Baseball: PEDS in Miami
 

So, you didn't really think PEDS were dead and gone as a subject in baseball, did you?

Pretty scary and damning stuff for several players (including the Melk-man) in this article published by the Miami New Times this morning.

The writer was in my class at Mizzou.

VERY bad news for Alex Rodriguez, Gio Gonzalez, Yasmani Grandal, others.

It's my understanding MLB can suspend players without a positive test as long as sufficient evidence is available. Should be interesting...

Very damning for Juan Pierre.

Kind of glad the Gio-to-KC thing failed to materialize.

That ****ing SUCKS.

WHO CURR

NO 1 CURR

IM TIRED OF THIS

Great story to break.... too bad sportswriters basically don't get Pulitzers.

Heh this is no more than 3 blocks from my house.

I do growth hormone with A-Rod. /FloridaDane

And you never saw any of these guys? You could have broken the story!

You see quite a few "celbs" down here, I'm not one to get excited about it at all.

**** off you stupid bitch. *my best Dane impression* It was funny to see something so close to home, sorry if you took it as flaunting or bragging.

omg no way!!

GAT DAMN FOREIGNERS!

(including the Melk-man)



NOo not the Melk-man


dumbass!

BRING BACK CANSECO!!

@JeffPassan
BREAKING: Ryan Braun's name is in Biogenesis records and MLB will investigate his association with PED clinic. News: http://yhoo.it/VSa8bF

**** Ryan Braun...what's his excuse this time....

As a Brewers fan, this sucks. It's obviously this guy: http://www.rotoworld.com/player/mlb/4768/ryan-z-braun

Some dude must have broken into this place and written his name on the logs. Probably the same dude that broke into the guys place that had Braun's urine sample and injected PED's into it. Bastards! Most likely a Red Turds fan.

Braun's going to have to come up with a new excuse to bail himself out of this one.

@JonHeymanCBS
Ryan Braun says he has nothing to hide & that his lawyers used tony bosch as a consultant in appeal. http://bit.ly/YBNDZ9

Ryan Braun is a lecherous one who sucks the penis. Any man who starts his own line of Ed Hardy-themed clothing should have his ****ing spine ripped out by a Yautja.

Is that true?ROFLROFLROFL

The previous BS excuse from last year was better.

I'm sick of Braun haters. I'll say it: I believe in Ryan Braun. I believe he'll come up with a MUCH better BS excuse given enough time.

I'm no Braun hater, I need him to play for my dynasty league fantasy team. That's why he needs to come up with something much better. :)

Braun is the Armstrong of his generation.

Kaitee Daley ‏@daleysports 2m

Sources tell @OTLonESPN that Biogenesis clinic founder Tony Bosch will testify against players; MLB preparing to suspend A-Rod, Braun, etc.

T.J. Quinn ‏@TJQuinnESPN 50s

BREAKING: MLB will seek to suspend A-Rod, Ryan Braun and about 20 players connected to Miami clinic. Founder Tony Bosch agreed to cooperate.

Suspensions?

T.J. Quinn ‏@TJQuinnESPN 1m

Sources tell @OTLonESPN Bosch will swear an affidavit that he provided drugs to players. MLB may seek 100-game suspensions for Braun, A-Rod.

Two weeks after I trade for the mother****er in FBB. Of ****ing course.

The players who might ultimately face discipline from MLB include: Rodriguez, Braun, Cabrera, Colon, Grandal, Nelson Cruz, Francisco Cervelli, Jesus Montero, Jhonny Peralta, CesarPuello, Fernando Martinez, Everth Cabrera, Fautini de los Santos, Jordan Norberto, and a number of players who are either identified by code names or whose names appear in other documents not obtained by "Outside the Lines." All are currently on major-league rosters but for Puello, a top outfield prospect for the New York Mets who is playing in Class AA Binghamton.

One player listed who will be scrutinized but possibly exonerated is the Nationals' Gio Gonzalez. Gonzalez was listed among Biogenesis clients, but two sources told ESPN that the only substances he received from the clinic were legal.

http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/...-investigation

Ouch!! That's going to hurt some teams.

So glad KC is clean.

Not me...rather have entertaining cheaters then shitty baseball players.

Yeah, I was kidding. I'd give these guys traceable shit from the 90's for 30 hrs.

10k on that one, fellas.

I'm sure the MFY mgmt will be all broke up over the potential suspension of Rodriguez.

Didn't someone break this before the season started wasn't it the same guy that broke the Melky & Braun story? he deserves a damn medal

Wow didnt realize Jesus Montero was in on this. Montero 4 Pineda.. Crazy trade based on returns at this point. Hasn't worked out for either team yet

Suspensions are unpaid yes? Does NY get to keep the eleven billionty dollars A-Rod would give up in missing 100 games?

I hope he is done for good

So do the Yankees. LMAO

My fantasy team with Braun might be ****ed.

Make a quick trade with someone who hasn't heard the story yet. You'll make a lifelong friend by doing that. :thumb:

There's a fan out there about to be covered in excrement.

Most least surprising development ever?

I was just thinking along those lines. Someone, somewhere, has all those guys on his fantasy team.

A-Rod should be banned for life...

Seriously...

pump Moose and Hosmer full of horse roids, greenies, HGH and testosterone and see if they can get away with using a whizinator for a year or so...

they get caught, they miss 50 games...but hopefully the confidence of being super humans for a few months/years makes them good players when they come back from their suspensions

what could it hurt?

I'd hire Ben Johnson as our hitting coach.

Grandal is listed there and he was already suspended 50 games to start this season.

I don't mind these guys juicing. It makes the game fun.

If they suspend enough players do you think the Royals can win a few games?

None once news of Frenchy's suspension hits the airwaves. We're nothing without that juicing, club leader, bacon eater and RBI machine.

If Frenchy was one on the list, the rest of the American League teams would petition that he NOT be suspended. He's such a good boy

Francoeur is a team leader. And he swallows.

Just means they aren't trying hard enough.

Still have to pay for him.

Tack on another 100

MLB To Suspend Braun, Rodriguez, Others
By Zach Links [July 9, 2013 at 5:01pm CST]
Major League Baseball is expected to suspend Ryan Braun, Alex Rodriguez, and as many as 20 players connected to the Biogenesis clinic sometime after next week's All-Star break, several sources told T.J. Quinn and Mike Fish of ESPN.com.

At least their bodies are ripped and they feel good about themselves

Ryan Braun didn't answer questions
Updated: July 9, 2013, 6:03 PM ET
By T.J. Quinn and Mike Fish | ESPN.com

Ryan Braun, who has repeatedly denied using performance-enhancing drugs, refused to answer questions during a recent meeting with Major League Baseball about his connection to Tony Bosch and the Biogenesis clinic in Miami, sources told "Outside the Lines."

The meeting took place June 29, a source said, and is one of several that MLB has conducted with players connected to the clinic. A source said Alex Rodriguez has not been interviewed, but a meeting is expected to take place within the week.

Commissioner Bud Selig's office is expected to suspend Braun and Rodriguez, along with as many as 20 players sometime after next week's All-Star break, several sources told "Outside the Lines." As OTL reported, MLB started building cases against the players last month after Bosch agreed to cooperate with investigators.

The question is the length of the suspensions.

Sources said the commissioner's office was considering 100-game bans for Braun and Rodriguez, the punishment for a second offense, even though neither player was previously suspended for violating MLB's drug policy.

The argument, one source said, would be that they -- and possibly other players -- committed multiple offenses by receiving performance-enhancing drugs from Bosch and by lying about it.

Bosch's attorneys have met repeatedly with MLB officials over the past month, turning over numerous documents to substantiate his connection to the players named in company documents, sources have said.

While sources would not detail what Bosch has turned over, he was expected to provide phone, text, email and other records.

Representatives of Braun could not be reached Tuesday by ESPN.

Why ****ing wait?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>More Biogenesis-Related Suspensions Likely To*Occur <a href="http://t.co/k5m13fY8FG">http://t.co/k5m13fY8FG</a></p>&mdash; MLB Trade Rumors (@mlbtraderumors) <a href="https://twitter.com/mlbtraderumors/statuses/496746678238449665">August 5, 2014</a></blockquote>
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...aled/13624217/


The federal investigation that brought about those arrests have “revealed previously unnamed MLB players,” ESPN.com’s T.J. Quinn reports on Twitter, which could well lead to another round of suspensions. (Quinn, whose Twitter timeline has quite a bit of additional coverage, says to “expect more suspensions.”) It can only be hoped that we will not see a repeat of last year’s seemingly endless saga. Nevertheless, the potential impact on baseball’s transactional side remains a realistic consideration.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Two most common responses I&#39;ve gotten on unnamed players are &quot;please be Ortiz&quot; and &quot;please be Jeter.&quot;</p>&mdash; T.J. Quinn (@TJQuinnESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/TJQuinnESPN/statuses/496728935372427264">August 5, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Pujols FTMFW.

Why would anyone want Jeter's name to be smeared?

On the other hand, I think it's just a matter of time before Papi's name comes out on a report.

Pujols has never been even accused of steroid use other than by opposing team fans. He passes the eye test. His body type never changed in his 11 years with the Cardinals. As he got older his production slowly declined as it should when you get older. There were no "bounceback" years. I'd be totally surprised if he took steriods.

Now, him being two years older than the official record, I might see that as more of a possibility. He is a USA citzen now. You can't forge those citizenship documents. So maybe thats just another BS accusation.

To end the nightmarish, season long Jeter fellate-fest, of course.

Pujols was huge in high school (he went to Fort Osage). I saw him with my own eyes. I didn't think he was high school age, but he was massive back then as well.

why wouldn't anyone outside of New York want every Yankme to get busted?

HGH is under the PED umbrella, though.

I honestly don't personally care about PEDs. Greenies and 'roids for everybody! But Pujols can go eat a bag of d's for insulting the Cards on the way out the door.

Maybe because they are an actual fan of baseball and Jeter has been one of the few shining stars to come out of the PED era?

Why does everyone say "This is very bad for so and so."

Do you honestly think Alex Rodriguez cares what joe blow says? The guy already is worth over a 100 million dollars.

**** me with a rusty fish knife for millions and expose me for the fraud I am. I couldn't care less.

As Derrick Thomas once said, "All I care about is being healthy and getting paid."

Because he is a Yankee.
Because people want to see those stars brought down to earth, if you will, can't have someone being all perfect. The same reasons that people were happy when Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Kobe Bryant and so on all got into trouble.

While I agree with your sentiment, AROD specifically, DOES very much care what people think, which is why he hired people to lie and say good things about him, carry signs, organize grass roots efforts to clear his name, sued people, on and on and on.

Then when people caught onto the bullshit he finally got wise and stopped.

Carry on.

He cares about how his baseball playing days are regarded by his peers. He will always be looked at as the one that could have, the one that everyone believed in, but yet he was a user. He disgraced his name and his baseball career by cheating. That is what he will always be known as, someone that didn't believe he was good enough without cheating.
That money cannot buy self worth.

Fingers crossed for Miguel Cabrera.