
It was heard on the sports news that Manny Ramirez has been suspended 50 games because for the positive result where he took a medicine. He said that it's not a steroids-related and stemmed but then those are included a substance on baseball's banned list.
Based from the media sources, that the human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) was already banned ,it refers to female fertility drug that may also be used as a antidote to reduce the testosterone levels at the end of a cycle of steroid treatments.
Due to the prohibited medicine ,Manny Ramirez has been accepted the penalty and he really got a mistake ,that was issuing statement through the Major League Baseball Players Association.
According to his statement that he saw a physician for a personal health issue and he gives a medication but it's not a steroid. Although it's not a steroid but then he doesn't even know that the medication that he used was already banned under the drug policy.
In that case, he got apologized to Mr. McCourt, Mrs. McCourt, Mr. Torre, to his teammates, the Dodger organization, and to the Dodger fan for what he did .
The suspension will be started on Thursday. If there are no postponements, Ramirez will be eligible to return July 3.
Eventually ,Ramirez signed a deal that he needs to pay $25 million for this season and $20 million for 2010. It also included deferred payments and an opt-out clause after this season.
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