Marty34 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 http://twitter.com/CBSSports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Watching mlb.tv... NESN just broke in and said Manny Ramirez has retired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty34 Posted April 8, 2011 Author Share Posted April 8, 2011 Per MLB network "issue with drug testing policy", Ramirez decided to retire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Supposedly he got dinged by MLB's drug program again... steroids. And retired. Â According to NESN of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 He was scared of John Danks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chetkincaid Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Wow... that was unexpected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Sorry, I posted this in the other thread because it's not White Sox news... you can delete or merge my thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpd9189 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 That's a total Manny way to go out. His career with us was about as memorable as Paul Coffey's Blackhawks tenure. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 So if he decides to come back like next year or in 2 years, he would still have to serve his 100 game suspension, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 QUOTE (Marty34 @ Apr 8, 2011 -> 03:25 PM) Per MLB network "issue with drug testing policy", Ramirez decided to retire. Â Figures. Dude was a fraud. Too bad, because he was one of the best hitters I have ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clyons Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Just saw this too in the online Trib: Â http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/break...0,7526294.story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 What a f***ing loser. Talk about destroying a legacy at the very tail end of a career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCSox Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 (edited) QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 8, 2011 -> 01:30 PM) Figures. Dude was a fraud. Too bad, because he was one of the best hitters I have ever seen. Â +1 Â I remember him hitting a ball onto the Mass Turnpike a few years ago. That got me wondering. Â Edited April 8, 2011 by WCSox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpd9189 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Oh yeah, in his prime I don't think I've ever seen a better hitter. The BoSox were just plain fun to watch in the "Idiot" days. That team could rake like no other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Bummer, I was hoping to see him bat at the Cell this weekend. Still one of the best and most feared hitters I ever saw. Looks like his career ends with him "being Manny" with all these stupid drug issues. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamTell Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Man I'm getting old. I remember him coming up in the big leagues. Great career, but too bad for him steroids could easily cloud it even though he has an outstanding hitter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 QUOTE (Kalapse @ Apr 8, 2011 -> 08:33 PM) What a f***ing loser. Talk about destroying a legacy at the very tail end of a career. Â All that needs to be said. JR should get his 4 million back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chetkincaid Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 I wonder if he gets in the hall of fame after he's dead and gone? I bet Palmiero does. I have a feeling all of the steroid users will, they just won't live to see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 QUOTE (dpd9189 @ Apr 8, 2011 -> 03:39 PM) Oh yeah, in his prime I don't think I've ever seen a better hitter. The BoSox were just plain fun to watch in the "Idiot" days. That team could rake like no other. Â Because all of them were probably juiced up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 QUOTE (Kalapse @ Apr 8, 2011 -> 03:33 PM) What a f***ing loser. Talk about destroying a legacy at the very tail end of a career. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Apr 8, 2011 -> 09:42 PM) I wonder if he gets in the hall of fame after he's dead and gone? I bet Palmiero does. I have a feeling all of the steroid users will, they just won't live to see it. Â Not a chance in hell after getting busted twice and showing no ability to hit after he got busted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCSox Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 (edited) QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Apr 8, 2011 -> 01:42 PM) I wonder if he gets in the hall of fame after he's dead and gone? I bet Palmiero does. I have a feeling all of the steroid users will, they just won't live to see it. Â I don't think that either of them do. And it's a shame, because both probably would've been HOF material without the PEDs. Â Of the known PED guys, my guess is that Bonds is the only one who definitely makes it in. His saving grace will be the 3 MVPs, 400 HRs, and 400 SBs he had before he began juicing in the late '90s. Edited April 8, 2011 by WCSox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 QUOTE (Kalapse @ Apr 8, 2011 -> 02:33 PM) What a f***ing loser. Talk about destroying a legacy at the very tail end of a career. Yeup, that about sums it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Sad story. No chance for Hall of Fame cause of the drugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 I wonder if he'd even have made the bigs if he was clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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