Comments on: NY Times – Ortiz and Ramirez Failed Drug Tests in 2003

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:18:22 +0000

The Boston media is soft serve? Have you never had the misfortune of listing to the fat people on the Big Show!??!!

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:59:31 +0000

Typical Mazz with the self-righteius indignation. If he really is so disgusted then he should have no problem giving back any proceeds he made from the book.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:33:22 +0000

You just need to understand this in its proper perspective. Media people are ‘low-rent’ folks. Many of them lack college degrees, and those that do have them probably did quite poorly. ‘Media’ was their safe and only landing spot. So you need to run everything they say and do through that prism. I always laugh at their ‘outrage’ over one particular topic or another.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:29:36 +0000

Ortiz spoke briefly to the media after the game and none of these moron reporters asked him the obvious question: Did you knowingly ever take steroids or any performance-enhancing drugs? Instead, we got hard-hitting questions like, “What message do you have for the fans?”
Sheesh.

By: Son of Tomase

Son of Tomase — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:53:32 +0000

I don’t care

By: Clinton Tyree

Clinton Tyree — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:07:17 +0000

Son? I didn’t realize he is married.

By: Clinton Tyree

Clinton Tyree — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:05:50 +0000

Amen, and well stated.

I wish I had the time to research other players who had great years in the “PED Prime Distribution Years” and now have stats somewhere above ‘Tek and below Bay.

By: Rick Mc

Rick Mc — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:54:38 +0000

who were appalled that people actually believed Ortiz juiced when there was no proof.

Read that sentence again. Slowly. After that, tell me how I shouldn’t be appalled that people believe something without any proof.

By: mandb97

mandb97 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:42:33 +0000

By the way, I could care less about steroid use. If you want to take something that will allow you to hit 50 homers but may kill you by 50 by all means do so. PED’s, like not wearing your seatbelt, is a victimless crime the only person who gets hurt is the juicer. I just finished reading the Michael Gee’s article on Ortiz. It pretty much sums up how I feel. There is no competitive advantage if the guy pitching is juicing as much as the batter. But for some media people to get all huffy because people may actually have an opinion, which these guys give all the time in their columns and on the radio is foolish on their part. They wag their finger at you and tell you they will be the ones who tell you when someone is “cheating”.

By: Classless

Classless — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:15:40 +0000

Read the fantastic piece by Howard Bryant on ESPN.com. Ortiz has a damning quote in it in which he states he wouldn’t “cheat because my son is treated well because of me.” Yup, just like every lowlife who exists in this world, Ortiz hides behind his child.