LOS ANGELES -- Two days after being suspended for 50 games for the use of
performance-enhancing drugs, Manny Ramirez still hasn't reached out to his
teammates yet but it's something Dodgers manager Joe Torre would like to see
from Ramirez.

Torre said the players would like to hear from Ramirez and that it doesn't have
to come in the form of a formal team meeting.

"I don't think addressing the team is necessary but I think it's important that
players get a chance to see him," Torre said. "I don't think we need anything
formal. I think they just need to physically see him."

Torre also hasn't talked to Ramirez since Thursday but he did speak to Ramirez's
agent, Scott Boras, on Friday and said Boras also thinks Ramirez should reach
out to his teammates.

"We're all on the same page with what we want to happen," Torre said.

Torre said he's fine with the fact that Ramirez is taking his time because the
slugger is apparently having a difficult time with the whole situation.

"I think he feels really badly and is embarrassed by the whole thing," Torre
said. "I think he's still trying to gather his thoughts at this point."

Source: Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com