Scott Boras Tried To Cover Up Manny Ramirez’s Steroid Use By Saying He Mistook Testosterone For Aftershave

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Sources tell Newsday that super-agent Scott Boras tried to cover up his client Manny Ramirez’s failed steroid test by concocting a story in which the slugger mistook his elderly uncle’s testosterone cream for aftershave.

Per Newsday:

Anthony Bosch said Boras told him that the MLBPA needed him to produce a patient chart for Ramirez. Bosch responded that he didn’t keep records on his patients, so he fabricated a file for the union’s use.

Boras, who is a California-based attorney with a doctorate in industrial pharmacology, told Bosch to include hCG, which is commonly used for weight loss, on Ramirez’s fabricated patient chart, Bosch said.

Boras apparently believed it wasn’t banned by baseball, according to Bosch’s account.

Boras also came up with a story, Bosch told the federal agents, about Ramirez’s elderly uncle using testosterone cream that resembled aftershave. Bosch added that since Ramirez had a weakness for women, as Boras’ story went, one night he unwittingly used his uncle’s cream as aftershave, resulting in a failed drug test due to high testosterone levels.

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