Manny Returns
baseballmusings.com 7/4/2009 — The Dodgers and Padres game is underway. Manny Ramirez bats third, so he’ll be up this inning. Rafael Furcal starts the game with a single. Furcal’s OBA has been up and down the last few years, and he’s definitely down this season. Update : Hudson grounds out to bring up ...

Handling Manny Ramirez The "Major League" Way
truebluela.com 7/6/2009 — More photos » by Reed Saxon - AP Browse more photos » Friday is the day we have all circled on our calendars for months, the return of Manny Ramirez from ...

Dodgers beat Rockies 1-0 on Furcal's hit (AP)
sports.yahoo.com 7/2/2009 — Rafael Furcal had a pinch hit, RBI single in the eighth inning Wednesday, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 1-0 in the final game of Manny Ramirez's 50-game drug suspension. The Dodgers were 29-21 during Ramirez's ...

Manny activated, will be in starting lineup
scoresreport.com 7/3/2009 — Manny Ramirez has officially severed his 50 game suspension for testing positive for a PED-related substance and is expected to be in the Dodgers’ starting lineup tonight when L.A. takes on the Padres in San Diego. Besides seeing how he does at the plate, what’ll be interesting to watch ...

Mets Game 82: Loss to Dodgers
metstoday.com 7/8/2009 — Dodgers 8 Mets 0 This game was so bad for the Mets for so many reasons … I’m not sure where to start. I’ll try. To begin, Mike Pelfrey was awful. Big Pelf completed three innings... [[ This is a summary ... visit MetsToday.com for ...

5 Ways To Greet The Return Of Manny Ramirez
totalprosports.com 7/2/2009 — Total Pro Sports - Tomorrow Dodgers' slugger Manny Ramirez will make his return to the MLB after serving a 50-game suspension for failing a drug test. LA will travel to San Diego to take on the Padres and it should be interesting. We have all seen ...

Would having Manny be so bad, Mets fans? -
newsday.com 7/7/2009 — Manny Ramirez Would fans mind having a player like the Dodgers' Manny Ramirez on their team, now that the steroid controversy is behind him? ( Getty Images Photo / July 3, 2009)

Manny Ramirez reveals our true attitude about baseball's steroids era. - By Charles P. Pierce - Slate Magazine
slate.com 7/7/2009 — Manny Ramirez. Click image to expand. Manny Ramirez Well, it seems that Manny Ramirez is back with the Los Angeles Dodgers , having done his time both under suspension and in Albuquerque, N.M., which seems just a touch redundant. (He also briefly ...

How do you say thank you? I know how Manny Ramirez does
mvn.com 6/24/2009 — Lets just talk for a moment, sports aside. Lets say that you were caught running a deep-rooted drug cartel out of your lovely little two bedroom apartment and were promptly evicted from your place. What once was a comforting roof amid a family-friendly neighborhood is now nothing more ...

Rafael Furcal's Back: A Real Problem?
firenedcollettinow.com 6/9/2009 — It's common knowledge that Furcal went down for a couple days with pain in his butt (insert joke here), but i'm not sure a muscle strain in his ass was really the problem. After all, Stan Conte has never been completely upfront with the media or ...

Manny sits for first time since return to Dodgers — SI.com - MLB 7/5/2009
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Manny Ramirez was not in the Los Angeles Dodgers' starting lineup for the first time since he returned from a 50-game drug suspension on Friday.

Dodgers blow big lead, beat Padres in 13 (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 7/6/2009
James Loney led off the 13th inning with a homer to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 7-6 win Sunday over the San Diego Padres. Loney hit his sixth homer of the season into the right-field seats off Edward Mujica (2-4) to help the Dodgers win after ...

Manny: 50 Games Is 50 Games, Period! — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/6/2009
"Manny was of a mind, 'Just let me take batting practice.'  I encouraged him to play games.  If he's going to miss 50 games, then he's going to have to do something."  Joe Torre stated this in a recent interview with Sports ...

Pumped up for Manny, Dodgers — NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 7/6/2009
Next up on the Mets' plate after an off-day: dealing with Manny Ramirez. Joe Torre's NL West-leading Dodgers visit Flushing for a three-game series beginning Tuesday. The Mets then play host to the Reds before the All-Star break.

Manny Ramirez: Proof Of A New Age in Baseball — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/6/2009
Major League Baseball is suffering from an epidemic, a problem that could ruin the game as we know it. No, it's not The Steroid Era, though that is close. It's a brand new, much more dangerous age in baseball, one spear-headed by the "Hero of ...