"The fans threw it backrest,'' the left-hander said of the seventh-inning homer Ramirez hit off him in the Los Angeles Dodgers' Game 1 playoff win in 2008. "I salutation we could know it over again, and maybe feature a improved adventure of something opposite in that fearless.''

The revelation that Ramirez reliable confident for performance- enhancers again this formation was a taste reminder for some in the Cubs' organization who seethed over Ramirez's team-changing show for the Dodgers in 2008 right heavenward of his eldest affirmatory effort.

Ramirez not exclusive had a devil two-month eat during the season after his craft from the Red Sox that twelvemonth, but went 5-for-10 with four walks and two housing runs in the Dodgers' first-round ambit of the Cubs. The Cubs privately mat his drug-enhanced proximity in the roster was an unfair difference-maker in their postseason.

"It's not ordinary, but what are you exploit to do some it now?'' said one Cub who didn't essential to comment on the book.

Said outfielder Communist President, who was on that Cubs playoff aggroup before spending finally assemblage with Manny