I’m also glad to see that I’m not alone in my line of thinking on this topic.

Dave…hate to tell you but Manny knowingly took a banned substance that is used to mask steroids. Regardless if he had a prescription from his physician or not, it’s cheating. Any of these guys can find a doctor to write them one. Sure Manny hasn’t failed a steroids test…HE’S BEEN USING A MASKING AGENT!!!!! There…I hope you could read that through the dreads.

Paul…Manny didn’t get suspended from school, he got suspended from work. If you got suspended from your job for 2 months, would your boss say “hey Paul, why don’t you go work in our smaller office down the road so when you’re suspension is over, you can come back and hit the ground running.” Why should professional sports be held to a different standard than the real world? And it’s people like you and Dave who are part of the problem. If you don’t care, why should the players and the league?

Sorry…I expect more from the players and their union and I don’t condone cheating in any form.

What a freakin’ mess Selig made of what was a great game.

He shouldn’t be associated with the Dodgers or MLB for 50 games. I think we can both agree that there’s a massive difference between him going down to the local high school to run wind sprints, and actually seeing live pitching from minor leaguers.

He’s benefiting by playing in the minor leagues right now, yet he’s the one that violated a rule. I know him being able to play in the minors is MLB’s rule, but apparently I’m the only one who thinks this seems a tad odd.

FYI another point you can pick on is that when he played in Lake Elsinore, he actually wore his Dodger pants rather that the Inland 66ers road pants because they didn’t have his baggy style of preference.

That was pretty funny. You think I’m going over the top and nitpicking, which is fine – you’re entitled to your opinion.

The bit about slavery was ridiculous though. You’re taking what I wrote out of context, but you’re trying to make a point by going completely over the top, so have at it.

FYI another point you can pick on is that when he played in Lake Elsinore, he actually wore his Dodger pants rather that the Inland 66ers road pants because they didn’t have his baggy style of preference.

I’m arguing that no player should be able to set foot on a baseball diamond (major or minor) before his 50 game suspension is up.

If he wants to do his tune up in the minors after the 50 games are up, cool. But he shouldn’t be allowed to do anything until after he serves his suspenion. You guys think I’m hammering Manny, but I’m really taking aim at MLB. Why is this rule in place?

Brian – Dave was saying that Manny had already served his 50 games, which obviously isn’t the case. So you saying, “the facts are 50 MAJOR LEAGUE GAMES” has no bearing on anything that I said in my comments to him.