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...discipline is necessary to maintain the integrity of the game." Selig didn't back off of possible discipline, saying he'd examine each player on a "case-by-case" basis. But if Selig goes after any active guys, the union is going to fight it - and hard. Baseball's drug agreement clearly states that a player is penalized after he tests positive for a performance-enhancing substance, is found in possession of it or distributes it. And for most players named in the report, which is already being slammed by many observers for naming names based on a combination...
...from playing hardball. A week ago, Jay Gibbons of the Baltimore Orioles and Jose Guillen of the Kansas City Royals were both suspended for 15 days after media reports said they received shipments of human growth hormone after January 2005, when baseball banned the substance. Gibbons apologized for his drug use and accepted the suspension. Guillen filed a grievance through the baseball player's union and an arbitrator will rule on the case...
...enormous consequences for the players named in the report. Also, the length of time that Guillen and Gibbons were suspended - 15 days - offer clues as to how baseball might treat past offenders. The length of that suspension corresponds to the rules that were in place for a second positive drug test in 2003 and 2004, the years in which Guillen and Gibbons had already received shipments of performance-enhancing drugs (according to the reports, the shipments stopped in the summer of 2005). So baseball backdated the penalty - if you used in 2004, we'll seek 2004 punishment (today, a first...
...That's very good news for a players like Clemens and Pettitte, who, according to the Mitchell report, used steroids before 2003. Why? Because up until that year, despite the fact that it technically banned the substances, baseball had no drug testing, and no steroid penalties. So if Roger wants to make yet another comeback, he will likely lose no time, and pay, for his drug...
...What legal right did baseball have to expose the dirty deeds of its own players? Could your employer, say, investigate your drug use, and issue its conclusion in a report to the public? The answer seems to be yes. "A player's privacy rights would not include having crimes committed by them concealed by the league," says Jim Cohen, a Fordham University law professor. Using steroids without a prescription is a criminal act, so baseball may not have been out of bounds here. Then again, as many lawyers assessing the report made clear, the report doesn't exactly offer rock...