baseballprospectus.com - 1/6/2009
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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 Starcaps case, where six players took a ...
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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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sports.yahoo.com —
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
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Some Tuesday afternoon linkaliciousness
Lone Star Ball —
... J.C. Romero has been suspended 50 games, and is professing his innocence, although Will Carroll says Romero's story isn't as clean as it first appears. Sergio Mitre, a guy occasionally linked to the Rangers in rumors, ...
More on Mitre; Dissecting Romero's claims
It's About The Money - A New York Yankees Blog —
... Will Carroll from Baseball Prospectus had an interesting little piece on what Romero was supposedly taking: Ergopharm 6-OXO Extreme. Notes Carroll: ...
With Friends Like Ruben…
The Shibe Times - A Phillies Blog —
... Will Carroll at Baseball Prospectus must be a chemist, because he tells us that the crap that Romero was taking is “a product that enhances testosterone production in ways very similar to anabolic steroids”. He doesn’t cite anything to back this up, but give him a break as he says in the comments of his post, he threw it together on his iPhone on vacation. What a pro. ...
An Innocent Man?
Mike's Mets —
... Wasn't producing more testosterone the basics of how steroids worked? Will Carroll has some interesting info on this supplement on the Baseball Prospectus site, including a no-longer working link to the product that was on GNC's web site and another link to a more technical article on the supplement. ...
J.C. Romero files a lawsuit he's going to lose
Circling The Bases —
... what he heard from the supplement maker or the union or whoever when he made the decision to take the substance in question. In light of the other, more official sources available to him, I'd say no, and I think a jury will too, assuming it gets even that far. I'm likewise hesitant to have any sympathy for Romero with respect to his suspension. Sure, we may be tempted to feel bad for Romero based on his fairly reasonable claim that he didn't set out to cheat. But once you read what Will Carroll of Baseball Prospectus had to say about it back in January , your sympathy will ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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urlboss.com 1/6/2009 — J. C. Romero : A left Handed Base Ball player who's born in 1976.He's Suspended for 50 Games of 2009 Season and will loose $1.25 million.He found Guilty for Taking Drugs.
Phillies Reliever J.C. Romero Suspended 50 Games
soxanddawgs.com 1/6/2009 — Philadelphia Phillies reliever J.C. Romero has been suspended 50 games by MLB for testing positive for a banned supplement. Romero says he spoke with the MLBPA and they had said there was no problem with the supplement he purchased at GNC. It does appear that Romero may have been misled by the ...
Phillies' J.C. Romero is suspended for 50 games —
Examiner Sports 1/6/2009
Phillies reliever J.C. Romero and Yankees minor league pitcher Sergio Mitre were suspended for the first 50 games of next season after testing positive for a banned substance. The suspensions were announced Tuesday by Major League Baseball.
