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Originally Posted by Curb
You know that acetametphine (sp?) is a banned substance, so one must take ibuprophin...but what if the ibuprophin doesn't work on you and you need to take the acetametaphine...you then get a drug test and bam, you are served a 50 game suspension because you took an asprin instead of an advil. And last time I checked asprin didn't help you're HR count.
Cheating is cheating if you are taking something other than a prescribed drug other than to heal your body from a sickness or injury. Andy Pettite admitted to taking steroids while on the DL list a few years back to get his body healed...no one blamed him for cheating...why is it a double standard then?
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He and other players are paying the price for the cheaters in the league. MLB allowed a situation to continue for so long MLB had to go over the top in the other direction. If they hadn't the US Congress was going to step in. What remains is if a player can't survive without drugs on the banned substance list that player should quit the league. Nobody is forcing them to play baseball, it is a choice for the player to make.
Pettite took them before the league had banned them, which is why he didn't receive a ban. He also admitted to taking them later. I blame him for cheating. So did the Mitchell Report.