Report: Ramirez had elevated testosterone level.

[wilheim]

BRISTOL, Conn. (AP)—Manny Ramirez’s positive urine test showed an elevated testosterone level, and a lab used a test to determine whether the hormone was naturally produced to build evidence against him, ESPN.com reported Monday.

Baseball asked the World Anti-Doping Agency lab in Montreal to perform a carbon isotope ratio test, which determines whether testosterone is natural or synthetic, the Web site reported. MLB then asked Ramirez to produce medical records, as required under the drug agreement.

Ramirez’s test had a testosterone-epitestosterone ratio between 4:1 and 10:1, ESPN.com reported. Typically, a person naturally produces the hormones at a ratio of 1:1; tests of 4:1 or greater are flagged.

Ramirez’s side was prepared to argue to an arbitrator that the synthetic testosterone was caused by the Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder taking the steroids precursor DHEA, ESPN.com and the Union-Tribune in San Diego reported Saturday. DHEA is not banned by MLB.

A possible appeal was dropped before a scheduled Wednesday meeting after the medical records turned over included a prescription for the fertility drug HCG, or human chorionic gonadotrophin, ESPN.com reported. Some athletes who have used steroids have taken HCG to help restart natural testosterone production. Because HCG is banned by baseball, the sport based Ramirez’s suspension on the use of that drug.

Ramirez was banned for 50 games Thursday. Barring postponements, he’s eligible to return July 3.

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[wilheim]

 

[HawkN-Flight]

It's no longer about Manny being Manny .

It's about Manny being Tranny .

 

[HawkN-Flight]

Manny failed drug test in spring training . I realize it takes time to test and re -test also. Thats all fine but MLB needs to step to the plate and wipe Manny,s stats off the board this year. Ramirez is batting .348 with six home runs and 20 RBIs through the first 27 games of the season.
MLB and union need to come some legislation , that If your gonna juice, your going to lose all your stats from the testing day forward.
MLB need to get tougher with these juicers , it,s apparent that these high salary baseball players will take great risk in order to produce. Manny should of been fined by MLB also .

In horse racing , a horse who tests positive from juicing is disqualified . The race does no longer exist and the winning purse money has to be returned by the owner of the horse to the racing commission. If the horse place 1st, the 2nd place horse would be awarded the winning purse money and the 3rd place horse gets 2nd money and so on. The horse that test positive is then suspended for a period of time til the horse tests clean. The trainer is fined and suspended by the racing commission.
It,s time MLB takes a harder stand and wipe out all stats from these juicers.

 

[Rickey-B-Rickey]

Rickey beRicky before Manny be Manny. Manny be no Rickey.

 

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http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/14/sport/sport-florida-ramirez-case/
Retired Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez to be arraigned - CNN.com
By the CNN Wire Staff
2011-10-14T05:05:56Z

(CNN) -- Former baseball all-star Manny Ramirez will be arraigned Friday morning on a battery charge stemming from a domestic violence incident involving his wife.
Florida authorities formally charged Ramirez with misdemeanor domestic violence/battery late last month.
Broward County officers took Ramirez, 39, into custody after responding to a 911 call that his wife made September 12 from their home in Weston, Florida.
"My husband just hit me," Juliana Ramirez told the emergency operator.
She told police her husband slapped her in the face during an argument, causing her to hit her head against the headboard of a bed.
Manny Ramirez told authorities he "grabbed his wife by the shoulders," and she subsequently hit her head, a police report said.
The wife suffered red swelling on the left side of her face and a small bump on the back of her head -- injuries police documented as being consistent with her account of the altercation.
The next morning, Judge John Hurley told Ramirez he could have "no direct contact with his wife," and ordered him to stay at least 500 feet away from her, their home and her place of work.
The former Boston Red Sox star -- who hit 555 career home runs -- announced his retirement from Major League Baseball in April, rather than continue with the league's drug prevention and treatment program.
He was suspended in 2009 for 50 games after violating the league's drug policy.