact with Manny between innings. I'd even venture to say that we got to know one another a little bit. Manny would always acknowledge me when he saw me in the stands and I always had some piece of his gear on. Well ManRam I hope you're satisfied. Once again you have found a way to destroy my faith and confidence in you. I'm glad you're Coletti, McCourt and Torre's problem now.

Good, good riddance Manny, your career is now over!!!

How can you not love it? What a zero!

There is NO WAY Manny took steroids. He merely wanted a month off.

i'm wondering if manny would have still done those drugs if he was still with the Red Sox. hmmmmmmm..... well this definentally isn't the manny ramirez that everyone once knew. c'mon manny you're better than that!

KARMA
GO SOX!!!!!

I don't think Manny used in Boston, at least not last year. I think he was so pissed off at the Red Sox for not giving in to his demands that he let himself slough off that tremendous traning routine that he had. When he was finally aware that he was going to be traded, he wanted to show everybody how great he was, and stick it to the Sox, so he went on the steroid ride. He could no longer produce at the standard that he wanted so he continued it this year. It's interesting that Boros has had the two biggest fish caught in the steroid scandall. Maybe someone ought to test him, too.

He was taking a drug to compensate for the effects of long time steriod use...he's making RS Nation look like fools! Everyone posting that you are happy about this had better come to the realization that he was juicing in a Red Sox uniform!!

Why would anyone be surprised at Manny's antics. Bad people do bad things. I just love to say I told you so to all the drones that worship Manny.
Once again great move by the Red Sox letting this has been go.
You cheat you pay.
Good luck LA. Careful what you wish for. Too bad all you Met fans didn't get your wish. What a joke and a waste of talent this bum is.

I'm a life long Red Sox fan, but realistic to have always thought that both Manny and Papi juiced. Let's hope I"m wrong about Papi, but I doubt I will be. Manny explodes at Youk, explodes at an elderly clubhouse guy pushing him to the ground, and hits like a 23 year old as he approaches 40. Then he gets busted for using a female fertility drug commonly used after cycling down from steroids? Yeah, he's clean! NOT!

Im glad he didn't get bagged while on the Sox. That makes me feel much better about what he did here with the Sox. Gonna go and stick my head back in the sand. Bye All!

Pete Rose only gambled...and was banned for life. Manny used a performance enhancing drug, with or without his knowledge, and only sits out 50 games????

to malitopr (comment 423) - your crazy if you think Ortiz is on drugs...have you seen him run???
He's a Red Sox legend, and always will be no matter how much of a hitting slum he gets into. And he will never test positive for drugs, he's to good for that.

To the Yankees fans who claim that Manny being on steroids tarnishes championships... Say Manny used during 04' and 07'. He was likely the only one.

Yankees couldn't win after 2000 with ALL of these players on steroids... (Giambi, Pettitte, A-Rod, Sheffield, etc.) Interesting.

Manny, Clemens, Bonds, Sosa, McGwire, Giambi... All in the Jail of Famers

I don't care what Manny injected. He helped me win $4000 in free furniture in 2007. Thanks Manny!

Perhaps we now have an explanation of Manny's odd behavior over the years.

Once again money wins out. Until this country adopts a zero tolerance on drug abuse we will continue to bury our children before their time.Its very difficult to try to rehabilitate an addict when the whole country is deluding themselves about where 90% of the problems start.Drugs and drug abuse can be traced back to child abuse, spousal abuse, violence of all sorts and all crime.I do not believe our most serious problem is the economy.But Manny probably did use drugs so he has recieved a slap on the wrist. What a joke! Wake Up America!

Why is it that baseball has the biggest liars- and we all pay to see 'em- and the commissioner does nothing. It's only Thursday. Who will the next fallen star be? Period.

Any Sox fans who think this began only after he left Boston are truly delusional.

HCG is also used as an infertility treatment for men. A side effect is an increase in testosterone levels. Poor Manny goes to a doctor because he's shooting blanks and ends up losing almost $10M. And he's still shooting blanks.

Seriously, though, I truly believe that Manny has never used steroids. Everyone just jumped all over him as soon as a failed test was mentioned. He really got screwed by his doctor.

Well, here we go again! It seems like the world of Baseball now revolves around Manny! I (for one) am not surprised.

To all you "clean up baseball" NFL apologists: you realy think football is clean? 4 games for Rodney Harrison, and you really think he only used once? Please. You can't say "NFL has testing" and ignore the fact that Manny passed 15 tests. All sports have drugs, and really, what's the crisis? i just want to see a great performance. If they're jucing, so what?

I guess what bothers me, besides being certain whether or not he is or was on steroids, is why would he or anybody having a medical problem in Los Angeles elect to see a doctor in Florida for treatment unless he was trying to hide something?
They're certainly not doing the game any favors.

I can totally sympathize with Manny. Poor Guy. When I go to my Doctor with a medical problem, I too take whatever medication he prescribes me without asking what it is....

baseball is too lenient, most other sports would ban players who used banned substances for a couple of years, a 7 week ban is nothing and not really a strong deterant, if basesball wants to be serious about performance enhancing drugs they need to get tough, (dedicated red sox fan living in dublin, ireland watches games after midnight when on tv!!)

While I'll never forgive Manny for quitting on his team to avoid his contractual obligations, I'm sad for baseball and disappointed in Manny who, like A-Rod, Rodger, all locks for the HOF, cheated out of some combination of vanity, fear, greed, and stupidity.

I doubt that Boris was in the dark about this and assume that many other superstars of the game are also still cheating. And yes, it does detract from my enjoyment of the game as a fan.

This will all be the fault of the doctor. Manny will now sue this professional. Really, how many doctors do you think know what is on the list for banned substancces? And don't players have to get permission from team doctors before taking drugs prescribed to them?

Now this doctor will be put threw h*ll because of all of this. Manny will go after him.

I don't wan't to believe this! Please, someone tell Manny to say that this is not true!!! I was too much of a real Manny fan. I would be on my phone checking the dodger's scores to see if he had done something.... I used to follow all his games... I didn't care what people said about him even it was true.... But this.... This is too much. I don't care about Baseball anymore if this is true. Gosh, I never expected this.

And I thought Pete Rose was the bad guy?

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

There once was a man named Manny
Whose hitting was so uncanny
His demeanor was loose
Caught taking the juice
Guess thats just "Manny being Manny"

comon folks, these are professionals and adults. If they want to push their bodies to the limits then so be it. Otherwise put in place strict anti-drug (including steroids) policies and adhere to them. Anyone here think that all the players in the NFL are natural....right.

Nobody cheated. Neither the Red Sox in 2004 or the Yankees in 2000.

They just did what they had to do.

Explains his mood swings and aggressive attitude. what a dope

His Doctor made him do it..........................

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Manny was taking Mt Dew :>)

Couldnt have happened to a more deserving person!

Remember Mike Tyson? Looks like one of the greatest home run hitters and the greatest knock out puncher will be hanging together soon. Couple of greatest gone bad.

It's about time this dirt bag is held accountable for his pathetic actions. He is the worst role model in todays sports that I have ever seen. I hope he does not receive any pay while out.

I hate to say it but this taints the two World Series we finally won. If we think he just started using it now, we are kidding ourselves. Baseball's testing methods finally caught up with him.

Taking HCG, (by a male) can be for a few reasons. One is to help kick start your testosterone after taking steroids for a period of time (as mentioned in the article) Another use is as a dieuretic in certain weight loss programs and the last is to increase fertility. So unless Manny is trying to lose weight or increase his sperm count he is using HCG after using steroids.

Assuming Manny was Juiced the last 2 months of last year to enhance his performance in preparation fr free agency. Are the dodgers justified in terminating his agreement in that without juice they wont get the performance they thought they buying.

Now will see how many stones Dodger owners have.

I hate to say it but this taints the two World Series we finally won. If we think he just started using it now, we are kidding ourselves. Baseball's testing methods finally caught up with him.

Manny who?
Sorry, I'm too busy ordering my #44 shirt to try and remember who this Manny fellow was.

Somebody in the MLB needs to step up to the rules plate and just lay down the law; you cheat-you go.

Manny's a loser all the way. He was a total head case when he was here; he's cheating now and likely was when he was here which calls into question our World Series win with him on the team. Is that what we want to read about in Cooperstown?

End the use of Steroids in baseball forever and be done with it!!!

Manny is taking a woman's fertility drug because he's reaching Mannypause.

Note to Celtics: When you play Cleveland, don't expect to do any better than the Hawks, who are getting blown out by again! Why doesn't Atlanta just forfeit the series now?

Not sure if this was mentioned earlier but, isn't it kind of add that Ortiz sits out tonight's game with a "stiff neck"? Is he just ducking the controversy or something else?

How will those shops on Rodeo Drive stay in business -- they depended on Manny and trophy wife spending recklessly on vanity items while others tried to make their mortgages and put bread on the table --

Manny could hit - no doubt - but what a disgrace!

I think the best part of this is that scum bag Juan Marichal calling manny a fraud and that he shouldn't go into the hall. Well that may be true but Juan Marichal has no room to talk as he is a freakin criminal who bashed in catcher Johnny Roseboro's ead with a baseball bat in 1965. And these guys definitely did cheat, but all these old timers who call them frauds need to just stop as everyone knows even greats like willie mays used uppers and ampethamine (just as illegal as steroids) and pitchers used sand paper, spit and grease which probably helped their performance even more than steroids.

Folks - time to really start asking the question how many times Big Papi has seen the needle!! Close with Manny and all Dominican players that have been implicated. Complete lack of any power after 54 homers less than 4 years ago?

C'mon Chowderheads, someone other than A-Rod is cheatin' too!

Manny acted like he had roid-rage when he punched Youk & threw down the traveling secretary. I bet he juiced up for the contract, the bozo.

how do those world series wins feel? just LOOK at those rosters and the numbers then, before, and after. get this through your head if you follow sports - not just baseball - all of it - you, the fan, the big big fan, know nothing, NOTHING about any of them. got that? it's time to get that. upset? stop paying you baby. get a clue.

Manny lovers, my one hope is you don't reproduce.

The man has previously proven to be egocentric and capable of deceit. Look no further than his latter tenure with the Red Sox or his comment "LA is a special place to me..." If it's so special, why did he hold out for such an extended period of time?

Why, if he's completely innocent, has he chosen not to appeal a fifty game suspension that will cost him over seven millions dollars? Given his lengthy holdout earlier this year for five million dollars extra, his failure to appeal makes no sense. Moronic arguments suggesting Ramirez decided not to file an appeal because he didn’t want to risk missing significant time in the second half of the season are flawed. If he was confident of the success of the appeal, he would miss no time and lose no money.

Moreover, if he is innocent, why has he been advised not to say anything more (Although paradoxically, he then went on to say something more: "I’ve taken and passed about 15 drug tests over the past five seasons.")? Surely an innocent individual has nothing to fear from making statements, responding to questions or stating the truth.

In terms of his apology, he or his advisors are no doubt intelligent enough to realize the benefits to be gained, a la Pettite et al, by taking it on the chin. Finally, I doubt he's sorry for using a banned substance. He's sorry to have been caught...

Please don't reproduce.

Ramirez was identified as using the female fertility drug human chorionic gonadotropin, or hCG.
MANNY JUST BEING MANDY

I honestly think Manny is being honest about this one. Manny had his great times in Boston and cetainly aggravated us with his antics that led to going to the Dodgers. That was Manny I couldn't stand, but he also was a major player on both championship years and he deserves credit for that as well. As said, for some reason I believe Manny on this one. His physician made an honest mistake and Manny is willing to pay the price. Maybe I'm just being Naive. Manny was always a legitimate power hitter, but unlike Bonds his numbers were always consistant, and his production didn't suddenly jump up like Bonds.

First of all this sucks. The tarnishing of an idol always hurts and I've been feeling it all day, but lets not get ahead of ourselves. Manny's testing positive of this banned substance in no way blemishes the accomplishments of the 2004 or 2007 Red Sox. You cannot consider yourself a baseball fan and say this is true. There are 25 men on a baseball team and the 2004 and 2007 Red Sox proved that best.
And to the Yankee fans chomping at the bit to get their ten cents in...
A-Rod, Pettitte, Clemens, Sheffield, Giambi. Five superstars that made their name in New York that tarnished the game and made a mockery of its fans. If we really want to start tainting steroid users and their team's achievements there is no better place to start than in the Bronx.

sox fans, yankee fans, when are you morons gonna admit they were ALL USING... ALL OF THEM!!! look at the players who have tested positive, career minor leaguers, no-name relievers, right on up to the HOFers.. obviously just because you use steroids doesn't mean you're good, dopes.

it's a sign of the times. get over it and move on.

Based upon David Ortiz' lame reaction today, and his sudden dropoff in the past two years, I would bet the house that he was taking something as well. Everyone sees it for what it is. What a joker.

Lets be upfront here, Manny didn't all of a sudden start taking steroids......Mitchell's report was bullshit.....all Yankkes, no Red Sox.......this surely is evidence the Red Sox, and Varitek, Nomar and the rest are just as guilty

Remember that great response Big Papi had when some one asked him if/when he was going to be tested for drugs? "They can test all they want - all they're going to find is red beans and rice!"

Taking drugs helps explain Manny's erratic behavior with the Sox and his physical belligerence in the club house.

Pick One:

A: he's been doing steroids for years and never got caught
B: he decided that he needed the steroids at some point during the past year and felt the reward (a huge contract per Boras) was worth the risk
C: he had a legitimate need for the drug that will be fully explained by his doctor

Sadly, A seems to be the right answer - B seems too risky for even Manny to consider and if C were an option I don't think he would have accepted the penalty. It looks like we now know why he went off on Youk and the club secretary...

I think we now know why Manny wanted that long-term contract - because he wanted to get off the juice; once he got the contract and had the money in the bank, he was planning to go clean and suffer a mysterious slump. But because his contract was short-term, he needed to keep up the performance, and risk getting caught.

On Ortiz I was pretty sure he was on it, and that it was common knowledge among baseball people, when I heard a Torre interview a few years back. Torre said that everyone knew Ortiz was a good hitter but no one suspected he had that much power. Ortiz is still a good hitter, he just doesn't have the power any more.

He was playing for a contract. He was desparate because he got burned in free agency. Do you blame ego/LA hype? Boras? Money?

I mean, we all know the guy is unbelievably stupid, and unbelievably arrogant, so either side of the story is completely believable. Weird.

My number 24 shirt is still a Dwight Evans Shirt. Always has been, always will be (no disrespect to Saito). And that Jason Bay trade doesn't just look better and better every day, it looks awesome! Dodgers are probably wishing they didn't trade LaRoche away either.

If it is found true (and I believe it is) his contract should immediately be re-adjusted to the league minimum, at least for the rest of the year. Obviously his contract was signed on past performance and his past performance is clouded. His status is now that of a rookie having to prove he has power and ability.

If you and I padded our past experience on a resume and were caught, it's immediate termination. I see no difference with any of these dopers. Their resumes are padded with false figures and stats.

To me George and Frank should sue Alex and Manny for breach of contract.

Well, as you get older, you get tempted. Bonds did not use steroids for most of his career. You can see the spike in power stats in the later years. My guess is Manny is the same. His years in Cleveland and Boston are likely legit. He never suddenly gained lots of weight. It was when Clemens was dumped by the Sox that he became ticked and started 'roiding in Toronto, then kept it up in NY. Wanted to stick his nose in the air to Boston. Likewise, Manny, once dumped to LA, probably felt he needed to "prove" to others he still had it and that he would be a huge asset. My guess is he's only recently started steroids in order to make a big splash with his new team, and make sure he gets a nice contract.

Baseball is just as much about the personal camaraderie/rivalries with your friends as it is about the actual game. So, pull your panties out of your crack, clean off the skid marks and wipe the tears up off the floor, we don't really know the details behind Manny anyway, I don't particularly like him any more but I don't know if I believe all this media coverage. Same with A-Rod, he gets ripped for taking his shirt off and laying in the park, for going to strip clubs and dating Madonna??? Like one of the ESPN writers wrote... I am sure he is the only baseball player in the history of baseball to ever enter strip club or date a celebrity... take the media coverage for what its worth and enjoy the f-ing games... When they didn't have juice and big budgets teams were trying to gain advantages in other ways that weren't exactly moral or in accordance with the law...

Manny being stupid. Bullet dodged. Go Jason Bay!

This shouldnt cast a shadow over any of the World Series teams. If anyone from NY calls it into question, just ask them about Roger Clemens and Andy Pettite. If anyone from Pittsburgh asks, ask them about their SuperBowls in the 70's where half the team has since died from complications from MASSIVE steroid use. It sucks, but if you REALLY think about it, Manny's numbers have DROPPED almost every season since he was with the Sox........

Two words....JASON BAY!!!

I am just wondering what condition was Manny being treated for that required taking a female fertility drug. Maybe he really didn't know it was banned, but alas, being ignorant of the law/rule is not an excuse for disobeying it.
Perhaps this is answered, alas, I can't read 500 comments this morning!

Obviously one guy doping does not a World Series Champion make. For example, A-Rod, Bonds, Palmero. No World Series rings there...

The World Series titles being tainted are a stretch. Pitching and defense win championships and that is what did it in 04' and 07' , as compared to say , 1986.
Kieth Foulke was obviously the World Series MVP in 2004, Manny got it because that was what FOX wanted. This ain't basketball, one guy does not carry a ball club to the title. 9 do.

How about the NBA? Um...did anyone notice that those guys got bigger, stronger and more aggresive around the same time that MLB players did? You can't tell me that LeBron's secret are Power Bars, bench presses and steak dinners.

Hate to bring this up, but I've got a sick feeling in my stomach that there is another shoe about to drop on this Manny thing; Mr. "Big Papi" has not been the same since Manny left town. Major drop off in offensive production. My instincts could be wrong, but something just does not feel right. For all of our sake and his, I hope Papi is clean.

Is Bob Ryan high? Manny's I dont give a $#@! attitude makes him a prime candidate for taking the drugs. He rolled over on the team on a number of occadions. He is a self centered arrogant pampered foll who deserves what he gets

This money hungry narcissistic personality (disorder) is a fraud - and is now a shoe in for the Hall of Shame.. Shame on you Manny - even though you probably could care less...

Manny, meet Karma....she's a bitch.

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2007*

The heart of the lineup for both teams and the 04 WS MVP has been found to be a steroid user and the other is highly suspected based on his out of nowhere numbers and dramatic decline with drug testing. Get your heads out of the sand.

I'm glad boston.com posts all the comments that are submitted...NOT!!

Hey everyone Manny being Manny was kind of fuuny at first but that grew old fast like he did when he left Boston and it just goes to show you like they say you can't have you cake and eat it to, well he thought he could and that just came back to bite in the butt. And us Red Sox fans can sit back now with never knowing what Manny is going to do next. We the Red Soxs are playing great without him

Thanks Denise & Forest

And what does it say about Manny when Big Papi said in a TV interview that he no longer has any contact with him. "I only see him on TV". What a great friend Manny is!

What happened to that disgusting bum should only reinforce the Red Sox in their deisre to resign Bay to a large extention. We're getting as much out of him as we got from Ramirez his last couple of years with us and without any of the trouble and all of the good vibes and attiude. I had to laugh reading the LA papers this morning and seeing all those stupid and naive Dodger fans still extolling the virtues of a douche bag who has none whatsoever. We Red Sox fans warned you Dodger fans of his guy; now he's your problem and you are all welcome to keep him.

manny who?

Manny being Manny?
Why didn't he go to the team doctor? Was the issue really TOO personal?
Also, if my doctor, for whatever reason, prescribed female fertility drugs, I would go for a second opinion.
I am still a fan, but don't believe his story. Something is up.
~Z

I love how all you idiots hate Ramirez now...after beating off to him for 8 years. And newsflash morons - the odds are pretty good he didn't start juicing the minute he was traded to LA, in spite of what you ignorant d-bags want to believe while wearing your Red Sox blinders.

Does anyone know where I can find the song 50 games that he'll be missing?

Very nice site!