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NEW YORK -- Dodgers Slugger Manny Ramirez and has been linked to another positive test for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003, according to the New York Times.
According to the report, Ramirez and former teammate David Ortiz are among 104 Major League Baseball players who tested positive.
The report posted on the newspaper's Web site Thursday cites lawyers involved in pending litigation over the testing results.
They spoke anonymously because the information is under seal by a court order.
Ortiz declined comment to the paper. In 2004, he and Ramirez led the Boston Red Sox to their first World Series championship since 1918.
Ramirez recently completed a 50 game suspension for violating baseball's drug policy.
That policy was instituted as a result of the tests in 2003.
Players were tested in 2003 to determine if a mandatory drug-testing system was necessary.
Under the agreement between baseball and the players' union, no penalties were issued for positive tests.
The results from the 2003 tests were supposed to remain anonymous, but they later were seized by federal agents.
Alex Rodriguez admitted using performance-enhancing drugs after he was linked to the 2003 list.
According to the report, Ramirez and former teammate David Ortiz are among 104 Major League Baseball players who tested positive.
The report posted on the newspaper's Web site Thursday cites lawyers involved in pending litigation over the testing results.
They spoke anonymously because the information is under seal by a court order.
Ortiz declined comment to the paper. In 2004, he and Ramirez led the Boston Red Sox to their first World Series championship since 1918.
Ramirez recently completed a 50 game suspension for violating baseball's drug policy.
That policy was instituted as a result of the tests in 2003.
Players were tested in 2003 to determine if a mandatory drug-testing system was necessary.
Under the agreement between baseball and the players' union, no penalties were issued for positive tests.
The results from the 2003 tests were supposed to remain anonymous, but they later were seized by federal agents.
Alex Rodriguez admitted using performance-enhancing drugs after he was linked to the 2003 list.
