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N Y Times: Ramirez, Ortiz Among Players Who Tested Positive For PEDs In 2003

By Administrator | July 30, 2009

New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt is reporting that Red Sox OF Manny Ramirez and DH David Ortiz were among the 100+ major league players who tested positive for using PEDs in 2003.

MLB tested for steroids in 2003 to determine whether random testing should become mandatory. The results from that round of testing were supposed to remain anonymous; but, for reasons that have never been made clear, the results were never destroyed.

Those test results are the subject of litigation between the MLBPA and the US government. The union wants to take possession of the results (ostensibly to shred them)… the government wants to retain possession of them in order to further various investigations and prosecutions.

The disclosures regarding Ramirez and Ortiz emerged through interviews the Times conducted with a number of lawyers and other persons connected to the pending litigation. The lawyers spoke on the condition of anonymity because the testing information is under seal by a court order.

The article did not identify which drugs were detected.

Five other players have been tied to the 2003 positive tests, including superstars Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez and Sammy Sosa.

Ramirez recently served a 50-game suspension for violating baseball’s drug policy, but this is the first time Ortiz has been officially linked to performance-enhancing substances.

More as it becomes available.

Topics: Sox Players |

One Response to “N Y Times: Ramirez, Ortiz Among Players Who Tested Positive For PEDs In 2003”

Faiaz Says:
July 30th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Being a Yankees fan just got better for this year. I remember how much crap was said by sox fans when A-rod’s name came out. What do they have to say now? A-rod didn’t even win us a ring yet. Ortiz and Ramirez got you TWO. ahahahah loooooooooooooooooooozers.