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Thursday, May 07, 2009
Manny drugging Manny
I do want to say one other thing; I’ve taken and passed about 15 drug tests over the past five seasons.
If you are confused, the Joint Drug Agreement says that each player will be tested at least twice, and likely three times:
- 3.A.1.a: first week of Spring Training (every player)
- 3.A.1.b: in-season, random date (every player)
- 3.A.2: 1200 tests during the season, including a maximum of 31% in the off-season (since there are 30 teams and you have a 40-man roster, it seems likely that the “random number of players” is really exactly one test per player)
So, this fits in to Manny’s three-tests-per-year claim.
Generally speaking: I don’t care. My position has been and will always be that this is a workplace issue, to be decided by the players themselves (and by the fans by voting with their wallets). The phony outrage cries you will hear are simply that: cries. Unless you are going to get MADD mad, don’t bother getting mad.
Outside of players like Rick Helling, the majority of players don’t think this is a problem big enough to deal with. If it was me and I was a player, I’d make sure that all the players are clean. But, players don’t care. And you don’t care either. Boo all you want. The players will continue to take your abuse as long as you keep giving them your money when you do so.
A solution could be an escrow account, just like in Taiwan.
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