Manny Ramirez: Proof Of A New Age in Baseball

Major League Baseball is suffering from an epidemic, a problem that could ruin the game as we know it.

No, it's not The Steroid Era, though that is close.

It's a brand new, much more dangerous age in baseball, one spear-headed by the "Hero of Hollywood", Manny Ramirez.

I call it: The Acceptance Age.

Barry Bonds became associated with steroids and no one would sign him.

Roger Clemens was named by the Mitchell Report as a user of performance-enhancers and has rarely been seen in the public eye since.

Rafael Palmeiro, after denying his involvement with PEDs, was disgraced by a public test and retired, never to be heard from again.

Manny Ramirez?

He was welcomed back to the league with open arms, the fans of LA greeting him as if he we...

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