Alas, poor Manny Ramirez. The Los Angeles Dodgers' slugger was suspended for 50 games last week — which will cost him roughly $7.7 million in salary — for testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug.

Alas, for that matter, poor Mark McGwire, Alex Rodriguez, Roger Clemens and all the other professional athletes caught up in the steroids controversy. All they (allegedly) were doing was trying to improve their performances by using drugs that weren't banned at the time. ...

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