murraychass.com - 1/9/2009
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J.C. Romero, meet Eddie Cicotte. Claude (Lefty) Williams, too. Romero should know (about) Cicotte and Williams because they are the only other pitchers to record tainted decisions in World Series games.
It may be a stretch to lump Romero with Cicotte and Williams; it may even be unfair. Romero ...
bizofbaseball.com - 1/7/2009
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bizofbaseball.com —
MLB announced today that Phillies reliever J.C. Romero
and Yankee pitcher Sergio Mitre, have each been suspended...
50 games for being in violation of MLB’s drug policy after testing positive for banned substance. Here's why they have no one to blame but themselves.
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J.C. Romero Should Have "Let the Body Beware"
sports.yahoo.com - 1/7/2009
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Since they usually involve faceless minor leaguers, it
seems like it's been awhile since baseball has had...
a drug suspension that anyone talked about past an obligatory headline or mention. To date, only the suspensions of Rafael Palmeiro and Jason ...
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Confusion controversy gives birth to Free JC Romero movement
totalprosports.com - 1/6/2009
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Total Pro Sports - J.C. Romero today was
booked for a banned nutritional supplement's and suspended 50...
games by Major League Baseball . The 33 year old relief pitcher said he bought the nutritional supplement from a GNC store in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Supposedly the MLB Players Association ...
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J.C. Romero Suspended For 50 Games
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Murray Chass on Baseball: Romero Joins a Unique Group
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
Murray Chass on Baseball: Romero Joins a Unique Group What does that have to do with Romero? Well, he cheated (even though he denies or maintains he didn’t know that he was cheating) and he got away with it to the extent that he was able delay his 50-game suspension and pitch in the World Series. My feelings on the subject were aroused by an e-mail from a reader, a municipal bond lawyer and former Tampa Bay season ticket holder now living in Denver. He said I could use his name, but his firm may become involved with Major League Baseball and I wouldn’t want to affect that ...
Teach your children well
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... (which will definitely hurt his Hall of Fame chances). At least according to Murray Chass : It's a funny thing. I know a few lawyers, and each of them is exceptionally bright. Which makes me wonder how Murray Chass managed to find one so foolish. You know what's so lame about the "What shall we tell the kids?" question? It's lame because the answer's so obvious: Tell the kids that life is complicated. Not many black-and-white moments, but there is lots and lots of gray. Maybe Romero was trying to cheat, or maybe he wasn't. Maybe the drug he used helped him pitch better, or ...
J.C. Romero? Steroids? World Series? Anyone Interested?
The Big Lead —
... Even finding the asterisk discussion fatuous, we still should be asking why someone who failed one steroid test, let alone two, was allowed to pitch into the postseason? ...
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SportTicker: Phillies’ Romero suspended 50 games
baseballthinkfactory.org 1/6/2009 — According to a report on ESPN.com, Phillies lefthander J.C. Romero has been suspended 50 games for using a banned supplement. The 33-year-old reliever, who won the third and clinching game of the 2008 World Series, has been ruled guilty of ...
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MLB to Romero: “You Got F’d In The A”
thefightins.com 1/6/2009 —
Using tactics employed by shady, imperious organizations past and present, the powers that be in Major League Baseball (”Taking Substance Abuse 33% More Seriously!”) have decided to suspend Phillies reliever J.C. Romero for fifty games ...
MLB Suspends J.C. Romero for 50 games
thegoodphight.com 1/6/2009 — This is gonna get messy :
While Major League Baseball never said J.C. Romero tried to cheat, the 33-year-old reliever who won the third and clinching games of the 2008 World Series has been ruled guilty of "negligence" and ...
Commentary: Romero The Fall Guy In A True Mess
philliesnation.com 1/6/2009 — For a few moments, we were rocked — nay, floored when learning that Major League Baseball was suspending JC Romero 50 games for testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug. But after reading the stories and absorbing the facts, we soon learned ...
Romero’s Chemist
baseballprospectus.com 1/6/2009 — J.C. Romero was suspended for fifty games under terms of MLB’s drug policy. Just before it was handed down, Romero made his case public, the same one that the arbitrator rejected. With the NFL’s drug policy currently under attack in the ...
Tim Brown: Romero deserved his punishment
baseballthinkfactory.org 1/7/2009 — Here’s what happened: Romero’s positive test was for a drug not listed among the ingredients of the product – 6-OXO Extreme – he purchased. Baseball officials bought a random bottle of the same supplement and, sure enough, its laboratory found traces of the same banned drug. Romero, then, was ...
More on Romero and Mitre
hardballtimes.com 1/7/2009 — There is a lot of he-said-she-said about the Romero and Mitre suspensions. To help clear up things -- or muddy things, depending on your point of view -- Jason at IIATMS spoke with agent Matt Sosnick about L'affaire (L'affaires?) Mite and Romero. Check it out. Order the Hardball Times Annual ...
