November 17, 200520 yr MILWAUKEE ? (AP) ? Baseball owners voted unanimously Thursday to approve the toughened steroids policy agreed to with the players' association earlier this week. "To say they were happy was the understatement of year,'' commissioner Bud Selig said. "They were very pleased with the agreement and delighted with everything that had gone on.'' The union's executive board will decide when it meets Dec. 5-9 in Henderson, Nev., whether all players should vote to ratify the agreement or if board approval is sufficient. Spurred by the threat of federal legislation, players and owners agreed Tuesday to a new deal that would start before spring training. Players would get a 50-game suspension for a first positive test, miss 100 games for a second offense and face a lifetime ban for a third. The sport's current penalties are a 10-day suspension for a first offense, 30 days for a second offense and 60 days for a third. The earliest a player could be banned for life is a fifth offense.
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