No probe of Manny Ramirez trade from Red Sox to Dodgers
Commissioner Bud Selig's office says there were follow-up questions but no formal investigation of the last-minute deal that changed the terms of Manny Ramirez's contract.
By Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
10:05 AM PDT, August 8, 2008
The baseball commissioner's office has not launched a formal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the Manny Ramirez trade and does not plan to take action against any party in the deal, his spokesman said today. The Boston Globe reported in today's editions that Commissioner Bud Selig had ordered an investigation into "the circumstances of Manny's final hours with the Red Sox."
Pat Courtney, the spokesman for Selig, said the commissioner had asked for clarification on several issues involving the trade and did not order a formal inquiry into the matter.