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Court rules samples seized from steroids testing can be used [baseball players]
AP ^
| Dec 27 2006
Posted on 12/27/2006 12:02:38 PM PST by george wythe
A federal appeals court has ruled that evidence seized from Major League Baseball's steroids testing labs can be used by the government in its investigation of performance enhancing drugs.
The ruling today involves computer results of urine samples that were seized as part of the government's investigation into illegal steroid use among professional athletes.
[snip]
The results were to be kept secret and most of the samples were destroyed.
But the labs stopped destroying the samples when the grand jury demanded access to the results from ten players. When authorities raided the labs for those samples, they seized all the remaining samples as well.
(Excerpt) Read more at kget.com ...
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To: george wythe
Uh oh, there goes another Word's Series.
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posted on
12/27/2006 12:09:26 PM PST
by
rhombus
To: george wythe
Time for Bonds to go yard. Prison yard.
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posted on
12/27/2006 12:14:46 PM PST
by
gov_bean_ counter
( I am sitting under my cone of silence, inside a copper wire cage wearing a tin foil hat...)
To: gov_bean_ counter
Sounds like a player's strike in '07
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posted on
12/27/2006 12:27:25 PM PST
by
hkp123
To: george wythe
The unions forced the keeping secret this information as they demand fans pay outrageous fortunes to watch drug addicts to play a game.
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posted on
12/27/2006 12:31:56 PM PST
by
edcoil
(Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
To: george wythe
What is this 'baseball' you talk about, I've never heard of it!
Is it something like the girls game 'rounders'?
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posted on
12/27/2006 12:35:31 PM PST
by
Dinsdale
To: Dinsdale
You hit a ball with a stick and run around in a circle. Sounds exciting, eh?
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posted on
12/27/2006 12:37:20 PM PST
by
gov_bean_ counter
( I am sitting under my cone of silence, inside a copper wire cage wearing a tin foil hat...)
To: george wythe
I can not understand why the government is even remotely concerned about this. The rules for playing Baseball are up to the promoter of the game, just as different acts in a circus are assigned to the various rings by the circus promoter. If the public wants to enjoy either show, they can purchase their tickets. If someone wants to use steroids before sticking his head in the lions mouth, fine I could care less. If another performer wants to use steroids before swinging his bat, same thing, I really do not care.
For taxpayer funds to be used fretting over a performance in an entertainment show, is an insult to taxpayers. If folks don't like the way the promoters staged a circus, they should find another circus.
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posted on
12/27/2006 12:49:59 PM PST
by
Mark was here
(How can they be called "Homeless" if their home is a field?.)
To: Mark was here
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posted on
12/27/2006 1:02:56 PM PST
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: george wythe
What does the gubbmint have to do with professional athletes?
How about drug/alcohol checks for all the senators and congressmen (oops, congresspersons)? Huh?
Why are taxpayer dollars being wasted on this when so many "elected officials" get away with screwing us day after day?
I'm going to vote them all out!...."yeah...that's the ticket..."
FEH!
FMCDH(BITS)
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posted on
12/27/2006 2:12:12 PM PST
by
nothingnew
(I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
To: Mark was here
Exactly. See#10.
FMCDH(BITS)
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posted on
12/27/2006 2:13:50 PM PST
by
nothingnew
(I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
To: Mark was here
"If folks don't like the way the promoters staged a circus, they should find another circus."Okay, how about all the performance records that were broken by the drug-addicted "entertainers" of today?
Is it appropriate that the "NEW" records of these non-natural "performers" should supplant those of players who were working only with their God-given natural talent?
To: traditional1
Is it appropriate that the "NEW" records of these non-natural "performers" should supplant those of players who were working only with their God-given natural talent?
God and the rest of the fans are going to have to put some asterisks in their record books.
This is a burden for the fans to express their displeasure with in the market place, it is not a mater for the government to be setting the rules for a game.
Could Congress pass a law demanding that any bowler who gets more than 8 pins gets to score 10?
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posted on
12/27/2006 2:34:08 PM PST
by
Mark was here
(How can they be called "Homeless" if their home is a field?.)
To: Mark was here
Let's see: if you break Federal laws, the Federal Government doesn't get to prosecute you; is that your argument?????
To: traditional1
Let's see: if you break Federal laws, the Federal Government doesn't get to prosecute you; is that your argument?????
Try again. The Federal Government has no business regulating the play of a game. If fans do not like the way the game goes, they can spend their money elsewhere. If a player steals second base, the government should not charge the player with a felony, (as long as he puts it back).
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posted on
12/27/2006 2:56:30 PM PST
by
Mark was here
(How can they be called "Homeless" if their home is a field?.)
To: george wythe
Whew, I sure am glad the .GOV is spending taxpayer monies on this endeavour.
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posted on
12/27/2006 2:56:39 PM PST
by
xrp
(Republicans Message: Vote for us, we suck less than Democrats.)
To: Mark was here
Try again.
If players use illegal substances, on OR off the field, they are subject to penalties under all available laws.
Sport of choice is not an issue; law is.
To: traditional1
If players use illegal substances, on OR off the field, they are subject to penalties under all available laws.
Steroid use is legal, if the Promoters do not want their actors to use steroids, it should be in their contracts.
Steroids do have legitimate uses, and help people. They should not be made illegal because it messes up some silly record book.
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posted on
12/27/2006 3:05:21 PM PST
by
Mark was here
(How can they be called "Homeless" if their home is a field?.)
To: Mark was here
"Steroids are illegal in the United States unless prescribed by a doctor for a known medical condition. But they are easily obtained, most commonly over the counter at pharmacies in Mexico and other Latin American countries. Former major leaguer Chad Curtis, who retired after last season, estimated that 40 to 50 percent of major league ballplayers use steroids -- sometimes supplemented with joint-strengthening human growth hormone -- to suddenly become stronger and faster. Illegal steroid use (aka, "not prescribed by a doctor for a known medical condition") IS ILLEGAL. Now, with anyone easily finding a "doctor" to prescribe (ILLEGALLY) for pure performance enhancement and then denying its illegality is purely Clintonian.
Promoters IN BASEBALL have not been able to ban steroids for two reasons: UNIONS and MONEY.
To claim the use by athletes of steroids is "legal" is to ignore common sense.
To: Mark was here
Ummmmmmmmm ...... illegal drug traffic within our borders?
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posted on
12/28/2006 4:40:40 AM PST
by
mcg2000
(New Orleans: The city that declared Jihad on The Red Cross.)
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