Manny Ramirez Ensures Orlando Hudson Isn't The Only Dodger To Cycle This Year
by Eric Stephen on May 7, 2009 2:54 PM PDT
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PrintBack on April 13, before the Dodgers suffered a home loss -- oh, that's right, they still haven't lost at home! -- Orlando Hudson accomplished what appeared to be a rare event: a cycle. Tony Jackson, then of the Daily News, reported on the reponse of Wes Parker, at the time believed to be the last Dodger to cycle:
A lot of friends become aware of it over the years and now people realize how difficult it is to accomplish. Congratulations to Orlando. I hope he appreciates he's in a very unique club. I can't believe only two people in 51 years. It's great fun to have a game like that. He'll be on a high for two weeks.
It turns out, if some of the reports are to be believed, that Hudson wasn't the only current Dodger to cycle. Dodger fans have been on a high ever since last July 31, when Manny Ramirez landed in our laps. However, thanks to something called "human chorionic gonadotropin", or hCG, we have reached our low point of the season, at least emotionally. Per ESPN:
Testing showed Ramirez had used hCG, which is typically used by steroid users to restart their body's natural testosterone production as they come off a steroid cycle.
We can't change the past. We can only deal with the fact that for the next 50 games, Manny Ramirez will not be a Dodger. Reaction from around the NL West suggests the Dodgers will have a tough road to hoe:
"[H]im being out 50 games is huge for the Dodgers lineup," said Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki. "It takes the best player in the division out for 50 games. That gives us a little window of opportunity, so hopefully we can take advantage of it."
The D-backs' Conor Jackson put the 50-game absence of Ramirez more bluntly: "That's a third of a season, that's enough to win or lose a pennant."
Dodgers coach Larry Bowa conceded Ramirez's suspension will force "some of our young kids to grow up now."
"We don't have Manny for 50 games," Bowa said, "so they're going to have to go out there and play. ... It's going to be a challenge for them."
The Dodgers will hold a press conference at 4:30pm. You can watch online here.
Who would have thought that Derek Fisher's suspension would get buried under the tidal wave that is the Manny Ramirez suspension? Perhaps this is a Dodger town, if not Dodgertown, after all!
Bill Simmons of ESPN.com deals with his grief over the Manny Ramirez situation here.
When Manny Ramirez comes back from his suspension, will you root for him?
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Still a solid lineup. I guess. It should score runs.
As long as Ethier continues to be one of the best hitters in the NL. Really, this lineup hinges on Ethier being a top 25 hitter. If he isn’t, the Dodgers are in trouble.
Torre loves Loney.
I guess because he thinks that when Loney slumps, he still puts the ball in play, while Kemp will rack up the K’s.
I don't think Kemp has batted ahead of Martin more than once
Torre seems determined to keep Kemp near the bottom.
F*** You May 7th.
by the big grabowski on May 7, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
“I have used HCG numerous times,” Radomski told ESPN.com. "It works great. You feel great. After you come off a [steroid] cycle, your body doesn’t crash. It turns your [testosterone] production back on. It gives you more energy. It makes you feel like you’re still on a cycle.
“Typically, people who use HCG have abused drugs. Their bodies have shut down. A perfect example is Canseco. He went across the border to get it. He admitted that he abused his body. People who stay on long [steroid] cycles would have to take it. People who go on short cycles or don’t use [steroids] that much can get away without having to use HCG.”
just the facts
One. The substance he got the 50 game suspension for was only just recently added to the banned substance list last year. two. It is a drug that is made to boost fertility in both men and women. three.It does not enhance or help anything except for making sure if you’re a man that you can get it up or if you’re a woman that you have a better chance of getting pregnant. four: the connection to doping is that it helps increase testosterone to help negate the negative effects of steroids which is low sperm count. So basically he got suspended for taking a drug that doesnot enhance and is not a steroid. Het got suspended for taking a drug that recently got added and whose legitimate purpose is to ensure the virility of both men and women. Because it makes a better story, it is easier to believe that rather than suffering from erectile dysfunction he must be trying to cycle down even though he has never tested positive for steroids of any kind. Heaven for bid that we except the possibility that someone in they’re late 30s is suffering ED and would want to use a product that is less publicly known than viagra and cialis. I mean if you’re a public figure, i’m sure you as a man in the public eye would want to be thought of as less than a man because you have difficulties getting it up. grow up. please. i’m not naive, i know people use illegal drugs, but the way that this has been blown out of proportion is ridiculous. When you catch him using HGH or anabolic steroids or any kind of performance enhancing drug then you got a case, but to persecute the man for using an ED drug because Afraud, Consucko, and Clemens the lemon suck and are cheaters is stupid.
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