The US baseball community expressed surprise and shock that disgraced slugger Manny Ramirez chose to retire rather than take part in the league's drug rehab programme for a second time.
File picture shows Manny Ramirez in June, 2010. The American baseball community expressed surprise and shock that disgraced slugger Ramirez chose to retire rather than take part in the league's drug rehab programme for a second time.
The Tampa Bay player called it a day Friday, telling Major League Baseball officials he would rather retire than face a 100-game suspension. That is the penalty for a second-time offending player who has already served one 50-game ban for violating MLB's drug programme.
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- Writer: AFP News agency
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