Manny Ramirez of Los Angeles Dodgers will serve 50-game suspension for drug violation  —  Major League Baseball announced Thursday that Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez has been suspended for 50 games for violating its drug policy.  —  Ramirez  —  The commissioner's office …

Source: Ramirez's substance a sexual enhancer  —  Buzz up!  —  LOS ANGELES - A source close to Manny Ramirez  —  said Thursday that the illegal substance for which the Los Angeles Dodgers slugger tested positive was not “an agent customarily used for performance enhancing.”

Manny is latest star to fall under drug cloud; banned 50 games  —  Major League Baseball, battling to woo fans in a recession, now must overcome the perception the sport remains polluted with players using illegal performance-enhancing drugs.  —  Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Manny Ramirez became …

Manny reportedly used HCG, gets 50-game ban … Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Manny Ramirez tested positive for a banned performance-enhancing substance, incurring an immediate 50-game suspension and serving as the highest-profile reminder yet that the use of such drugs in the testing era may have been reduced, but not eradicated.

D-backs to replace Melvin with Hinch  —  Club dismisses skipper, coach after 12-17 start  —  SAN DIEGO — The D-backs will name farm director A.J. Hinch as the team's manager Friday, a baseball source said.  —  Hinch, who has no prior managerial experience, will replace Bob Melvin, who was dismissed Thursday night.

Bob Melvin to be replaced as Diamondbacks manager  —  The Arizona Diamondbacks had high expectations for this season and have under-performed, leading to the team making a change at the managerial position.  —  Sports 620 KTAR's John Gambadoro reports Bob Melvin will be out as manager …

Hinch to succeed Melvin as D-backs manager  —  Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin has been fired and will be replaced by A.J. Hinch, who was Arizona's VP of Player Development, SI.com has learned.  —  Hinch, 34, played with the A's, Royals, Tigers and Phillies between 1998 and 2004.

Bob Melvin fired as Arizona Diamondbacks manager  —  PHOENIX — The Arizona Diamondbacks fired Bob Melvin on Thursday, hoping a new manager will be able to get the most out of their talented core of young players.  —  The Diamondbacks said they will select Melvin's replacement …

AP Source: Melvin out as Diamondbacks manager  —  PHOENIX (AP) -A person familiar with the decision says Arizona Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin will be fired by the end of the day.  —  The person told The Associated Press of the decision on the condition of anonymity because it had yet to be announced.