Oh shit. This is the highest profile suspension since MLB hardened its stance on performance-enhancing drugs. According to Manny, the drug was prescribed by his doctor who had no idea it would cause him to fail a drug test. This is bullshit. Other reports have it being either for sexual enhancement or for restarting the body's testosterone development after cycling on steroids. The latter is probably most likely.
I like Manny, even if he did phone it in to cause Boston to trade him. I hope that he has not been using anything for very long. Ultimately we will never know because HGH is undetectable. We do know he has not failed any tests between the time that the testing became stronger and earlier this year. So who knows? Maybe he just started this year, maybe not. I won't speculate because it drives me crazy when people do that.
Yankees fans are getting their opinions heard though, claiming that Boston's two World Series wins with Manny are now tainted. Again, I have no idea, and until some hard evidence comes out showing that he was in fact using PEDs at that time, it will not affect my opinion of those two victories.
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