Sammy Sosa Tested Positive for Steroids

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<!--quoteo(post=44692:date=Jun 17 2009, 11:04 AM:name=rok)-->QUOTE (rok @ Jun 17 2009, 11:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=44688:date=Jun 17 2009, 12:57 PM:name=vitaminB)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (vitaminB @ Jun 17 2009, 12:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->You can say he was a cheater for the corked bat. Got it. But to call him a cheater cause he tested positive on a voluntary exploratory test, when there was no ban on any controlled substance at all is preposterous. That's like calling Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt cheaters because if you tested their cars with today's standards they wouldn't pass. You're only a cheater if you break an actual rule.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That's pretty much spot on. And I think that there's a lot of confusion as to which specific substances these players have been found to be taking. Not all performance enhancing substances, many of which are legal and available at health stores, are steroids, which are illegal. These supplements are not all created equal, but most casual fans or observers assume that they are. Unless all information from these so-called sealed documents is released, we still have no idea as to who did what.
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That's true. There's a bunch of things in your local GNC that will trigger a positive test. For instance all of those NFLers that got busted for the weight loss pills they got from a health store last year.