Joint statement issued by Manny Ramirez, baseball players' union
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The Major League Baseball Players Association has just released the following statement, including reaction from Manny Ramirez, on the news of Ramirez's drug suspension: The Commissioner's Office announced today that Manny Ramirez has been suspended for 50 games under Major League Baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. That suspension was issued pursuant to Section 8.G.2 of the Program. Manny, after consultation with the Players Association and his personal representatives, waived his right to challenge that suspension. Manny has requested that the Players Association release the following statement on his behalf: "Recently I saw a physician for a personal health issue. He gave me a medication, not a steroid, which he thought was okay to give me. Unfortunately, the medication was banned under our drug policy. Under the policy that mistake is now my responsibility. I have been advised not to say anything more for now. I do want to say one other thing: I've taken and passed about 15 drug tests over the past five seasons. "I want to apologize to Mr. McCourt, Mrs. McCourt, Mr. Torre, my teammates, the Dodger organization, and to the Dodger fans. LA is a special place to me and I know everybody is disappointed. So am I. I'm sorry about this whole situation." - Manny Ramirez The Players Association stands behind Manny and will continue to support him any way we can. 
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How the Mighty have fallen. Manny's "statement" will be embraced by the few that can't see through his scam. I'm sure he's sorry, as he says in statement. I'm sure he's so sorry to the owners, coach, and fans in LA..........BECAUSE HE GOT CAUGHT!!!! That's why he's sorry, because now he's exposed for being more than Manny being Manny. Now it's Manny being a Cheater, a liar, and it's still "all about him." Truly responsible people know that the banned list of substances are, steroid or not, he should have this list taped to his wrist, or memorized, and should have checked before taking "blindly" what the Dr. Prescribed. He was never accountable for his actions, and his narcissism flows like a river in his statement. He's a phoney like his pal A Rod. Baseball Hall of fame should have zero tolerance for this as it is a black cloud on our American Pastime. No integrity, no ethics, just asterisks on every stat from now on. What is MLB thinking???? Pete Rose is banned, yet played the game better (and cleaner) than most. What he did was illegal. Again, what don't you get about illegal?? No good deed can erase a blown reputation. Ever. Manny, A Rod, McGuire, Bonds, all should be deleted from anything related to MLB. Manny will be broke before age 50 is my bet.
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