The Unforgiven: Manny Ramirez

by Clayton on July 7, 2009

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I remember a Dodger game I attended 2 years ago with my friends Alex, David, and Alex’s father. Anyways, we took this picture at the game:

Clayton Graham Los Angeles Dodgers stadium photo Boycott Barry

A brief explanation for those who are unaware:

That game was part of a Los Angeles Dodgers-San Francisco Giants series when Barry Bonds was closing in on the HR record. a website provided Alex with Bondsfolds and a foam asterisk and instructions to ruin Bonds’ night. Long story short, he didn’t get the record that series. Barry would go on the set the record against the Washington Nationals at home later that season.

I also remember wearing a shirt celebrating the Mitchell Report with my friend and lifelong Dodger fan Alex.

Anyways, the reason I’m bringing these two situations up is because of this:

I heard an ad on the radio the other day celebrating the return of Manny Ramirez from his 50 game suspension for violating MLB’s substance abuse policy. Now, I don’t know if he was using hCG to mask any sort of PED or if he was unaware of what it was, but I find it hard for a guy who already has 3 sons born over an 11 year span to be in need of a fertility drug. I also find it hard to believe a baseball player of his caliber wouldn’t be going to a doctor who knew what he was allowed to have in his body. But that’s just me.

Now, I’ve got a really strong feeling Manny is a cheater. I’m not going to dance around with what his doctors could say. this is what i think, just putting it out there.

There were countless Dodger fans in San Diego this past weekend to cheer on Manny. Many of these same Dodger fans are the ones who were booing Bonds 2 years ago. Then again, Bonds was never suspended for violating the substance abuse policy. Maybe if Barry was suspended from baseball for 50 games, they would celebrate his return like he discovered a cure for cancer.

I guess it just depends what team the player plays for.

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For added fun, here’s an LA Times YouTube clip of Matt Kemp‘s reaction to Manny’s return. Check out the related videos to see more player reactions.

I’m kinda bummed there’s no reaction from Juan Pierre.

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  • http://kneejerknba.blogspot.com/ KneeJerkNBA

    Don’t you get the feeling that ANYONE who put up big numbers from the late 80s to mid 90s was juicing? Brady Anderson is the one that jumps out the most. Dude put on like 100 pounds of muscle in one offseason and then hit 50 homers.

  • http://sportstsar.com/ George

    Just let’em all juice and see what happens. I wanna see someone crush a ball out of Dodger Stadium that clears the 5 freeway. Upon crossing home plate, said hitter’s head explodes. The crowd goes wild.

  • Clayton

    I say we start a league where they’re allowed to juice. I wanna see who would make the jump.

  • http://sportstsar.com/ George

    It’ll be like the XFL, but infinitely more profitable. We’ll get BALCO as corporate sponsers on the jerseys.