Melky Cabrera Suspended 50 games For Violating Substance Abuse Policy

[OrangeJerseys]

Don't have a link yet but I've received several ESPN and Team Stream updates.

[bdlj0887]

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120815&content_id=36734312&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb

Say it ain't so, Melkman

[canonfaz]

I'm glad these guys are at least getting caught now. I'm not 100% sure on the politics of all this being illegal, but i'm all for a level playing field.

[Aglets]

I bet that the first call Melky made after he found he was caught was to Ryan Braun.

[waroriole]

There goes that big contract he was gonna get.

[Saintbird]

At the VERY least, you have to respect that he just came out, admitted to it and apologized.

Better than trying to cover it up...

[Austin]

Wow, big news. By the way, anyone remember this from just a few weeks ago? I take it Melky has known about this for a little while.

[Dr. FLK]

So you're saying he didn't go from a 670 OPS to a 900+ OPS naturally? Shocking...

[TradeAngelos]

I would like anyone who claimed that steroids didn't help baseball players to step right up.

It is mostly idiots in the media who have no clue what they are talking about, but I seem to remember a few around here claiming that as well.

[O's are Legends]

MLB executive: "Hey Commish, a big star was busted for using roids."

Allan Huber: "I pray it's not Pujols"

[ChaosLex]

Roch responded to one of my tweets, saying the O's might have been interested in him this offseason. Sounds like you can scratch him off the list now.

[Can_of_corn]

I would like anyone who claimed that steroids didn't help baseball players to step right up.

It is mostly idiots in the media who have no clue what they are talking about, but I seem to remember a few around here claiming that as well.

Yea, it is the steroids that are causing the 70 point bump in babip over his career numbers.

[weams]

Used by athletes to improve muscle mass, muscle recovery and endurance, testosterone occurs naturally in the body. Baseline levels of the hormone vary widely among different people, and one person's levels can vary widely from day to day. So positive tests for synthetic testosterone are based on a weight of evidence, not any surefire marker, and considerable leeway has to be given to ensure that no innocent athletes are punished for natural variations. (Athletes in the 2012 Olympics were allowed four times the normal levels of testosterone before they tripped a drug test.) This testing strategy, though logical, is highly vulnerable to passing over athletes who abuse testosterone in small doses, enough to give them an edge but not a positive test.

From the Lance article