Manny and Big Daddy Juiced it when the upset the Yankees and Baseball Covered it Up
New York Post July 30, 2009
A published report says David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez each tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003 when they were starring for the Red Sox.
The New York Times Web site today reports the duo "were among the roughly 100 Major League Baseball players to test positive ..., according to lawyers with knowledge of the results."
The Red Sox sluggers led their team to the 2004 World Championship, Boston's first title since 1918.
Ramirez, now with the Dodgers, served a 50-game suspension this season based on the results of a 2009 test.
Alex Rodriguez and Barry Bonds also reportedly are names on that 2003 list, according to the Times. It was the first year baseball tested for performance-ehnancing drugs and results were supposed to remain anonymous.
Rodriguez, the Yankees third baseman, in February admitted to taking a substance called "boli" while with the Rangers.
The Times reports, "The information about Ramirez and Ortiz emerged through interviews with multiple lawyers and others connected to the pending litigation. The lawyers spoke anonymously because the testing information is under seal by a court order. The lawyers did not identify which drugs were detected."
Though speculation has surrounded Ortiz for some time, especially after he entered this June with a .185 batting average, this is the first time he has been linked to a positive test result.
The Red Sox of that era as a whole were not prominent in the steroids scandal that has tainted baseball since the 1998 season.
No star players from the Red Sox 2004 and 2007 championship teams were named in the Mitchell Report on drug use in baseball, conducted by former Sen. George Mitchell, a director in the Red Sox front office.
When the Yankees were up 3-0 in that series and a Boston Fan told me they were going to come back and win the World series I said to him "You must be on drugs."
I just had the wrong guy.
Nice of Mitchell to cover up the Red Sox involvement as we know he did. A-Rod took the heat first in spring training and now the rest of the story is dribbling out. What a bunch of bullshit.
New York Post July 30, 2009
A published report says David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez each tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003 when they were starring for the Red Sox.
The New York Times Web site today reports the duo "were among the roughly 100 Major League Baseball players to test positive ..., according to lawyers with knowledge of the results."
The Red Sox sluggers led their team to the 2004 World Championship, Boston's first title since 1918.
Ramirez, now with the Dodgers, served a 50-game suspension this season based on the results of a 2009 test.
Alex Rodriguez and Barry Bonds also reportedly are names on that 2003 list, according to the Times. It was the first year baseball tested for performance-ehnancing drugs and results were supposed to remain anonymous.
Rodriguez, the Yankees third baseman, in February admitted to taking a substance called "boli" while with the Rangers.
The Times reports, "The information about Ramirez and Ortiz emerged through interviews with multiple lawyers and others connected to the pending litigation. The lawyers spoke anonymously because the testing information is under seal by a court order. The lawyers did not identify which drugs were detected."
Though speculation has surrounded Ortiz for some time, especially after he entered this June with a .185 batting average, this is the first time he has been linked to a positive test result.
The Red Sox of that era as a whole were not prominent in the steroids scandal that has tainted baseball since the 1998 season.
No star players from the Red Sox 2004 and 2007 championship teams were named in the Mitchell Report on drug use in baseball, conducted by former Sen. George Mitchell, a director in the Red Sox front office.
When the Yankees were up 3-0 in that series and a Boston Fan told me they were going to come back and win the World series I said to him "You must be on drugs."
I just had the wrong guy.
Nice of Mitchell to cover up the Red Sox involvement as we know he did. A-Rod took the heat first in spring training and now the rest of the story is dribbling out. What a bunch of bullshit.
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"You must be on drugs". Hahahaha. good one.
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