Not good, and as a fan of baseball in general, I really enjoyed David Ortiz as a personality in the game…
From the AP: The New York Times is reporting David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez were among the more than 100 Major League Baseball players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003.
The report posted on the newspaper’s Web site Thursday cites lawyers involved in pending litigation over the testing results. They spoke anonymously because the information is under seal by a court order.
Ortiz declined comment to the paper. In 2004, he and Ramirez led the Boston Red Sox to their first World Series championship since 1918.
The results from the 2003 tests were supposed to remain anonymous, but they later were seized by federal agents. Alex Rodriguez admitted using performance-enhancing drugs after he was linked to the 2003 list.
Again, nothing much surprises me anymore. If the pre-emeinent homer run hitter (Bonds) and pitcher (Clemens) of a generation were allegedly involved in PED use, it should not be beyond a shadow of a doubt anyone else didn’t try it either no matter who they are.
With Ortiz, I’m not sure numbers tell the story, but in his case now they very well might.
