08-10-2009, 09:23 AM
Just as we thought we were finally getting a grip on the elusive shadow that is the steroids era, the Major League Baseball Players Association threw us another curveball. Here we were, fat, happy, and feeling relatively smarter by the day, secure in the knowledge that steroids had seriously damaged the game we love. But we were slowly starting to come back from it.
Yes, there was a list out there with 104 names of players who had failed a drug test in 2003. And names on that list were starting to be leaked, against court order, I should add. But so far, none of the names that had been leaked from that list were a big surprise: Jason Grimsley, Alex Rodriguez, Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds, and David Segui. But that all changed last week. Not with the release of Manny Ramirezââ¬â¢s name, but with the release of Red Sox DH David Ortizââ¬â¢s name.
Read more at:
Around The Bases Vol XV: Big Papi Speaks, Has MLBPA Public Backing
http://www.tmrzoo.com/?p=3547
Yes, there was a list out there with 104 names of players who had failed a drug test in 2003. And names on that list were starting to be leaked, against court order, I should add. But so far, none of the names that had been leaked from that list were a big surprise: Jason Grimsley, Alex Rodriguez, Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds, and David Segui. But that all changed last week. Not with the release of Manny Ramirezââ¬â¢s name, but with the release of Red Sox DH David Ortizââ¬â¢s name.
Read more at:
Around The Bases Vol XV: Big Papi Speaks, Has MLBPA Public Backing
http://www.tmrzoo.com/?p=3547
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