After testing positive for an illegal substance during spring training for the Tampa Bay Rays, Manny Ramirez has decided to promptly retire from MLB baseball after 19 seasons in the majors’.
Whether you agree are a hardcore baseball fan who disagrees with all types of cheating – including performance enhancing drugs – or someone who is willing to look the other way in favor of “entertainment”, Ramirez actions today should still come off as offensive and cowardly.
Rays Caught Off Guard
It’s safe to say that Manny was aware of the failed test …

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The Dodgers slugger’s scheduled stint this week with the triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes has set off a chain reaction of Manny love in the New Mexico city.  The man in the old Dodgers cap stood with his hands in his pockets.    Continue reading on L.A. Times

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They improve to 25-16 in Manny Ramirez‘s absence, having beaten the Phillies, Rangers and Angels recently in road series.
Kobe Bryant took his front-row seat behind the Dodgers dugout before the first pitch, and to his credit he stayed until the ninth inning. The sellout crowd at Angel Stadium serenaded him with “M-V-P” chants, and his team beat the home team.   Continue reading on L.A. Times

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Dodgers slugger had not obtained a therapeutic-use exemption for HGC, so he dropped his appeal of the 50-game ban. Manny Ramirez abruptly dropped an appeal of his drug suspension within hours of a scheduled hearing last week, cornered not by test results, but by a prescription for a banned substance that appeared in his medical records, sources told The Times. Continue reading on L.A. Times

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He says his hamstring feels pretty good after playing three innings.  Manager Joe Torre said he knew it would be useless to tell Manny Ramirez to take it easy. Continue reading on L.A. Times

Despite Manny Ramirez‘ apparent hamstring injury, he did a promotional spot playing Cricket out in Gilbert, AZ.  This, after reports that he had confined his workouts to the pool.  Can’t say I’m surprised by Manny’s actions, but I would be highly upset if I was the Los Angeles Dodgers since they just promised Ramirez $45m over 2 yrs.
He is not running as he tries to relieve tightness in his left hamstring, which is keeping him out of spring-training games. Manny Ramirez says he is exercising in a swimming pool but …

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The team travels without him and defeats the Chicago Cubs, 5-4, with Jeff Weaver throwing two scoreless innings and Doug Mientkiewicz hitting his second home run in four games.  Manny Ramirez had his first full workout of the spring today with the Dodgers but missed their trip to HoHoKam Park and a 5-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs.   Continue reading on L.A. Times
After months and months of negotiating what turned out to the the same offfer, the Los Angeles Dodgers have Manny Ramirez under contract.  …

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The deal calls for million this season and million for the next — providing the slugger chooses to exercise the second-year option.  Intending to discourage further questioning about Manny Ramirez‘s absence from the Dodgers‘ spring training camp, Manager Joe Torre said on Wednesday that the All-Star outfielder probably wouldn’t be playing through the weekend.  Continue reading on L.A. Times
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Manny Ramirez are at odds again over their latest contract offer, reportedly $45 million over 2 yrs, including a player option …

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Dodgers made an offer almost three months ago, the slugger’s agent rejected it, and now neither seems about to blink.  Jeff Kent had cried his last tear. He gathered his family and went on with the rest of his life, and the Dodgers went on with the rest of their business.  Continue reading on L.A. Times
Perhaps the retirement of Jeff Kent will help the Los Angeles Dodgers free up some more money to re-sign Manny Ramirez to a multi-year deal.  The issue is his stability and …

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Cash that would go to the free-agent outfielder could be used to shore up team in other ways.  Scott Boras was right, the Dodgers failed to make Manny Ramirez a “serious financial offer.” Continue reading on L.A. Times

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Manny Ramirez and Mark Teixeira head the list as 65 players file for free agency, and the general managers of all 30 teams convene in Dana Point starting Monday.
The off-season lasted from midnight to morning. By the time Cole Hamels finally rolled out of bed Thursday, snippets of news already had started to appear on television and computer screens: The Milwaukee Brewers hired Ken Macha as manager, the Chicago White Sox bid farewell to Ken Griffey Jr., the Florida Marlins traded Mike Jacobs to the Kansas …

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He hits a pair of two-run home runs as the Dodgers extend their NL West lead to 3 1/2 games.
Manny Ramirez hit two two-run homers, giving him 524 for his career, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 7-2 on Wednesday night.
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Manny Ramirez continues to tear up the National League, after being traded from the Boston Red Sox to the Los Angeles Dodgers a few months ago.  Ramirez, a legitimate MVP candidate for the NL, even though he’s only …

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Slugger makes an impact at the box office.
Escorted by six security guards and Hall of Fame manager Tom Lasorda, Manny Ramirez made his way to a podium set up behind home plate at Dodger Stadium on Friday, the dozen or so cameramen around him impeding his movement.
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Manny didn’t drive in any runs in his first appearance as a Dodger, but he was 2-4 w/ 2 singles.  Unfortunately, the team lost to the D-Backs.  Not quite the performance of Jason Bay in Boston, …

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Agent says he didn’t orchestrate the slugger’s trade from the Boston Red Sox to the Dodgers.
As the Dodgers welcomed Manny Ramirez to town on Friday, agent Scott Boras strongly denied the suggestion he had orchestrated the trade that led Ramirez out of Boston and into free agency this winter.
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What a crock… If he didn’t help instigate the trade, what good is he?  His client is a free agent at the end of the year and is due at least $100 million; that’s …

Manny Ramirez Trade Details:
They give up two minor leaguers, including Andy LaRoche, in three-way deal involving the Pirates. Jason Bay goes to Boston.
The Dodgers acquired outfielder Manny Ramirez from the Boston Red Sox today in one of the boldest trade deadline moves in their history. More
Oh My!!! The Boston Red Sox have traded superstar outfielder Manny Ramirez across the country to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Often temperamental and unpredictable, Ramirez went through one of his regular season “I don’t wanna be here” syndromes and Boston finally took …