November 13, 200322 yr More than 5% of the players in MLB tested positive for steroids this past year. I'm surprised - not that that many players are using steroids but that the testing caught them. This means that they will start mandatory testing next season with treatment for first time offenders and suspensions for repeat offenders. This could get very interesting. Link: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...ne/bbo_steroids Story: By RONALD BLUM, AP Sports Writer NEW YORK - More than 5 percent of major league players tested positive for steroids this year, triggering automatic testing starting next season. Under the labor contract players and owners agreed to last year, all players were tested this year as part of a survey, with the samples not identified by player. The agreement called for mandatory testing to begin the year after any season in which more than 5 percent tested positive. The commissioner's office announced Thursday that the threshold has been exceeded, but the exact percentage was not released. Starting next March, tests will be given and samples will be identified by player. A first positive test for steroid use would result in treatment and a second in a 15-day suspension or fine of up to $10,000. The length of suspensions would increase to 25 days for a third positive test, 50 days for a fourth and one year for a fifth. The suspensions would be without pay.
November 13, 200322 yr Sammy Sosa better retire now Let's not even get started on players that wear Orange and Black for a living.....
November 13, 200322 yr Author Sammy Sosa better retire now Maybe he and Bonds could open a restaurant together or something. Oops, sorry -I guess that's not a very nice thing to say on this Giants board.
November 13, 200322 yr Sammy Sosa better retire now Agreed, but add Jason Giambi and your boy Barry Bonds to that list.
November 14, 200322 yr It would be funny to find out that the entire Braves, Yankees or Athletics association test positive, err, I mean forget to take their masking agents next year.
November 14, 200322 yr Rotoworld's homepage say's it all. This article is listed as Barry Bond's news. http://www.rotoworld.com
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