I'm not going to comment much right now because I'm so fucking beside myself I just don't know what to do.
I think the Dodgers will be fine playing in a shitty division. The possibillty of winning 100 games though made me very happy.
As for Manny, I'm just gonna wait for some details to find out what he tested positive for before drawning conclusions. I like the guy and would hate to see another great go down, especially while hurting my team. A-Rod is a total douche so it doesn't bother me one bit with him. Word is it was not a steroid with Manny. It was something his doctor pescribed for "personal medical issues." I'm praying the positive test was from something in an ED pill. Guess we'll see.

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Last edited by DJ Reese on May-07-2009 at 17:05

If he comes out and says what the drug was and it ends up being something lame, it's not gonna hurt his legacy.

This sounds like that guy who bought something on at GNC and there was something in it not on the label that was banned by MLB.

But the MLB rules are strict and no matter what any label says, it's the player's resonsibility and MLB makes no exceptions.

I would hope to god for Manny's sake it's not because of some ED medication, lol. He'll be mocked for the rest of his career. Can you imagine the signs ad other things fans will make when their on the road? lol

BTW, I can't really stand Manny. Dude is an ego-driven maniac (Manny being Manny)...prob why he fits so well in LA. :-p That said, he is a damn good player when he wants to put in the effort and don't want something like this that's prob nothing in the end tarnishing that.

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Originally posted by DaveT BTW, I can't really stand Manny. Dude is an ego-driven maniac (Manny being Manny)...prob why he fits so well in LA. :-p

Another back-handed stab at Dave's current city of residence. Get used to being here!

OK, bickering aside, this story has put a shit-eating grin on my face all morning. I'm a born and bred Yankees fan (flame away, losers), which makes the Red Sox and Dodgers enemies #1 and #2, respectively. To see Manny beat up on my team for years in the AL East and then get busted for PED use in a Dodgers' uniform...just "wow." I'm this close to dancing a jig in my office.

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Just hoping it's not steroids. Unfortuneately too many players get put in the cheating catagory because of a positive test when it was just a matter of being stupid because they didn't find out what they were taking. Someone like A-Rod who knew what he was doing and did it for a specific purpose, and someone like J.C. Romero of the Phillies who just didn't do his research, and it wasn't even a steroid. I'm hoping that's what it ends up being with Manny. He never struck me as the cheating type. But no one ever doubted his ability to do stupid shit. He's got to come out with what it was or we have no choice other than to call bullshit.

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Originally posted by DJ Reese Just hoping it's not steroids. Unfortuneately too many players get put in the cheating catagory because of a positive test when it was just a matter of being stupid because they didn't find out what they were taking. Someone like A-Rod who knew what he was doing and did it for a specific purpose, and someone like J.C. Romero of the Phillies who just didn't do his research, and it wasn't even a steroid. I'm hoping that's what it ends up being with Manny. He never struck me as the cheating type. But no one ever doubted his ability to do stupid shit.

You're such a bitch sometimes, Jeremy. I took a direct shot at the Dodgers, and Manny in particular, and you don't come back at me? Boooo!!!!!

This is Torre's penance for his tell-all book about his Yankees days. We can chalk this season up as yet another in which the Dodgers will be bounced out of the playoffs early, if they make it at all.

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ahhhh haaaaa! Reese is a bitch.

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I'm too up set for good comebacks at the time. Dodgers will still win make the playoffs and Manny's back in July.
You know what's gonna suck though...working at Chase field for the next 50 games. I'll never hear the end of it. I'm gonna be forced to comeback by talking shit about the D-Backs which could cost me at work and home.
Now we know the drug. HCG it's called. Doesn't look good.

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its some sort of womens fertility drug? Octo-mom and manny have the same dealer?

FUCK MANNY AND THE DODGERS

hCG can also be used clinically to induce ovulation in the ovaries as well as testosterone production in the testes

As hCG supports the corpus luteum, administration of hCG is used in certain circumstances to enhance the production of progesterone.

In the male, hCG injections are used to stimulate the leydig cells to synthesize testosterone. The intratesticular testosterone is necessary for spermatogenesis from the sertoli cells. Typical uses for hCG in men include hypogonadism and fertility treatment


In the world of performance enhancing drugs, hCG is increasingly used in combination with various anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS) cycles. It is included in some sports' illegal drug lists.

When AAS are put into a male body, the body's natural negative-feedback loops cause the body to shut down its own production of testosterone via shutdown of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis (HPGA). It is a common misconception that estrogen will be elevated post cycle. Generally, estrogen is below a normal level after a cycle.[11] High levels of AASs that mimic the body's natural testosterone trigger the hypothalamus to shut down its production of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) from the hypothalamus. Without GnRH, the pituitary gland stops releasing luteinizing hormone (LH). LH normally travels from the pituitary via the blood stream to the testes, where it triggers the production and release of testosterone. Without LH, the testes shut down their production of testosterone, causing testicular atrophy.

In males, hCG mimics LH and helps restore and maintain testosterone production in the testes. As such, hCG is commonly used during and after steroid cycles to maintain and restore testicular size as well as endogenous testosterone production. However, if hCG is used for too long and in too high a dose, the resulting rise in natural testosterone will eventually inhibit its own production via negative feedback on the hypothalamus and pituitary.


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Well with all I've heard and all I've been reading over the past few hours, this doesn't look good. Can't really see any good excuse Manny can come up with for taking HCG. Fuck man! I was so happy yesterday. Dodgers break a record. Lakers win a playoff game. Today is all about Manny's and Lakers suspensions.
You guys up north are just eating this shit up aren't you?
Let me just give you a "suck my balls" right now since I already know what's coming.

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