Major League Baseball is the problem here. That, and the fact that Bud Selig is a major douche face.
Basically, here's what went down... Palmeiro took (and failed) this test some time before the All-Star break. He and MLB both got the results (fail) of the test sometime around the All Star break, before he got his 3,000th hit. MLB elected to keep it quiet, and allowed him to go through the entire appeals process in secret, and only after his appeal was denied was the fact that he had failed a steroid test revealed to the public.
MLB needs to stop covering up for the players and get their shit together on the steroid issue... either they're going to crack down or they're not, there is no halfway commitment that will work.
Also, the Mariners pitcher who was just suspended 10 games for failing a test... 3 weeks before he took the test that he failed, he was tested, and he passed. So either somethign is flawed in MLB's testing policy or the testing itself, or this guy just had some bad timing...
Either way... I am firmly against the use of methamphetamines between innings.
-teddy
team shed
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