SAN DIEGO --- Manny Ramirez returned to the big leagues and apologized to fans and his teammates. He refused to talk about steroids, though.

The slugger's 50-game suspension for violating baseball's drug policy ended Friday and he was set to play for the Los Angeles Dodgers against San Diego.

"Well, I want to say I'm sorry to the fans and to my teammates," Ramirez said at a news conference.

Asked what he was sorry for, he said: "Not being there for them. For not playing the game, because I'm a huge part of the Dodgers and I'm proud to wear that uniform. When I say I'm sorry, I let those fans down, that they go out there to see me."

Ramirez's ban was based on evidence he used human chorionic gonadotropin, a fertility drug that's banned by baseball, a person familiar with the suspension told The Associated Press after the suspension was announced on May 7, speaking on condition of anonymity because those details were not released.

He refused to talk about the reason for his suspension.

"I don't want to get into my medical record," Ramirez said.