May. 7th, 2009

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May. 7th, 2009 01:59 pm
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1. Manny Ramirez has been suspended 50 games by MLB for failing a test that showed he violated its drug policy. His explanation is that his doctor prescribed him a drug for a non-baseball situation that, it turns out, violates the policy. He has waived his opportunity to challenge the suspension, will be out until early July (assuming the Dodgers don't try to nullify his contract: an unlikely but possible outcome), and will lose between $7 and $8 million as a result of the suspension. If Manny's explanation is true, the title character of this entry is the doctor; if not, it's Manny himself, but either way, we have another incident in the ongoing legend that is Manny Ramirez.

ETA: This is a direct quote from RotoWorld, a website dedicated to fantasy sports (the blue is their commentary):

A source told Yahoo! Sports that the illegal substance for which Manny Ramirez tested positive is supposed to boost sexual drive.
Cue up the performance enhancing jokes. It's possible, if rumors of the source of the positive drug test are true, that the sexual enhancer could have been used to boost testosterone for those coming off a steroids cycle.


What else is there to say?

2. From Scientific American: Secrets of the Phallus: Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That? Yes, it's an exploration of the male human genitalia; why ours is so different from those of our closest evolutionary relatives (the great apes) in both size and shape, and how we got here. The description of the experiment designed to demonstrate the evolutionary purpose of the corona is fun, and I wouldn't be shocked to see someone (but not the Mythbusters; I doubt they could get it past the censors) duplicate the experiment and put it on YouTube sometime.(via) (Probably SFW except for the headline, unless your workspace has a serious net nanny that scans your text.)

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