The huge David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez story breaking today was the work of Michael Schmidt of the New York Times. Schmidt has recently penned stories on the juicing of Sammy Sosa, David Ortiz, and Manny Ramirez. He appears to be on a hot streak. To Editor and Publisher:
In June, he broke the story that slugger Sammy Sosa was on the infamous list of 100 baseball players to test positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003.
Today, he added two more names -- Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz -- to the list in a bombshell story that already has Boston Red Sox beat writers talking.
A former Times news clerk who first came to the paper in 2005, he freelanced for a year and returned in 2007 as an "intermediate" reporter. His beat: off-the-field news. Translated: steroids and other bad stuff.
"I had a duty to look into it," he says of his success in finding three of the biggest names on the list. "I had to at least put in the effort."
Schmidt set out with a plan to track down the 2003 list...here is one more excerpt, with the remiader on the web sire:
Schmidt says he increased his pursuit of the 2003
list after Sports Illustrated in February revealed that Alex Rodriguez
was one of the names. "After that, people would always ask me 'when is
the list going to come out?'" he recalls. "I never had a good answer. I
started to realize there was a real interest people had in this."
Weren't these tests anonymous? Wow. No surprises here, but hope everyone has learned their lesson about anonymous testing.
Posted by: Busted Supplements | 07/31/2009 at 03:16
Must be some lawsuits flying over the non-anonymous test results and subsequent leaking. I would also think the bar would want to know who the lawyers are who're leaking. If baseball and the players didn't automatically take the opposite side of every issue (at least publicly), they should release that full list right now. It would blow over very quickly. A name here and there will make it worse for both sides in the long run.
Overall no surprise these two were positive - didn't Ortiz bloviate that ped users should get a year suspension. Wonder if his opinion has changed? Oh right, they weren't illegal in 2003 - well if laws outside baseball doesn't count.
Posted by: Brian | 07/31/2009 at 08:33
Illegal drugs and steroids were banned by Fay Vincent's memo in 1991. Bottom line, use illergal drugs or steroids and you are subject to suspension... remember Steve Howe.
Posted by: JStone | 08/03/2009 at 15:13
Hopefully, we will get all of the names on the list sooner than later. It seems like the information should be released under the Freedom of Information Act because the test results are evidence in a federal investigation(s). Not to mention the fact that some of those poor ballplayers, who want their anonymity, appear to have committed all of the crimes listed below, and possibly more.
1. Fraudulently obtaining prescriptions.
2. Obtaining controlled substances for non-medical reasons.
3. Perjury in Congressional and grand jury testimony.
4. Lying to federal agents.
Posted by: JStone | 08/03/2009 at 15:26
Rejoice NYY fans, as evidenced by the bat boy driving Manny Alexander's car in June 2000, this was not an isolated incident for the Red Sox!
Posted by: Deja Vu | 08/03/2009 at 15:47
If this Schmidt guy actively pursued information under court seal, he broke the law and should be tossed in prison.
Posted by: Alan | 09/26/2009 at 01:41
In my opinion, he has no sense of the equality of sport.
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