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Manny being Manny… and earning a 50-game suspension

May 7th, 2009 by Cliffy

Per ESPN / LA Times

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4148907

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4 Responses to “Manny being Manny… and earning a 50-game suspension”

  1. Cliffy Says:
    May 7th, 2009 at 11:32 am

    Now I hear that Boras is on record as saying that Manny did not test positive for a steroid. Um… o-kayyyy. So he got 50 days for wearing his hair too long?

    The soap opera begins…

  2. shtiny Says:
    May 7th, 2009 at 11:33 am

    Don’t you have to fail more than one test to get a 50 gamer? Cameron failed the “supplement” drug test last year for the second time and got 25 games….

  3. Tank Says:
    May 7th, 2009 at 10:43 pm

    I have to assume this gets appealed and materially reduced?

    Also: I guess everyone in MLB can stop the snide dismissals of Jose Canseco now? If they really want to rid baseball of steroids then they really have to concede he has performed a service, no?

  4. Cliffy Says:
    May 11th, 2009 at 7:09 pm

    Apparently there are categories of drugs - what Cameron failed was deemed not as bad as what Manny failed. Manny was found (and admitted) to have taken HcG - banned because aside from it’s common use for women trying to get pregnant (which I believe we can safely say Manny was not taking it for that), it’s also used at the end of steroids cycles to get the testerone level back to normal. To that end, it can apparently also be presribed for males with “performance” problems (playing the field, not on the field)… and according to Boras… er, Manny’s statement, *that* is what Manny was taking it for. Um… yeah - right.

    As for an appeal… nope - Boras… er, Manny’s statement said he would not appeal and would start serving immediately, after saying it was his physician’s mistake for prescribing it to him (for his “performance” issues). Manny (and Boras) were given the list of banned substances - but someone his doctor is to blame for not knowing what was on that list of banned substances.

    Who’s the bigger clown in all this: (a) Manny, (b) Boras, or (c) all the Manny apologists who believe his story?

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