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Manny Ramirez to retire (Drug violations?)
« on: April 08, 2011, 03:29:57 PM »
Tampa Bay Rays designated hitter Manny Ramirez is retiring.
 
Major League Baseball announced the move in a statement on Friday.

"Major League Baseball recently notified Manny Ramirez of an issue under Major League Baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program," the statement said. "Rather than continue with the process under the Program, Ramirez has informed MLB that he is retiring as an active player. If Ramirez seeks reinstatement in the future, the process under the Drug Program will be completed. MLB will not have any further comment on this matter."

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Re: Manny Ramirez to retire (Drug violations?)
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2011, 04:56:56 PM »
Bitch Tits.

Nuff said.
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Re: Manny Ramirez to retire (Drug violations?)
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2011, 05:26:12 PM »
Sad ending to a once-great career is new legacy for Manny Ramirez
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/tom_verducci/04/08/ramirez.retires/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_sports

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There is a saying in the drug testing business that a drug test is not a drug test at all. It's an IQ test. Manny Ramirez was dumb enough to run afoul of baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program -- not once, but twice.

Ramirez decided to retire Friday rather than face a 100-game suspension on what was his second violation for a performance-enhancing drug, according to sources familiar with his case. Ramirez, as a prior offender of the program, was subject to increased testing -- 6 additional tests in a 12-month month period above the normal two or three all players face. Many players have been caught in the snares of drug testing or the Mitchell Report, the 2007 white paper on the steroid era. But Ramirez becomes the first player driven out of the game by PEDs.
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Re: Manny Ramirez to retire (Drug violations?)
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2011, 05:40:57 AM »
EVen though he's got the numbers for Cooperstown, he isn't going to get in because of the reason why he retired.
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