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Old Fri Apr 08, 2011, 04:09pm
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More baseball news unrelated basketball. My JV baseball DH for tormrrow morning has been canceled because the home team does not have enough players to field a team due to injures and illness.

I now have $80 less with which to gamble tomorrow night at the Start H.S. SideLiners (athletic boosters; Bonnie Jean, my beautiful and smart better half have been co-vice president in charge of the football/track stadium concessions for the last six years) Reverse Raffle. There are still a few tickets, at $50 each, left. Inky's Italian Resturant is catering. If anyone is interested in contributing to a great cause, just contact me or any of my Mafia (oops, I mean business) associates in Youungstown, .

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Old Fri Apr 08, 2011, 04:27pm
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Buh-bye, Manny
This just in....

Manny Fernandez has just retired from beisbol.

Of course, it doesn't have anything to do with him having failed another drug test during this year's spring training. Naw......

He was looking at another big-time suspension if he didn't retire.

Sad finish to his career.
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Old Fri Apr 08, 2011, 05:11pm
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Manny Being Manny ...
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Manny Ramirez has just retired from beisbol.
Old baseball players never die, they just open a door, walk into the Green Monster, piss into a cup, and never come back out to play left field again.
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Old Fri Apr 08, 2011, 05:43pm
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This just in....

Manny Fernandez has just retired from beisbol.

Of course, it doesn't have anything to do with him having failed another drug test during this year's spring training. Naw......

He was looking at another big-time suspension if he didn't retire.

Sad finish to his career.
Ramirez retires amid drug policy 'issue'



Updated Apr 8, 2011 6:36 PM ET
Tampa Bay slugger Manny Ramirez tested positive for a banned substance for the second time and informed Major League Baseball on Friday that he is retiring rather than face a 100-game suspension.

Slugger Manny Ramirez retires amid mlb drug policy issues - MLB News | FOX Sports on MSN
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Old Fri Apr 08, 2011, 06:40pm
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Ramirez retires amid drug policy 'issue'
This is sad, but not surprising. The fact that he was dumb enough to get caught again is "Manny being Manny", a guy who does what he wants, has some laughs, and doesn't think about anything.

Every Sox fan is still going to cherish 2 titles in 4 seasons, but there's no question that they were won with chemical assistance; and that's sad. For sure, Manny's not even the only player on those teams (at leasts the '04 team) who was using something.

555 home runs, and no HOF for Manny.
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Old Fri Apr 08, 2011, 07:14pm
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For sure, Manny's not even the only player on those teams (at leasts the '04 team) who was using something.
I don't think you can find a single team from 1995 to 2005 that didn't have at least a few players roiding up. Methinks all stats during that era are pretty suspect.
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Old Sat Apr 09, 2011, 07:30am
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555 home runs, and no HOF for Manny.
You heard it here first.
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Old Sat Apr 09, 2011, 10:00pm
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And someone else agrees with you Chuck...........
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555 home runs, and no HOF for Manny.

Man-alysis: There will be no Hall entry after Ramirez's exit - Daily Pitch: MLB News, Standings, Schedules & More - USATODAY.com

"Yet, in an era where Hall of Fame voters are trying to decide whether to permit players who took steroids or violated the game's drug policy, they are now presented with a new challenge: Voting for an idiot."
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Old Sun Apr 10, 2011, 06:48am
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And not only that......

Manny was the reason that the Cubbies didn't win the World Series in 2008.

Chicago Cubs: Chicago Cubs wonder if juiced Manny Ramirez to blame for ruining their 2008 playoffs - chicagotribune.com

Yup, our longest running national tragedy would now be over except for Manny.

It's true, it's true.....


To come: Manny and Japan's recent earthquake.
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Old Mon Apr 11, 2011, 04:22pm
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We really should start a "meltdown" thread

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