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Jul/09
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Baseball’s Great Charade

Boston's slugging duo turns up dirty two rings later

Boston's slugging duo turns up dirty two rings later

by Sean Heffernan

The use of steroids taints everything baseball has achieved in recent history: The Sosa/McGwire home run race in 1998, Roger Clemens winning the CY Young in 2001, Barry Bonds hitting 73 the same year, Alex Rodriguez record breaking contract with the Yankees, and even the Boston Red Sox’s two World Series championships. When news broke that Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz were on the supposed list of MLB players who tested positive for banned substances in 2003 no one was surprised. ...

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Jul/09
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The Second Half: Who’s Who and What’s What after the Halfway Mark

Will the Northside and the Southside come alive?

Will the Northside and the Southside come alive?

The All-Star Break. No, not that 4-day set depriving us of action on the diamond. No, that 4-day set allowing us to take inventory on whether or not it's time to start looking to football season.

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Jul/09
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The Morning Stretch: Manny’s Back, Tennis, NBA Trades, and Shock Value

Blake returns to the morning stretch after a week and a half of actually having to work to earn a paycheck. manny-ramirez-dodgerssi

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Jun/09
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The Morning Stretch

Yeah... I'm strangely sympathetic to ya, Big Guy.

The Headline

And a most pretentious one at that... Manny Ramirez went 0-for-2 for the Albuquerque Isotopes in his first action since his suspension.

The bigger story here is the fact that Manny Ramirez's playing in Triple-A is such a big freaking story. ...