Ortiz and Ramirez tested positive in '03

By Ted Keith, SI.com





Slugging stars David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez, who helped deliver the Boston Red Sox their first world championship in 86 years in 2004, are among the names on the list of more than 100 players to have tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003, according to the New York Times.

The Times, citing lawyers with knowledge of the results, say Ortiz and Ramirez were found on the list which, it was revealed in previous months, also includes Alex Rodriguez and Sammy Sosa.

According to the Times, the lawyers did not reveal which drugs the players tested positive for. Ortiz said "I have no comment" when asked about the matter on Thursday by a Times reporter in Boston.

The list included 104 names of players who tested positive during survey testing, implemented for the 2003 season to determine whether or not baseball needed a full-fledged testing program, which went into effect the next season.

Ramirez, now with the Los Angeles Dodgers, just returned on July 3 from a 50-game suspension for failing a drug test. At the time, he said, "I want to make clear I've passed about 15 drug tests over the past five seasons." Ramirez has long been one of the game's premier hitters, and this season ins batting .327 with 11 home runs and 37 RBIs in 48 games.

Ortiz took a different path to stardom. He had the best year of his career in 2002, hitting .272 with 20 home runs and 75 RBIs, but the Minnesota Twins released him that December. He signed a one-year, $1.25 million deal with the Red Sox then put together a .288 season with 31 home runs and 101 RBIs, the beginning of a five-year stretch in which he had at least 30 home runs and 100 RBIs every season. He has slumped badly this season batting a career-low .224 with 13 home runs and 55 RBIs.

When Sports Illustrated reported in February that Alex Rodriguez had tested positive for steroids in 2003, Ortiz said any player who tested positive should be suspended for an entire season.

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so what 99 more names remain on the so called secrect list ????

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Kerry Wood
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Ken Griffy Jr.
Luis Gonzalez
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2003 Steroid List Leaks Out?
June 29th, 2009 Sean S. Posted in Steroids |

Rumored steroid list from rotoinfo.com
1.Nomar Garciaparra
2.Manny Ramirez
3.Johnny Damon
4.Trot Nixon
5.David Ortiz
6.Shea Hillenbrand
7.Derek Lowe
8.Pedro Martinez
9.Brian Roberts
10.Jay Gibbons
11.Melvin Mora
12.Jerry Hairston
13.Jason Giambi
14.Alfonso Soriano
15.Raul Mondesi
16. Aaron Boone
17.Andy Pettitte
18.Jose Contreras
19.Roger Clemens
20.Carlos Delgado
21.Vernon Wells
22.Frank Catalanotto
23.Kenny Rogers
24.Magglio Ordonez
25.Sandy Alomar
26.Bartolo Colon
27.Brent Abernathy
28.Jose Lima
29.Milton Bradley
30.Casey Blake
31.Danys Baez
32.Craig Monroe
33.Dmitri Young
34.Alex Sanchez
35.Eric Chavez
36.Miguel Tejada
37.Eric Byrnes
38.Jose Guillen
39.Keith Foulke
40.Ricardo Rincon
41.Bret Boone
42.Mike Cameron
43.Randy Winn
44.Ryan Franklin
45.Freddy Garcia
46.Rafael Soriano
47.Scott Spiezio
48.Troy Glaus
49.Francisco Rodriguez
50.Ben Weber
51.Alex Rodriguez
52.Juan Gonzalez
53.Rafael Palmeiro
54.Carl Everett
55.Javy Lopez
56.Gary Sheffield
57.Mike Hampton
58.Ivan Rodriguez
59.Derrek Lee
60.Bobby Abreu
61.Terry Adams
62.Fernando Tatis
63.Livan Hernandez
64.Hector Almonte
65.Tony Armas
66.Dan Smith
67.Roberto Alomar
68.Cliff Floyd
69.Roger Cedeno
70.Jeromy Burnitz
71.Moises Alou
72.Sammy Sosa
73.Corey Patterson
74.Carlos Zambrano
75.Mark Prior
76.Kerry Wood
77.Matt Clement
78.Antonio Alfonseca
79.Juan Cruz
80.Aramis Ramirez
81.Craig Wilson
82.Kris Benson
83.Richie Sexson
84.Geoff Jenkins
85.Valerio de los Santos
86.Benito Santiago
87.Rich Aurilia
88.Barry Bonds
89.Andres Galarraga
90.Jason Schmidt
91.Felix Rodriguez
92.Jason Christiansen
93.Matt Herges
94.Paul Lo Duca
95.Shawn Green
96.Oliver Perez
97.Adrian Beltre
98.Eric Gagne
99.Guillermo Mota
100.Luis Gonzalez
101.Todd Helton
102.Ryan Klesko
103.Gary Matthews

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(Yawn) Ortiz was released by the Twins then hit 31, 41, 47, 54 and 35 home runs. Gee, I wonder how that happened. (Yawn) This is shocking. Absolutely shocking (Yawn).

Right, and I'm supposed to sit here and just accept as fact that Damian Miller wasn't on PEDs. You never noticed how fast he could throw signs to the pitcher? A lesbian's dream, that man was ... except for the penis and all ...

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All of this comes out on Bud Selig's birthday.

I never really thought Selig had a birthday, as I assumed he wasn't born so much as congealed from the oily discharge of his parents' own juices lying about the bed and floor one cold winter evening.

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DUH! Why am I not surprised by this?