This just in from Kevin Baxter at the Los Angeles Times: Reporting from Miami — Outfielder Manny Ramirez apologized to his Dodgers teammates today during his first meeting with them since his suspension eight days ago. Ramirez, who has a home in south Florida, met with the team in the early afternoon at its waterfront [...]

Great story in the New York Times on the business of Dodger baseball without Manny over 50 games. You wouldn’t think that the Dodgers would actually improve their financial fortunes in this situation while also maintaining a reasonable shot at the post-season, but the argument that the NYT presents makes sense: When McCourt agreed to [...]

Interesting article on ESPN.com by investigative writers Mark Fainaru-Wada and T.J. Quinn.  According to their article, the case against Manny Ramirez has been building since Spring Training when he was flagged for elevated testosterone – at least four times more than what the human body normally produces.  The writers take it from here: At that [...]

 I was still riding the high from last night’s record-setting game when I flipped on my computer at work this morning and was greeted by possibly the last headline I was expecting to see: “Manny Ramirez Gets 50 Game Suspension.”  Huh?  I literally had to read it twice.  Just last night I was sitting in [...]

No, this is not a joke.  According to Sports Illustrated, Manny Ramirez has been suspended 50 games for taking a banned performance-enhancing substance.  Apparently he may have had a medical reason for taking the substance and didn’t know it was banned.  Whatever the reason, this is a stunning blow to the euphoria surrounding the Dodgers right [...]