ManRam granted release by A's

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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Manny Ramirez is a free agent again after he asked the Oakland Athletics to release him and the team granted his request.

Ramirez signed a minor league deal with Oakland on Feb. 20, and hit .302 with 14 RBIs in 17 games with Triple-A Sacramento. He served a 50-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's drug policy last year, but remained in the minors when the ban ended on May 30.

Ramirez was expected to make approximately $500,000 if he was added to Oakland's big league roster.

Ramirez ranks 14th on the career list with 555 home runs. He went 1 for 17 (.059) in five games last season for Tampa Bay, which had signed him to a one-year deal worth $2.02 million.

Oakland announced Ramirez's release on Friday.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/80...-manny-ramirez

Let the :arrieta: speculation begin. Now if they brought back Guerrero as well, the Orioles would have the best 3-4-5 with Guerrero, Ramirez and Tejada eight years ago.

[SethMode]

I remember when Manny was my favorite non-Phil, before the steroid shit happened and everything.

[NAHSTE]

Pssh. He's done. No team is going to want drugs in their clubhouse.

As everyone knows, long hair = drugs.

[JaysFan09]

Pssh. He's done. No team is going to want drugs in their clubhouse.

As everyone knows, long hair = drugs.

Quickly followed by a wave of abortions and gay marriages

[JaysFan09]

Pssh. He's done. No team is going to want drugs in their clubhouse.

As everyone knows, long hair = drugs.

And then widespread abortions and gay marriages