Manny Ramirez walked away from baseball on Friday after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug, abruptly ending the mercurial career of one of the most talented — and tainted — hitters to ever play the game.
The slumping Tampa Bay slugger informed Major League Baseball that he would retire rather than face a 100-game suspension. Ramirez served a 50-game ban for violating the drug policy in 2009, and second-time offenders get double that penalty.
Click here for linkI had the chance to attend his first game back after the 2009 suspension. I chose not to attend, but friends who were there said he got a heroes welcome. Maybe if the fans hadn't been quite so forgiving he would have learned a lesson then.
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