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The Curse of the Bambino has got nothing on steroids. The New York Times has revealed two more names that appear to be on the 2003 list of 104 major leaguers who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs—David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez, both of the Boston Red Sox at the time. The list is the same one that dragged A-Rod's off-season through the mud this February when he was outed as testing positive. While names on it continue to trickle out, its legal status is being fought over in the courts. The Times says multiple lawyers connected to the litigation "spoke anonymously because the testing information is under seal by a court order." There is no word on what specific drugs were tested. When Ramirez tested positive for a banned substance in May, he defended it as a fluke stemming from a recent prescription. Ramirez and Ortiz were at the heart of a Boston lineup that led the team to its first World Series victory in over eighty years in 2004, and then another in 2007.
David Ortiz And ManRam Are On 2003 Steroid List
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ManRam: the best nickname EVER
Papi, it was never about your eyes.
At this point, cant we just assume that EVERYONE is baseball was doped up and accept the fact that the MLB is officialy a joke?
No we can't assume that
so?
this whole steroid thing is a total non-story. i mean, does anyone outside the press seriously care?
Hey Boston...how you like them apples...
Hilarious. Because really, we only care when Arod fucks up, right? GO BACK TO BOSTON YOU LOSERS.
I for one feel totally vindicated by the outing of these scumbags. Ortiz said anyone busted should be banned for a season. See ya later Big Fati!
Who gives a fuck? I stopped watching baseball a while back and am a much happier person now.
The Yankees and the Red Sox can both burn in hell for all I care.
Big Papi is a fucking piece of shit hypocrite, and so are all the other players on the Rod Sux who bashed A-Rod. He should be banned for a whole season. I always thought that his collapse this season was 'roid related.
"multiple lawyers connected to the litigation "spoke anonymously because the testing information is under seal by a court order."
So in a lawyer's point of view, it's OK to violate a court order as long as you won't get caught?
Junior Griffey -- the clean and final frontier.
104 juicers is basically four entire teams (based on the 25-man roster) with four to spare. I agree with Airtech1. If Pujols comes up juiced, I think that'd be the last straw for me.
"I think you clean up the game by the testing," Ortiz said. "I test you, you test positive, you're going to be out. Serious. I know that if I test positive for using any kind of substance, I know that I'm going to disrespect my family, the game, the fans, and everybody. I don't want to be facing that situation, so what I will do, I won't use."
David Ortiz
Ha, Papi, we call that cognitive dissonance.
From the Times article:
"In 2007, Ortiz said that he used to buy a protein shake in the Dominican Republic when he was younger and did not know if it contained a performance-enhancing drug."
Smart move. As soon as the existence of the list of 104 names was made known, he got his excuse on the record.