TwistedLogic

What happened to Reyes

You would only be creating a martyr.

Really love everything about the new system. They've made it very difficult for guys to take banned supplements by fluke, since they've provided access for safe substances. They've also enhanced the appeal process, so in the event that the guy can prove he didn't intend to cheat, he can get a reduced sentence, and they've made the actual suspensions a lot harsher. All in all, everything about this speaks improvement.

MLB, MLBPA agree to improve joint drug program More frequent testing, increased suspensions part of new agreement http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140328&content_id=70316506&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb&partnerId=ed-8014888-665932833 Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association agreed Friday on significant enhancements to the Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program, including more frequent testing and harsher penalties for players who intentionally use performance-enhancing substances. The changes are the most extensive since 2006 and come just more than a year after MLB and the MLBPA added blood testing for human growth hormone, extended testing to the offseason and established a baseline for testosterone levels at the Owners Meetings in January 2013. "Although we had the strongest program in professional sports before these changes, I am committed to constantly finding ways to improve the program in order to eradicate performance-enhancing drugs from the game and for MLB to serve as a model for other drug programs," Commissioner Bud Selig said in a statement. "I want to express my appreciation to the players for being proactive and showing remarkable leadership in producing the new agreement. I commend them for both their foresight and their creativity throughout this process, and for strongly sharing our desire to improve what is already the toughest drug program in sports." Said Tony Clark, executive director of the Players Association: "Experience proves that increased penalties alone are not sufficient; that's why the players pushed for a dramatic increase in the frequency and sophistication of our tests, as well as comprehensive changes in a number of other areas of the program that will serve as a deterrent. Make no mistake, this agreement underscores the undisputed reality that the players put forward many of the most significant changes reached in these negotiations because they want a fair and clean game." The revisions address three primary areas: INCREASED TESTING Beginning immediately, the number of in-season random urine collections will more than double from 1,400 to 3,200 and the frequency of offseason collections has been raised from 250 to 350. That's in addition to the mandatory tests that every player undergoes during Spring Training and the regular season. Blood collections for HGH detection, already the most thorough in American professional sports, will increase to 400 both in and out of season. Again, that's in addition to the 1,200 samples taken in Spring Training. Any player who's suspended for violating the program will be subject to six additional urine tests and three additional blood tests per season for the rest of his career. The list of banned substances has been expanded. Use of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in 2014 will result in follow-up testing for a first violation; a 25-game suspension for a second violation; an 80-game suspension for a third violation; and up to a permanent suspension for a fourth violation. MLB and the MLBPA are still finalizing other additions to the prohibited substance list, which are expected to be completed by next week. Carbon Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (IRMS) will be randomly performed on at least one specimen from every player in addition to any IRMS test that the Montreal laboratory conducts as a result of the parties' longitudinal profiling program (which was implemented prior to the 2013 season) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) guidelines for conducting IRMS. PENALTIES A first-time offender will receive an 80-game suspension, up from the previous 50 games. A second violation will result in a 162-game suspension and a loss of an entire season (183 days) of pay, up from 100 games. A third violation will lead to permanent banishment. Any player disciplined for a violation involving performance-enhancing substances will not be allowed to participate in the postseason and will not be eligible for an automatic playoff share. PLAYER BENEFITS The Arbitration Panel has been given the right to reduce a player's suspension if he proves at a hearing that the use was not intended to improve his performance. The panel may not reduce the first-time penalty to fewer than 40 games, the second offense to fewer than 80 games or change the permanent suspension for a third-time violator at all. The panel will have no authority to reduce a penalty if the positive test result was for testosterone; human growth hormone (HGH); gonadotropins; selective estrogen receptor modulators; anti-estrogens, boldenone; nandrolone; and stanozolol. A program has been established which will give players year-round access to supplements that will not cause positive test results as well as additional technological resources to provide information regarding supplements and prescription or over-the-counter medications. Improvements will be made in both home and visitor's weight rooms based on recommendations by a joint committee chaired by Tim Maxey, the Joint Strength and Conditioning Coordinator. The confidentiality provisions of the program also have been strengthened.

That occurred during a game, so all the posts about it were probably made in the GDT.

I just laughed out loud visiting this forum, because I just knew I wouldn't find a thread saying Reyes and Edwin have been cleared to play, while there's a new thread made for every minor injury any Jays player ever suffers.

Took the words right out of my mouth. It's funny (really, it's just sad) that not only do people relentlessly cling to their depression for this team, if someone else shows even a little bit of optimism, it actually bothers those people and they have a problem with it. You'll fit in well here.

Anyone else here watch Game of Thrones?

The Jays and their perennially s***** schedules, *sigh*.

I think Burlay as the third starter is the best spot they could put him in, because it's just as varied a difference between three starters as you can possibly have (in a three game series, you face the knuckler on day one, gas on day two, and then old man Burlay's slow rollers on day three). It just takes the Dickey effect that extra step further, because batters have to make three totally different adjustments before each game.

BA, OBP, same thing.

Wasn't me. If I was going to get banned, I wouldn't waste it on Spanky, lol. The only forum I've ever been banned on was PSD and that was because of recruiting people for another forum, lol. Edit: I did get a slap-on-the-wrist from Gsnarls during my first week here, for going after Metallijay, but I don't blame Gsnarls at all for that, I deserved it. Plus, it was worth it. http://i.imgur.com/py2PxcN.gif

That is something we have almost exactly in common. Which is f***ing disgusting. I'm uncomfortable.

Only a "7, tops"? You're probably out of her league then. Poor girl.

I like your posts too. If you know what I mean... http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c276/shostie/primary/SmoothCriminal.jpg

How often do you see this happen? A team benching a guy they spent this much money on in free agency? It's not nearly as easy as that. If he stinks, you bench him, and then the guy that basically owns you and the team you run comes to you and asks "Why did you just bench the guy that you promised me was worth fourteen million of my dollars?". Those draft picks are more valuable to teams like the Braves. It's not that far-fetched to say it was a panic move. It is a bit ridiculous to insinuate that Santana has the most expensive single season pitching contract in history though...

No, actually. Once again, it's "fiancée". So dumn.

If you need help with reading comprehension, I wasn't defending or supporting him in my post, I was doing the exact opposite. I never argue about semantics or make pedantic corrections, I have no idea where you got that from.

A guy who spends his entire time on this board playing the role of the pedantic ******* that corrects every possible mistake he can find, no matter how minor (really? fiance vs fiancee?) should not be allowed to make such a disgustingly egregious typo himself. I've probably disagreed with just about every single person on this board at one point or another, and I probably seem pretty f***ing obnoxious a lot of the time, it's funny how I've never been banned, isn't it? Having a different thought process and finding yourself often in the minority in most debates is one thing, being an annoying, soulless f***ing mongoloid is another. And btw, if it's not fiance, it's not fiancee either, because hey jacktard, you forgot the accent on top of the first "e".

Last offseason he got Johnson, Dickey and Buehrle (our best two remaining pitchers), moron. He's not going to offer players more than they are worth just because the guy is too much of a pansy or a prima donna. He can only offer as much as his owners allow him to offer, and if his owners think it's ******** that they have to pay more than anyone else, then that's a perfectly understandable stance. He offered exactly what the guy got, and if that Medlen tard hadn't injured himself again, Santana would likely be a Blue Jay. Alex is at fault for several things but missing Santana is not one of them. You're wrong here. People are legitimately angry that he missed out on Santana. It's not just because he was the last feasible target, people have wanted him all along.

That guy probably died. Only one that fails is the one that tried to make a joke of it in a GIF, and anyone else who uses it.

He signed in the NL for the same offer he got from the AL, so how is that an excuse? Some of you are just desperate to rage about something, it's a bit pitiful. A pitcher looking for a 1-year deal to rebuild value will most definitely want to be signed by an NL team, especially the kind of player that started off by saying he was looking for a team with a good offense; someone obviously looking for any type of advantage to help inflate (deflate?) his numbers.

I don't think its possible, in the realm of logical thinking, to outbid the Red Sox for Drew if they decide they want him. They're the only team in the game that won't have to surrender a draft pick to sign him. I think he himself has probably been waiting to see if they decide to pursue him.

Except for the small, tiny, insignificant fact that Santana still wanted 4/50 at that point...

LOL http://i.imgur.com/RN70TUF.gif I wish I could like this post more than once.