Here from the Orlando Sentinel, New York Met officials plan to re-educate their players about steroid use. Something about 'jabbing needles in your butt' didn't stick the first time.
Bad joke, but the third Met organization player this year gets caught juicing:
The Mets plan to re-examine their educational program about steroids following their third drug-related suspension in 61/2 months. P Lino Urdaneta was suspended for 50 games Wednesday, eight days after P Jorge Reyes was suspended for 100. Both were penalized for testing positive for performance-enhancing substances under baseball's minor-league program. It was Reyes' second offense. Other suspended Mets include Ps Guillermo Mota, Waner Mateo, Timothy Haines and Yusaku Iriki.
"We do educational stuff already, and we do a bunch of it. We will be looking into it," COO Jeff Wilpon said Thursday. "I've spoken to the doctors, and I've spoken to the nutritionist."
Wilpon also will meet with General Manager Omar Minaya and his staff to review the team's anti-drug efforts.
May we also suggest including the Met clubhouse staff too in these educational meetings? Metboy Kirk Radomski was absent the day they held the steroid education class in the 80s. So cynical we are...
Nice website. It's my primary reference when I need to research the subject of Doping in Sports. I just published a post about doping on my blog (click here to visit) and I'd love to get your opinion about which sport has the most stringent doping policy. From reading your post today, I suspect you don't think that MLB has the most stringent policy.
From The Nation: Tough question, and a bit outside of our expertise. We should research more about policy, however the toughest appears to be European track policies where bio-profiles need to be established, and testing can occur at any time and any place.
As someone said, American pro anti-doping policies (MLB, NFL, NBA) are almost an IQ test; only the dull athlete is caught.
Posted by: Jimmie R. Markham | 05/18/2007 at 15:56