2009-06-12T15:13:12-04:00 Manny Ramirez hit with 50-game PED suspension 2009-05-07T12:19:19-04:00 512 2009-05-07T12:19:19-04:00 1 52 10 2009-05-09T22:44:12-04:00 2 CA Marman Encino 776083 513 GBF (#9) must be a Giant fan. Chill dude there were 8 other players on the field. Hey Manny time to renegotiate the contract say for about a quarter of what you soaked the Dodgers for. Better yet, how about donating the rest of this years pay to research on the prevention and treatment of drug addiction. You may salvage what is left of your sorry reputation. 5360083 2009-05-09T22:38:58-04:00 2 CA Marman Encino 776083 512 GBF #9 must be a Giant fan. Chill dude there are 8 other guys on the field. Hey Manny time to renegotiate the contract. Say for a quarter of what you soaked the dodgers for. Or better yet how about donating the rest of this years pay to research on drug abuse prevention and treatment. 5359993 2009-05-09T13:00:15-04:00 2 TX kaydbug09 Orange 775709 511 Manny, his excuses, what a joke. Erase his stats for the first part of the year. Start him at zero when he comes back. 5356490 2009-05-09T12:58:19-04:00 2 TX kaydbug09 Orange 775709 510 When he comes back his record for the season should be zero (0). Cheater. 5356436 2009-05-08T11:41:27-04:00 1 IL Nicademus1984 Chicago 774921 502 This is unbelievable. A society values atheletes who break records, who are bigger, faster, and can jump higher than any other athletes in history, above all other things, with multi-million dollar contracts, endorsements and endless praise and adoration, and then questions their methods and wonders how they could &quot;disgrace&quot; their sport. That's a laugh. Throw a rock in any direction, and you'll hit someone responsible for setting up the steroid arms race we have in professional sports. And by the way, it's absolutely hillarious to read articles written by non-professional athletes and worn out sports writers that condemn baseball players for using steroids to get the kind of results that fans and writers love. How about all the writers who made big bucks on the McGwire/Sosa HR run? Don't share any of the blame, huh? Go ahead and crucify Manny to make yourselves feel better, but know that professional athletes who cheated did exactly what we asked them to do -- excel by any means necessary 5345359 2009-05-08T15:58:49-04:00 81 XX I'm better than all of you! No City 442464 This is unbelievable. A society values atheletes who break records, who are bigger, faster, and can jump higher than any other athletes in history, above all other things, with multi-million dollar contracts, endorsements and endless praise and adoration, and then questions their methods and wonders how they could "disgrace" their sport. That's a laugh. Throw a rock in any direction, and you'll hit someone responsible for setting up the steroid arms race we have in professional sports. And by the way, it's absolutely hillarious to read articles written by non-professional athletes and worn out sports writers that condemn baseball players for using steroids to get the kind of results that fans and writers love. How about all the writers who made big bucks on the McGwire/Sosa HR run? Don't share any of the blame, huh? Go ahead and crucify Manny to make yourselves feel better, but know that professional athletes who cheated did exactly what we asked them to do -- excel by any means necessary 509 I couldn't have said it any better myself. It's amazing how the athletes are the only ones taking the fall for all of this. Everyone looked the other way when aging players suddenly packed on 25lbs of muscle and starting hitting 40-50 homers a year. The commissioner, the owners, the managers and especially THE FANS are just as much to blame as the athletes. But as is typical with everyone in this country, its always somebody else's fault. 5350459 2009-05-08T13:27:48-04:00 2 PA AngelaRose Meadville 775124 508 Dear LA, We told you he would only break your heart in the end. Love, Cleveland &amp; Boston PS- this is depressing 5347506 2009-05-08T13:27:07-04:00 2 PA AngelaRose Meadville 775124 507 Dear LA, We told you he would only break your heart in the end. Love, Cleveland and Boston PS- this is depressing 5347489 2009-05-08T11:04:57-04:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/625/574/thumb/red.jpg 163 FL Leehouse Jacksonville 626214 if he did it now, he did it before....id like to see the mitchell investigation now get investigated for bias. the fact that a member of the board from the red sawx headed that investigation is still unbelievable to me. textbook definition of a conflict of interest. 526 It takes a Yankee fan to whine - not that there were Yankees names on the list, but that there weren't enough Red Sox names on the list. Because, it's not about cleaning up the game. It's about sticking it to Boston, right? 5344402 2009-05-08T13:16:39-04:00 8 NY 91B Brooklyn 631485 It takes a Yankee fan to whine - not that there were Yankees names on the list, but that there weren't enough Red Sox names on the list. Because, it's not about cleaning up the game. It's about sticking it to Boston, right? 506 Do you remember who Mr. Mitchell worked for at that time??? Why didn't they go with an outside source??? It's not about sticking it to the redsox or anyone else. It's about being fair. Until MLB decided to do the right thing (which will probably never happen), and say's - 1st time a years suspension without pay, 2nd time your outa' here...everything will continue as is...unfortunately. 5347344 2009-05-08T12:47:05-04:00 3 MD #1mannyfan Ellicott City 643306 505 Is there any actual news on this story. Its hard for me (but apparently not for most, including SI staff) to pass judgement with such limited information available. Manny screwed up big time but can we at least get some actual facts! 5346754 2009-05-08T12:35:00-04:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/748/731/thumb/brandon_marshall.jpg 177 MI bosox blow! marquette 749391 504 if i were manny i would get plastic surgery and come back as someone new for fifty days. yupp, that's the way to go. 5346618 512 <p>The roll call of MLB superstars associated with the use of performance-enhancing drugs continues to grow as <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/05/07/manny/index.html" target="_blank"><strong>Manny Ramirez </strong>gets hit today with a 50-game suspension</a>. According to SI.com's <strong>Tom Verducci</strong>, a source says the substance was not classified as a steroid but was clearly defined as a banned performance-enhancer.</p> <p>Are you surprised by Ramirez's positive test? And do you buy his excuse that the test result came from treatment he received from a physician for a personal health issue?</p> <p>With Manny leading the offense, the first-place Dodgers lead the NL West by 6.5 games. How will this affect their playoff chances?</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> 63966 18 NY The SI Staff New York City 21244