I JUST WANTED 2 START OF BY SAYING THAT I LET ALL OF YOU GUYS DOWN, MY FANS, MY FAMILY. MY WIFE, MY SON, JOE TORRE, LOS ANGELES, MY TEAMMATES AND MOST OF ALL MYSELF, IM HERE 2 CLEAR THINGS UP ON MY SITUATION, YES I HAVE TOOK A PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUG, BUT MY INTENTIONS WERE 4 DA DRUG 2 TREAT A HEALTH PROBLEM I HAVE. HOW EVER, I DID KNOW THAT THERE WUZ A POSSIBILITY THAT I MAY BE CAUGHT WIFF THIS DRUG AND WUZ CONSIDERED AS AN ILLEGAL PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUG. AND THAT IZ WHEN I FAILED 2 LOOK THE OTHER WAY AND FIND ANOTHER WAY OF TREATING MY HEALTH. I HAVE DONE WRONG. I DEEPLY APOLOGIZE AND 4 THE RECORD....... THIS IZ MANNY RAMIREZ WRITING THIS ON MYSPACE...I CONTROL MY OWN MYSPACE AS YOU CAN SEE DAT I HAVEN'T HAD VERY MUCH TIME 2 CONNECT AND UPDATE MY MYSPACE. BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IZ THAT I NEVER HAVE TOOK PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS IN MY LIFE UNTIL THIS ONE TIME. MY INTENTIONS WERE NOT 4 ME 2 USE THIS DRUG 4 ME 2 HIT HOME RUNS, IM ONE OF THE BEST HITTERS IN THE GAME 2DAY BECAUSE I HAVE WORKED HARD ALL MY LIFE. IT WAS 2 TREAT MY HEALTH. ALL MY DRUG TEST I HAVE TAKE BEEN CLEAN 4 THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS IN MY WHOLE BASEBALL CAREER. SO AGAIN...IM DEEPLY SORRY AND THAT IS MY SITUATION. PLEASE NOTE THAT IM TALKING ABOUT MY SITUATION AND DISOBEYING MY LAWYERS, PUBLICIST AND AGENT. I WILL TALK BECAUSE I WANT 2. I DEEPLY APOLOGIZE AND I HOPE ALL YOU GUYS CAN SEE PAST THIS. THANKS ALOT....MANUEL ARISTIDES RAMIREZ
