courierpostonline.com - 1/7/2009
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PHILADELPHIA A few minutes after the 50-game suspension had been handed down from Major League Baseball to one of his finest relief pitchers, Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. spoke slowly, measuring his words. "A mistake was made," he said Tuesday, "and we have to deal with it ...
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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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
totalprosports.com - 1/6/2009
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totalprosports.com —
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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JC Romero Tested Positive Twice for a Banned Substance and Still Pitched in the World Series? Of Course the Phillies Title is Tained
The Big Lead —
... JC Romero, a reliever on the Phillies, was 2-0 in the World Series, and didn’t allow a run in 7 2/3 postseason innings. Should he have even been pitching? Probably not, since he tested positive for a banned substance twice, yet still was allowed to help Philadelphia defeat Tampa Bay for the title. MLB says it ...
Phillies Title* Helped Or Hurt By MLB?
Bugs & Cranks —
... Romero …. was 2-0 in the World Series, and didn’t allow a run in 7 2/3 postseason innings. Should he have even been pitching? Probably not, since he tested positive for a banned substance twice, yet still was allowed to help Philadelphia defeat Tampa Bay for the title. MLB says it ...
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The Phillies Speak About Romero | Philadelphia Inquirer | 01/06/2009
philly.com 1/6/2009 — The Phillies just held a teleconference with reporters. Here is some of what GM Ruben Amaro Jr. and assistant GM Scott Proefrock had to say: On if J.C. Romero was given the OK to take the supplement from Phillies strength and conditioning coordinator ...
MLB offered deal to keep Romero out of postseason
blogs.usatoday.com 1/8/2009 — Major League Baseball was willing to cut its standard time for a drug suspension in half in order to keep a drug-tainted player out of the World Series. That's the essence of a Philadelphia Inquirer report that says MLB offered...
More on Mitre; Dissecting Romero's claims
itsaboutthemoney.blogspot.com 1/7/2009 — I managed to get hold of Matt Sosnick from Sosnick-Cobbe Sports , the firm that represents Sergio Mitre. Sosnick is not Mitre’s representative; Paul Cobbe is. Matt was kind enough to take a few moments to help clarify some things about Mitre’s story ...
Romero says he was victimized | Philadelphia Daily News | 01/07/2009
philly.com 1/7/2009 — THERE SEEMS TO be one observation on which everyone can agree: J.C. Romero is not the type of culprit who Major League Baseball hoped to ensnare in its new drug policy. Nobody has accused him of knowingly using a performance-enhancing drug. Nobody ...
I Think I'm Going To Be Sick
pabaseball.blogspot.com 1/7/2009 — First there was the news of WSBGM's favorite Pat "the Bat" Burrell signing a 2 year $16M deal with the Tampa Bay Rays. As if that wasn't enough of a gut-punch, right on its heels was the announcement that JC Romero will be receiving a 50 game ...
[Phrauds] 2008 World Series Champs: Philadelphia Phillies*
raysindex.com 1/7/2009 — The Tampa Bay Rays won't say it...Major League Baseball won't say it...the mainstream media won't say it...So we will. The Philadelphia Phillies cheated their way to the World Series title, and Major League Baseball let them. JC Romero of the ...
Phillies Cruise Update #2
myteamrivals.typepad.com 1/11/2009 — It’s Jenn again, reporting live from the middle of the ocean! Lots to talk about again today…more Victorino sightings; Phanatic fun; and some sad, depressing news… I’ll leave the bummer for the end. So yesterday I was chillin’ (or technically baking) in the on-board Spa ...
Romero’s Supplement Caused FALSE Positive
myteamrivals.typepad.com 1/15/2009 — According to the Philadelphia Inquirer this morning, Provient, the company that makes the supplement JC Romero was taking, revealed that their product contains NO illegal or banned substances. It does have an ingredient that may cause a FALSE positive result though. ...
J.C. Romero Suspended 50 Games for Using Questionable Banned Substance
the700level.com 1/6/2009 — Wow. Huge blow to the Phillies first 50 games next season and the career of a possibly innocent man. 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 ...
JC Romero Is Not a Victim —
Bleacher Report - MLB 1/7/2009
Perhaps JC Romero isn't a cheater. The definition of cheating, pertaining to sports and other games, is simply this:
"To violate rules deliberately"
By that definition, it's not cheating, because he didn't know he was putting a banned substance ...
Free J.C.: Why Romero Will Not Leave an * —
Bleacher Report - MLB 1/8/2009
[This story originally ran on Shay Roddy's blog: http://shayroddy.wordpress.com/]
J.C. Romero is out for 50 games for testing positive to a banned substance. The reliever was accused of being negligent and lost an arbitration hearing ...
