In wake of today's news that former All-Star, Red Sox great, and New York Yankee nightmare, Manny Ramirez, officially filed for reinstatement with MLB for the upcoming 2012 season- has raised some interesting questions surrounding the leagues policy on steroids. Back tracking to last April, Ramirez tested positive for performance enhancing drugs and retired in loom of his 100 game suspension (following his first strike and 50 game suspensions from 2009) that would have meant him sitting out for the remainder of the season.
This possible reinstatement has brought about many different opinions and perspectives, specifically around if the league should even allow his reinstatement to be permitted since his abrupt exit after his offence was a cowardly maneuver to dodge his punishment. After two failed drugs tests, following the leagues campaign to rid out ‘cheaters and juicers’ from the game, Manny has the nerve to come back for a third time. Why should they let him? He’s 39-years-old and hasn’t had a productive season in over 4 years- which also raises the question if in his ‘best years’ was he in fact one of the many players who utilized steroids to increase his productivity? It would be different for me (and many I believe) if Manny had sucked it up, and took his 100 game suspension like a professional, but he didn’t. And now he’s found a way to reduce his penalty to 50 games and be eligible to play after the all-star break of the 2012 season. Personally there is something very wrong with this, and the league should unanimously deny his reentry, pending his failure to adhere to MLB’s standards as a professional.
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