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Reacting to the Ramirez news

By Matthew Berry
ESPN.com

Thursday, May 7, 2009

So apparently "Manny being Manny" is actually "Manny being like everyone else." Upon learning the news that Manny Ramirez has been suspended for 50 games for "violating the MLB Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment program" or "V-ing the JDP-T-Pizzle," as the kids say, reactions were quickly heard around the sports world: Red Sox fans: "Hah! Long live Jason Bay!" Dodgers fans: "So, uh, how much for the Matt Kemp jersey?" ESPN fans: "So we get a couple of Favre-free days? Sweet!" Scott Boras: ...

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