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'Embarrassed' Manny 'Beat Up' Over Test: Torre

Suspended slugger may face team on road trip next week

(Newser) - Suspended slugger Manny Ramirez is "embarrassed" and "still beat up" over his failed drug test and 50-game suspension, Joe Torre told the Los Angeles Times. "It's not that he thinks it's unfair," Torre added. The Dodgers skipper talked to Ramirez yesterday. A source...

Dodgers Have No Way Out of Manny Deal

(Newser) - The Los Angeles Dodgers don’t have many options in dealing with confirmed doper Manny Ramirez, Sean Gregory writes in Time. Manny’s 50-game suspension is governed entirely by the drug agreement between the players association and Major League Baseball. There is no contract clause allowing the Dodgers to cancel...

Manny's Drug Excuses Don't Wash

Suspended slugger looks set to join baseball's hall of infamy

(Newser) - The only Hall of Fame that Manny Ramirez is now likely to find himself in is the one for lame excuses, Phil Rogers writes in the Chicago Tribune. Unless Ramirez, who says he flunked a drug test because of "a personal health issue," wanted to get pregnant or...

Ramirez Flunks Drug Test, Draws 50-Game Ban

(Newser) - Manny Ramirez has tested positive for a banned substance and will be suspended for 50 games beginning immediately, the Los Angeles Times reports. Reports have identified the substance as HCG, a drug commonly used to treat female infertility but also taken to raise testosterone levels at the end of steroid...

$1.5B Yanks MLB's Most Valuable Team

Marlins come bottom in latest ranking of baseball's MVTs

(Newser) - The New York Yankees' $1.5 billion valuation lands them solidly in the top spot in the Forbes ranking of baseball's most valuable teams. The crosstown Mets came second, trailing by almost $600 million. The Yanks, however, were one of only two teams to lose money last season, dropping $3....

Manny Back in LA for 2 Years, $45M

(Newser) - Manny Ramirez will be back with the Los Angeles Dodgers for at least a year after contentious contract negotiations, the Los Angeles Times reports. The 37-year-old slugger, pending a physical, will sign a $45 million contract for 2 years, with an opt-out clause after the first year and a $25...

Dodgers Turn Down New Manny Offer
 Dodgers Turn Down 
 New Manny Offer 
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Mar 1, 2009 6:25 PM CST

Dodgers Turn Down New Manny Offer

(Newser) - The Los Angeles Dodgers tossed aside another counter-offer from Manny Ramirez's agent today, the Los Angeles Times reports. Sounding testy and calling the talks "a distraction" from spring training, team owner Frank McCourt said the two sides would "start from scratch" in negotiations. "And you...

Public Feud Bruising Manny, Dodgers

(Newser) - Teams don’t usually publicize their offers to players, but the Dodgers have publicized their offer to Manny Ramirez—in fact, they’ve publicized all four of them. And so LA is embroiled in a bizarre spring training, dominated by an ongoing negotiation/feud with a player who isn’t there....

Manny Rejects Dodgers' $45M Offer

Deferred payments deep-six deal

(Newser) - The Dodgers sent out an angry mass email last night, titled “Boras Rejects Dodgers Offer to Manny,” complaining that agent Scott Boras had shot down yet another offer—this time for a two-year, $45 million deal. But Boras says he didn’t reject the offer, he simply made...

Torre Tell-All Has Yanks Mulling Gag Rule

(Newser) - Joe Torre’s new book about his tenure as Yankees manager has the franchise in such a tizzy that the front office is considering a “non-disparagement clause” in future contracts, Newsday reports. Unlike other teams, the Yankees have never insisted on confidentiality agreements with players and management. “Up...

Braves Prez Calls Furcal's Dealings 'Despicable'

(Newser) - Braves president John Schuerholz has vowed to never again do business with Rafael Furcal's agents, whom Schuerholz has accused of conducting "despicable" dealings with the team, the AP reports. Schuerholz and Braves general manager Frank Wren were quoted as saying the Wasserman Media Group negotiated dishonestly by taking the...

Phillies Head to World Series
 Phillies Head to World Series 
Oct 15, 2008 10:51 PM CDT

Phillies Head to World Series

(Newser) - Jimmy Rollins got the Phillies rollin' with a leadoff homer, and they kept right on going. Next stop, the World Series. Rollins homered in the first inning, Cole Hamels pitched his third gem of the playoffs, and Philadelphia beat the bumbling Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 tonight to win the NL...

Dodgers Return Home Cooking, Down Phillies, 7-2
Dodgers Return Home Cooking, Down Phillies, 7-2
playoffs
Oct 12, 2008 11:09 PM CDT

Dodgers Return Home Cooking, Down Phillies, 7-2

(Newser) - The Dodgers cut Philadelphia's NLCS lead to 2-1 tonight, riding a 5-run first inning and the mental boost of a bench-clearing standoff to a 7-2 victory in front of a record Dodger Stadium crowd of 56,800. The teams exchanged errant pitches in the second and third innings before the...

Phillies Take 2-0 Lead Into 'Mannywood'
Phillies Take 2-0 Lead
Into 'Mannywood'
playoffs
Oct 10, 2008 7:26 PM CDT

Phillies Take 2-0 Lead Into 'Mannywood'

(Newser) - Of all those big hitters in Philadelphia's potent lineup, no one ever expected pitcher Brett Myers to put them in control of the NL championship series with his bat, the AP reports. Myers did better at the plate than on the mound, going 3-for-3 with three RBIs, Shane Victorino drove...

Phillies Outmuscle Dodgers to Take Game 1, 3-2

(Newser) - Pat Burrell, Chase Utley, and the Philadelphia Phillies had more than enough power to offset Manny Ramirez in the NL championship series opener tonight. Utley and Burrell homered off Derek Lowe in the sixth inning to back a strong performance by Cole Hamels as the Phillies beat the Dodgers 3-2.

Dodgers Make It 2-0
 Dodgers Make It 2-0 
PLAYOFFS
Oct 3, 2008 5:18 AM CDT

Dodgers Make It 2-0

Dodgers demolish Cubs after capitalizing on record-tying number of errors

(Newser) - A Cubs defensive collapse in the 5-run second inning helped the Dodgers to a 10-3 win in Game 2 of their NL series, the Chicago Tribune reports. Sloppy infielding behind Carlo Zambrano tied the division series record for errors. The Cubs—who have never won a playoff game west of...

Sox, Dodgers, Phillies Win Openers
 Sox, Dodgers, 
 Phillies Win 
 Openers 
Playoffs
Oct 2, 2008 5:24 AM CDT

Sox, Dodgers, Phillies Win Openers

Phillies, too

(Newser) - Jason Bay and Manny Ramirez both proved why they’d been acquired last night. Bay hit a two-run shot to give the Red Sox a lead they never relinquished, sending Anaheim to a 4-1 defeat, while the man he was traded for hit a solo shot in the Dodgers' 7-2...

Bizarre Video Review Tips Giants Game

Instant replay helps Giants defeat Dodgers, but not without protest

(Newser) - There’s no crying in baseball, but there are plenty of furrowed brows today after last night’s bizarre Dodgers-Giants game. Los Angeles was leading 2-0 in the sixth when Giants catcher Bengie Molina hit a home run that was ruled a single. The Giants replaced him with pinch runner...

Blogging Pitcher Should Stick to Sports
Blogging Pitcher Should Stick
to Sports
OPINION
Sep 25, 2008 7:14 PM CDT

Blogging Pitcher Should Stick to Sports

Sidelined Schilling opines on McCain, Ramirez (still!)

(Newser) - Curt Schilling may be headed for retirement, but that hasn't stopped the pitcher-turned-blogger from tackling politics—he's a big McCain fan—and pressing issues such as Manny Ramirez. The moonshot outfielder "had not been a member of the Red Sox for over a month" when Schilling last weighed in,...

Dodgers Clinch NL West
 Dodgers 
 Clinch 
 NL West 
Sep 25, 2008 6:39 PM CDT

Dodgers Clinch NL West

(Newser) - The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the NL West today before they even got on the field. Because the Arizona Diamondbacks lost to St. Louis, the Dodgers are assured of their first division title in 4 years, the LA Times reports. "The main goal is to get to the World...

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