I can’t say I’m shocked. David Ortiz is lovable, but the fact is he was a nobody in Minnesota, came to the Red Sox and became a legend, and in the past few years (which happened to coincide with more stringent PED testing) his numbers have fallen way off.

What’s most sad about this is that the thing he does best, hitting in the clutch, probably has nothing to do with PED’s. It takes a certain type of person to perform in the clutch and now that will be mostly forgotten because of the way he did it.

I’ve soured on baseball over the past few years, partly because of this rampant cheating, so it just doesn’t surprise me anymore.

[...] Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz Tested Positive for Performance-Enhancing Drugs in 2003 [...]

The Red Sox should have to hand over their trophies from 2004 and 2007 and give them to a team that didn’t have any steroid users.

Which team would that be? Someone please let me know if you can find one, and then I’ll try to care.

Even as a huge Sox fan, I am glad Ortiz was busted for being the cheater that he is.

I will throw a party the day Pujols is found guilty.

[...] Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz Tested Positive for Performance-Enhancing Drugs in 2003 [...]

[...] Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz Tested Positive for Performance-Enhancing Drugs in 2003 [...]

Tarnished? No. Just glad that the names are coming out.

For the 100+ players who tested positive, another 500 probably got away. It’s just another era of baseball.

[...] Rumored Leak of 2003 Steroid List is Most Likely Fake By Pete in Featured, Rumors ⋅ June 30, 2009 at 3:36pm ⋅ Post a comment Update, (07/30/09): Ortiz, Manny named on 2003 list [...]

[...] Sox ⋅ July 31, 2009 at 5:32am ⋅ Post a comment Former Sox pitcher Bronson Arroyo, a 2003 teammate of David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez, would not be surprised to discover his name was on the list of 104 players who tested positive for [...]

[...] Canseco thinks Major League Baseball has a bigger problem on their hands than active players like Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz being busted for steroids. He alleges that a current Baseball Hall-of-Famer used the juice. “When you tell me something [...]

[...] Both former employees told investigators they knew nothing of steroid use by Red Sox players including Manny Ramirz and Ortiz, even though both tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003. [...]

[...] After the alleged positive test in 2003, Ortiz acknowledged he met with the MLB Player’s Association in 2004 and was told he was on a list seized by the federal government, but was never told he tested positive for anything, especially steroids, which is why he said he was “surprised” when he was tied to the infamous list last Thursday. [...]

[...] David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez, Alex Rodriguez, and Sammy Sosa were some of the names that have been leaked to journalists. The original tests were to be voluntary, anonymous, and were to be used to see if more then five percent of players were using banned performance enhancing drugs. [...]

Nice but i think something is missing.