New HGH Testing Not Sitting Well with Major League Veterans
It’s no secret that Major League Baseball had some serious drug issues. But with the recent HGH testing in Spring Training, players are feeling the effects of the players that played before them.
This spring, for the first time, Major League Baseball is testing players for HGH. HGH has been baseball’s best kept secret for quite some time. HGH can’t be detected from your basic urine test, it needs to be blood drawn, in order to get an accurate reading. And if any of you have had their blood drawn – let alone a significant amount – it can be draining on the body. The idea of the HGH testing is to do it randomly, throughout the season, so players can’t prepare their body for the testing.
As I posted a few months ago regarding Ryan Braun’s positive test, it’s very possible for a player to rid their body of trace HGH use. Unfortunately for myself, I used my “Jump to Conclusions” mat in regards to Braun’s positive test, but I do believe most what Conte said about the loopholes involved in standardized testing – not Olympic-style.
When MLB quietly agreed to a new labor deal, they also agreed on the new HGH drug testing. According to Michael Weiner, the executive director of the players’ association, the plan is to have the players get used to the testing this spring, and make the neccessary adjustments moving forward. Weiner stated the following:
“Part of why we agreed to testing in spring training and the off-season is that we wanted to see the way they feel, how the collection process works, and decide to make any changes.”
A certain number of players such as: Dan Haren, Randy Choate, Miguel Olivo, Trevor Bell, and Jeff Francouer have already voiced their displeasure with the testing. Olivo was the most animated:
“Hell no, they can’t do that during the season. It’s just not right. They took so much blood from me, I almost passed out. Even when I went to eat at night, I threw up.”
And according to Haren, if MLB ever wanted to do testing during the season, it would need to be after the games:
“I wouldn’t want to give blood at 4 o’clock, and pitch at 7.”
The tests players received required six to eight vials of blood, which is enough to make any man feel a bit light-headed. It is difficult to regulate drug testing in baseball, but the main objective is to level the playing field to the best of their abilities. This is the exact thought process Mariners’ reliever, George Sherrill, has in justifying the new testing:
“It’s invasive, but I’d rather do that than pee with a guy watching me from two inches away. We all want to make it a level playing field. This is what it’s all about.”
I think we can all agree we want the game as clean as possible, and this drug testing – while annoying – is the best way to distinguish who is clean.
Thanks to the USA Today for the story.
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