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Jonathan Eig -- Jose Canseco, the Man Who Saved Baseball Manny Ramirez returned to the majors this weekend, to the delight of Dodgers fans, following a 50-game suspension. Yet, when the news broke in early May that Los Angeles's star...

In this article: Jose Canseco, Steroid, Juiced, Mark Fainaru-Wada, Rafael Palmeiro, Manny Ramirez, and Mark McGwire

...and Jose Canseco. Baseball was undressed as a major league joke that turned a blind eye to obvious and rampant performance-enhancement use, even as football sprinted past it in popularity and testing policies. The implications of a...

In this article: Bud Selig, Mark McGwire, Major League Baseball, Sammy Sosa, Legal age, Manny Ramirez, Tony La Russa, Ken Caminiti, and Jose Canseco

...(the same holds for Angel fans vs. the Yankees). Baseball has become a regional sport with little national imprint, and once a market's team is gone, so are the viewers from that market. Manny's behavior is an interesting contrast to the...

In this article: Manny Ramirez, World Series, Dodgers, Phillies, Brett Favre, Terrell Owens, and Louisiana

...drug that is on baseball's list of banned substances. Ramirez was suspended for 50 games on May 7 for violating Major League Baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. He was found to have received a prescription for HCG after...

In this article: Manny Ramirez, Dodgers, Miami, Florida, All rights reserved, Mlb.com, Major League Baseball, Los Angeles Times, and Florida Marlins

...formally were used to hand down the 50-game suspension. Baseball decided to suspend Ramirez for only hCG because, in the end, he would have been suspended for just the 50 games either way. There was a chance Ramirez could have proved that the...

In this article: Manny Ramirez, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Steroid, Testosterone, Jose Canseco, Joe Torre, Larry Bowa, and Los Angeles

...in an 8-6 loss. Baseball's career postseason homers leader added his 29th, but it also was his first homer in 16 games since Sept. 18 - just one symptom of a late-season slump that included a .229 average in September. The 37-year-old...

In this article: Manny Ramirez, Los Angeles Dodgers, Andre Ethier, Los Angeles, Matt Kemp, Philadelphia, Chan Ho Park, Dodger Stadium, and All rights reserved

...League. But can he save them from playoff embarrassment when the competition gets a little tougher? Manny Ramirez Returns to Baseball With or without Manny Ramirez, the Dodgers will be hard to catch in the otherwise sorry National...

In this article: Manny Ramirez, Los Angeles Dodgers, National League, American League, Tampa Bay Rays, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

...at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Thursday, May 7, 2009. Ramirez was suspended for 50 games by Major League Baseball Thursday after testing positive for a banned substance. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) By now we've all seen the story...

In this article: Manny Ramirez, Los Angeles Dodgers, Matt Kemp, Orlando Hudson, ESPN, Buster Olney, Juan Pierre, and Diamondbacks

TORONTO STAR AND WIRE SERVICE PHOTOS Baseball stars (clockwise from top left) Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz, Alex Rodriguez and Sammy Sosa have all been subject to leaks involving the infamous drug list. SAN FRANCISCO-An appeals court ruled...

In this article: Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative, Donald Fehr, Victor Conte, Alex Kozinski, Manny Ramirez, Major League Baseball, Alex Rodriguez, and David Ortiz