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Report: MLB Will Not Share Amphetamine Test Data

Nov 28, 2008 7:07 AM EST

Major League Baseball told the New York Times that it would release the number of players who had first-time positive tests for amphetamines in 2008.

However, on Thursday, the league said the number of tests would not be included in the report on the drug-testing program that will be released in January.

"The report will detail the number of tests conducted this year, the number of positives for steroids, the names of the substances players tested positive for and the number of therapeutic-use exemptions but will not include the total number of amphetamine positives," executive vice president for labor relations Rob Manfred told The Times.

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Mitchell: Report May Have Caused Less Drug Usage

Nov 26, 2008 10:34 AM EST

Former Senator George Mitchell won't change a word of his infamous 'Mitchell Report' on steroid use in baseball and believes that it may have caused less drug usage.

"The impression I get is that it's had a significant impact of reducing usage although that still remains very difficult to measure with any complete precision," Mitchell said Tuesday.

Mitchell's 409-page report implicated seven MVPs and 31 All-Stars.

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Nine Innings In Playoff Games Ensured

Nov 21, 2008 10:11 AM EST

Commissioner Bud Selig announced on Thursday that in the future all playoff games will be a minimum of nine innings.

The announcement is in accordance with a rule change approved at the MLB owners meetings in Manhattan.

"It's virtually done," Selig said, "that all postseason games, the All-Star Game, will be full-length affairs, and the rule will be so written."

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General Nov 2008 Archive

  • Japanese Schoolgirl Drafted By Pro Team

    Boston Globe | Nov 17, 2008

    A Japanese schoolgirl is attempting to become the first woman to ever play professional baseball in Japan.

  • New Hall Of Fame Classic To Debut In 2009

    ESPN | Nov 17, 2008

    Legends and old-timers will play in a new Hall of Fame Classic game beginning in 2009.

  • GMs Agree Instant Replay A Success

    MLB.com | Nov 16, 2008

    A number of MLB executives believe that the implementation of instant replay to the game this season was a success.

  • 'Workable' Testing For HGH Targeted

    Denver Post | Nov 16, 2008

    Current HGH tests can only detect the use within a period of 24 to 36 hours, making it easy to beat, and new testing is definitely needed.

  • MLB Could Send Stars To Olympics

    MLB.com | Nov 15, 2008

    Baseball officials gave members of the International Olympic Committee assurances on Friday that they could send professional players to the 2016 Summer Games.

  • Free Agency To Begin Friday

    MLB.com | Nov 10, 2008

    Players have filed for free agency, and teams have created their wish lists as Friday, the first day teams can sign players, approaches.

  • Agents Gird For Obama's Planned Tax Increase

    ESPN | Nov 5, 2008

    Numerous baseball agents are already thinking about trying to beat a possible tax increase for their clients under an Obama administration.

  • McCain Calls On Schilling For Help

    Boston Globe | Nov 1, 2008

    Curt Schilling is scheduled to appear with presidential nominee John McCain at a town hall event at Peterborough Town Hall in New Hampshire.