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MLN Newswire - 09.25.09 - SZ SPECIAL INVESTIGATION - Did you know that there is no rule against drug or Performance-Enhancing Substance (PES) usage in either MLB or Minor League Baseball (MiLB)?
Apparently neither does Commissioner Allan (Bud) Selig.
You would think that he would.
There never has been an anti-doping rule in the history of the game.
How, then, did Selig issue 50 game ’suspensions’ for positive PES tests under the rules of the game as they now stand?
He can’t. What he can, and should do, though, could clean up the game overnight.
In “At What Cost, Peace,” on the cover of the current issue of SZ, celebrating its 10th anniversary as the first digital sports magazine on the Internet, (www.mlnsports.com ) MLN Sports concludes a 2-1/2 month in-depth investigation into the rules being bypassed, and the weak application of labor agreements that are making a mockery of anti-doping in baseball and the game’s most hallowed achievements.
We will show you how Selig has been shaving suspensions off of sentences, and making a mockery of the “toughest” anti-doping program in sports that he promised to Congress during their investigations into MLB’s doping crisis found in the Mitchell Report.
How did Manny Ramirez, J.C. Romero, Mike Cameron, and Sergio Mitre all serve less than their 50 game suspensions?
Why could they be looking at a year or more?
How could dozens of minor leaguers, and leagues have their seasons compromised by Selig’s apparent cherry-picking of rules and deals?
Players from minor league affiliates of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels, Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres, Colorado Rockies, Tampa Bay Rays, Kansas City Royals and Minnesota Twins organizations may all have been affected.
Individual, team, and league stats and records for 2009 in the Pacific Coast League (AAA), International League (AAA), California League (High-A) and the Florida State League (High-A) could be subject to revision if the rules of the game as they were written for 2009 are upheld.
Is there a way to really bring a world-class anti-doping system to MLB and MiLB baseball? We asked some of the top experts from anti-doping agencies WADA and USADA to weigh in.
Find out. Click here to see the full feature article on the cover of the current SZ.
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