Manny Ramirez

Well...another steroid/substance abuse/taking something your not suppose to scandal has hit the MLB. Manny Ramirez...WTF...I'm not sure i actually care...It will be interesting to see how the Dodgers respond...without Andrew Jones or Kent anymore...the dodgers are back to where they were last year without a guy who can slug doubles and homeruns consistantly...i know i know, Lowney is fairly consistant with Blake stepping up...but, honestly...now that Manny is out of the line up, i'll get to watch ESPN without 3-5 minutes of life being wasted with replays of manny rounding firstbase and knocking off his helmet so his dreads can get some air...i wonder what ESPN will show in the place of those 3-5 minutes...who knows...time will tell...

This is suspenstion comes at a perfect time for the Diamondbacks and the Giants...they have the next 50 games to erase that 8.5 game back stat and really put some distance between themselves and the streaky dodgers...if the Dodgers without the homerun/clutch double hitting Manny, i forsee the dodgers having some serious issues being able to put games away in the coming month...i mean they face the Giants, Angels, Phillies, Mets and Marlins...all teams that put up some serious runs with one to two starting pitchers that could "goose egg" the dodgers to inlcude Santana, Lincecum, and any Phillies pitcher...without a big bat in the line-up, they are in serious trouble of getting swept this month and sliding to third or even fourth in the division just at the close of May...not that i would be upset, not a dodger fan.