Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
February 17, 2008
Testing Changes

George King notes the change in testing procedures for PEDs this season:

In other years, MLB would test a handful of players during spring training. Yesterday at Legends Field, 28 YankeesNew York Yankees were required to give urine samples to testers. Every pitcher and catcher on the 40-man roster was tested.

When the remaining 12 position players arrive this week they will be subjected to tests.

Update: There are new rules on packages as well.

In the past, clubhouse attendants would either deliver packages to players or just unpack them. Now the packages must be signed for, logged in and hand delivered. After a player opens one, a team official must then see the contents and sign off on them. If a package lacks a return address, a club executive must be notified.

Posted by David Pinto at 09:54 AM | Cheating | TrackBack (0)
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now they should crack down again on clubhouse visitors. In the 80's post-cocaine sandls, anyone had to get a pass from the club (even former players) to go to the locker room.

and, they should crack down on "trainers". Pedro Martinez used Nao Presinal (who had been banned from failities by MLB in 2002, but turned up as the Dom. Rep. trainer for the WBC) this winter to work out, as did many other players.

Nao was involved in an unusual matter involving steroids in Toronto in the past.

the Mets should bar Martinez from working with people with a shady background like Nao. it would stop the madness. perhaps MLB and the union should license/certify trainers that meet standards like the MLBPA does with agents?

Posted by: rmt at February 17, 2008 11:39 AM

I'll tell you what - this policy about the "checking in" of packages is going to help a hell of a lot more in the fight against PED's than any Congress hearing involving Roger Clemens.

Posted by: Craig at February 17, 2008 02:02 PM
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