Today's idiot fatty MLB doper

[Race Radio]

At least so far it seems like Melky isn't making some lame excuse about how he accidentally tripped a positive although it might be a tougher road to explain synthetic testosterone than, say, some diuretic. .

Spoke too soon
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/b...ebsite-duck-drug-suspension-article-1.1139623

What an idiot

 

[Catwhoorg]

And that's why there should be the ability to increase bans for suitable offenders.

He should be serving as if it was a 2nd offense under the CBA, for that level of lying about it.

 

[lean mean &green]

Spoke too soon
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/b...ebsite-duck-drug-suspension-article-1.1139623

What an idiot

I'll give him credit for at least being a creative idiot.

 

[mikeNphilly]

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8...-suspended-50-games-violating-mlb-drug-policy

...and another one goes down...wonder if Mike Wilbon will call for shutting down the sport as he once said about cycling on PTI.

 

[KayLow]

Another player having a great year after not playing well for many years. Colon's best season was in 2005 when he won the CY Young award. Seven years later and at the tender age of 39, Colon appeared to have revived his career, putting up his best numbers since his CY Young season. Now we know how he did it. Oh, and Colon was a suspected juicer for many years. It is amazing that MLB is only now catching him.

 

[Merckx index]

Wow. I had been about to make a post saying I was suspicious of Jeter, but that no sportswriter in America would ever dare voice such suspicions. Good for you, Skip. More evidence that Clinic cynicism is spreading.

CHICAGO (AP) -- Derek Jeter brushed off comments by ESPN analyst Skip Bayless, who raised the possibility the star shortstop may have revived his career by taking Human Growth Hormone.

Bayless made his comments on "First Take" on a day that former Cy Young Award winner Bartolo Colon became the second big league player in a week suspended for 50 games following a positive drug test.

The 38-year-old Jeter leads the major leagues with 169 hits and is batting .324 with 13 homers, his best statistics since winning his fifth World Series ring with the Yankees in 2009.

"You would have to have your head in the sand or your head somewhere else not to at least wonder, `How is he doing this?'" Bayless said Wednesday.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie...ME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-08-23-01-10-09

Jeter has had a very interesting season. He hit over .400 for the first month, then about .240 for the next two months, his average dropping just below .300 at one point. Since the All-Star game he has been on fire again.

This is a guy who a couple of years ago got less money than he wanted and expected, because of evidence that his performance was in decline. Classic conditions for a guy to start doping. I would stop short of saying no way could he do this naturally, because it's a relatively short period of time. If he continues to put up numbers like this next year, the suspicion index should climb.

 

[Catwhoorg]

Found this - which covers through August this season.

81 suspensions at Major and Minor league levels

73 in 2011
88 in 2010

Baseball just isn't getting any better. Minor league dominates, is that simply due to more sophisticated cover-ups once the players hit the majors ?

 

[Merckx index]

MLB is catching up to cycling:

Major League Baseball has a drug problem again and is engaged in discussions with the players' association regarding what to do about it. The very specific problem is the use of fast-acting synthetic testosterone, the primary performance-enhancing drug of choice among emboldened players who believe they can avoid detection with dosages that are carefully timed and controlled.

Imagine that.

One head trainer, when asked last month about the popularity of fast-acting synthetic testosterone, replied, "I don't know anything about it."

USADA's housecleaning has obviously not scared off enablers in other sports. Though to be fair, doping in baseball is probably more of an individual, on your own thing than doping in cycling.

The other suggestion under consideration is the use of "longitudinal study" protocols that involve continually tracking a player's testosterone-to-epitestosterone ratio. Humans typically have a 1:1 ratio. Baseball's testing program allows a ratio up to 4:1. A person's ratio does not vary much from birth to death. Any sudden spike in the so-called T:E ratio would suggest the introduction of a banned substance.

Like the passport, but easier to run, don’t need sophisticated software.

 

[Mrs John Murphy]

Haven't most of the cases been based around certain club houses. It seems to be a mix of individuals and some more organized or club house wide doping.

Also, is it me but the West Coast teams seem to get popped a lot more often than other teams. Is there more of a doping culture in the West? (Bay Area, LA and SD)?

 

[zebedee]

Why aren't these MLB guys getting two year bans?

Doping on your own, albeit with a probable nod and a wink from team management, is the way doping may now develop in team sports. One can easily envisage this happening in pro-cycling.

Dopers, when caught, need to face very heavy financial sanctions as well as long bans. Are WADA, other ADO's pursuing this as policy? I don't see it.

 

[Catwhoorg]

Why aren't these MLB guys getting two year bans?

Doping on your own, albeit with a probable nod and a wink from team management, is the way doping may now develop in team sports. One can easily envisage this happening in pro-cycling.

Dopers, when caught, need to face very heavy financial sanctions as well as long bans. Are WADA, other ADO's pursuing this as policy? I don't see it.

The collective bargaining agreement gives the schedule for doping offenses. Its not in line with WADA.

USADA has nothing to do with the dope testing in major pro-sports. Which is a great shame.

 

[Mrs John Murphy]

The collective bargaining agreement gives the schedule for doping offenses. Its not in line with WADA.

USADA has nothing to do with the dope testing in major pro-sports. Which is a great shame.

I am also assuming that this is because MLB players do not play in the Olympics.

The NHL had to introduce the WADA code because NHL players were playing in the Olympics - but again I have a feeling that the punishment are still not 2 year bans.

And since we are on topic.

NFL is only 4 games
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...don-bolden-suspended.ap/index.html?xid=si_nfl

 

[Catwhoorg]

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/sports-general/20121127/Phillies-Ruiz.Suspended/

Carlos Ruiz suspended 25 games.
Had to be a 2nd offence for stimulants to get any suspension.

At the bottom of the article
8 Major league suspensions this year (most since 2007)
102 Minor league suspensions