Mandatory Steroid Testing in 2004

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Luis Gonzalez' career just ended:

More than 5 percent of players test positive for steroids

By RONALD BLUM, AP Sports Writer
November 13, 2003
NEW YORK (AP) -- 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.

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― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 13 November 2003 23:32 (twenty-two years ago)

It is about time they did something about this stuff.

There are a BUNCH of players that are sweating this one out. ERAs might go down a notch.

― earlnash, Friday, 14 November 2003 02:36 (twenty-two years ago)

four weeks pass...

Please forgive my ignorance sports fans but are Steroids tolerated in MLB? I thought that stuff was just a little bit bad for you!

regards,

REB

― Rik E Boy (Rik E Boy), Friday, 12 December 2003 02:12 (twenty-two years ago)

steroids have been tolerated but there is mandatory testing beginning in the 2004 season due to the fact that over 5% of the entire league (every single player) tested positive for steroids in 2003. the exact figure was not released but the league said it was between 7-10%.

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 12 December 2003 03:00 (twenty-two years ago)

New Awards for MLB:

Steve Howe Award-- Best pitcher under chemical addiction (Denny McLain Award will be for top pitcher with law troubles.)

Daryl Strawberry Award-- MVP under chemical addiction and/or Law Troubles

Ken Caminiti Award-- Top Roided Player

― earlnash, Saturday, 13 December 2003 02:09 (twenty-two years ago)

I think Doc Ellis wins the Steve Howe award.

Darly Strawberry, first thing that popped into my mind was the firecracker incident when he was playing in LA.

― gygax! (gygax!), Saturday, 13 December 2003 02:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I like the ring of the "Doc Ellis Award" better than Steve Howe, the guy supposedly threw a nohitter on LSD and another game hit the first four batters while on the stuff (the latter being against The Big Red Machine).

If that was the case, Steve Howe would be a multiple winner of the "Doc Ellis Award".

Daryl's had a bunch of problems. The wild thing is that he is actually pretty well liked by his teammates as a person (I suppose being center of the party).

Vince Coleman Award-- worst injury by oddball circumstance.

Didn't Jeff Kent get hurt washing his car a couple of years ago?

― earlnash, Saturday, 13 December 2003 03:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Depending on whom you want to believe, Kent:

A. If you want to believe Kent: he was standing on top of his truck and slipped, breaking his wrist;

B. If you want to believe everyone else: he was popping wheelies outside of a minor league stadium on his motorcycle and took a bad spill, breaking his wrist.

― Leee Iacocca (Leee), Saturday, 13 December 2003 19:30 (twenty-two years ago)

In either case, we should have a Jeff Kent Award -- injury caused by most redneck of activities.

(Can you believe this guy went to Berkeley!?)

― Leee Iacocca (Leee), Saturday, 13 December 2003 19:33 (twenty-two years ago)

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