Sox, Yankees tired of answering questions about drug scandal

There were mixed reactions at U.S. Cellular Field on Thursday to a report Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz were among 104 major-league players testing positive for performance-enhancing substances in 2003.

Lets start with the best, courtesy of White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen.

"Can somebody in baseball, please, we're all begging people, get that stupid list out and move on," Guillen said. "This is ridiculous. This is embarrassing. This is a joke. Whoever is there is there; get them out and that's it. We're going to continue being alive, we're going to continue playing the game.

"But sitting here every freaking day, every manager, every player, responding to the same question, it's getting tired. It's old.

"Come on. If you're going to divorce me, divorce me right away. Don't say you're going to leave me. I'm serious. If you're going to talk every night, 'I'm going to divorce you,' no, get out of my house. Every week we've got to come up with this thing."

Sox captain Paul Konerko was irritated that two more big names were leaked to the New York Times by "unnamed lawyers."

"Another story comes out, players don't say anything about it and nobody is behind what was said," Konerko said. "I treat that the same as a (Roy) Halladay rumor. That's how I treat that. It just goes in one ear and out the other. I just think that if you don't do that, then you're not really giving people the benefit of the doubt without any, there's no substance there. It's just a report.

"Like I said, it's just like any trade rumor. Until something happens otherwise, it doesn't factor in on the day."

In the Yankees' clubhouse, Alex Rodriguez offered "no comments" on Ramirez and Ortiz, who were with the rival Boston Red Sox at the time.

In early February, Rodriguez admitted to using steroids from 2001-03.

Like Konerko, Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter wasn't happy about another round of questioning.

"I'm going to stick to what I said before," Jeter said. "Not everyone's doing it. You're talking about 100 people and there are a lot more than 100 people playing baseball. It's unfortunate we have to sit here and talk about another name. I wish that wasn't the case."