Laurence Holmes is a fucking weirdo, a nerd in denial, and a wannabe. Not a very good radio host either.

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

Manny Ramirez has filed for reinstatement from Major League Baseball's retired list and hired new agents, sources said Sunday.

Ramirez faces a 50-game suspension when he returns, rather than 100 games, sources said. Ramirez already served a 50-game suspension in 2009, and he had been notified that he was facing another offense last April when he agreed to step away from baseball.

Second-time offenders get double the 50-game penalty, but the view of baseball officials is that if Ramirez had simply stayed in baseball last April and served his 100-game suspension, then he would've already done his time. In the end -- after Ramirez serves a 50-game suspension, in the event he signs with another team -- he will have wound up serving far more than the 100 games he would've faced.

Teams have been notified of the 50-game ban, sources said. Ramirez's 50-game suspension clock doesn't start ticking until he actually signs with a team.

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