David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox and Manny Ramirez has been named as two players who were on that list of players who tested positive for peformance-enhancing drugs in 2003. Names that have come out already are Alex Rodriguez and Sammy Sosa. Ramirez was already suspended 50 games for testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs. Both players were on the Red Sox in 2003 and they were the two main parts in the Red Sox winning the 2004 and 2007 World Series. Ortiz told the media he would not hide and he will address the issue once he finds out more information. Ramirez didn't have much of a reaction, according to his statements.
This isn't shocking to me anymore because I now expect all of the good players in today's game to be linked to performance-enhancing drugs. I expect Albert Pujols to be named sometime down the line as well. It seems like this game is at a point where they should just move on and get the full list out. Also, Jose Canseco had comment on it and said he was not surprised. There was a time where no one believed anything Canseco was saying. But most of what he has said has proven to be true sadly.
Canseco suggested that these players can sue Major League Baseball for their names being linked. However, the FBI were the main ones who were a part of the testing for performance-enhancing drugs, not Major League Baseball. There isn't many good ways to sue the government so in all likelihood, their lawsuit wouldn't stand for that long. Ortiz doesn't have any explaining to do. This happened in 2003 and that was six years ago. It doesn't matter at this point.
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