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    Report: MLB to begin testing for HGH in '12

    Very encouraged that baseball seems to be doing most things right currently.

    http://www.sacbee.com/2011/11/19/406...sting-for.html

    Major League Baseball's new collective bargaining agreement, which should be announced next week, will include blood testing for human growth hormone for the first time, according to a report.

    Citing two people briefed on the matter, The New York Times said Saturday that MLB's new labor deal will call for blood testing to begin when players report for spring training in February.

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    Re: Report: MLB to begin testing for HGH in '12

    Thats great news!! now maybe they can catch the dang lance berkman using the juice
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    Re: Report: MLB to begin testing for HGH in '12

    Pujols should sign as fast as possible.
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    Re: Report: MLB to begin testing for HGH in '12

    Your move Albert.

    Yeah oneupper beat me to the Pujols reference but I say keep em coming.

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    Re: Report: MLB to begin testing for HGH in '12

    Also wasn't there sniping on here earlier this year about whether or not hgh even improves performance?

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    Re: Report: MLB to begin testing for HGH in '12

    I had the same thoughts about a certain St. Louis 1b. It will be interesting to see what his statistics are in 2012.
    Where we gonna go?

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    Re: Report: MLB to begin testing for HGH in '12

    I'm shocked the union agreed to this.
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    Re: Report: MLB to begin testing for HGH in '12

    Next year should be interesting.

    fwiw, even though I'm pretty strongly anti-steroid, I've long had questions as to whether hgh were really as dangerous. Admittedly, I'm more ignorant on the subject than opinionated. Can anyone clarify this? I could google it, but I'm lazy.

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    Re: Report: MLB to begin testing for HGH in '12

    anyone familiar with how that works...as far as how long that kind of thing would stay in one's system?

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    Re: Report: MLB to begin testing for HGH in '12

    I wonder how far off Prince Albie's stats will fall. NOt quite as far as Berkmans............ I'm betting some new "off season program" will have them showing up to camp smaller than ever.

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    Re: Report: MLB to begin testing for HGH in '12

    Bud Selig is trying to rescue his legacy on the way out the door. And that is a very good thing for baseball.

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    Re: Report: MLB to begin testing for HGH in '12

    Really? Come on guys, I expected better from you. How has no one said "so now we know why TLR retired"?

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    Re: Report: MLB to begin testing for HGH in '12

    Quote Originally Posted by dougdirt View Post
    Really? Come on guys, I expected better from you. How has no one said "so now we know why TLR retired"?
    I'm disapointed in all of you. I mean really... nobody has asked what Chris Carpenter will tell his son yet? Cmon....I expected more for you guys.

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    Re: Report: MLB to begin testing for HGH in '12

    Quote Originally Posted by MattyHo4Life View Post
    I'm disapointed in all of you. I mean really... nobody has asked what Chris Carpenter will tell his son yet? Cmon....I expected more for you guys.
    Touche.

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    Re: Report: MLB to begin testing for HGH in '12

    The reason we didn't write any of the things suggested above is that we really don't want to talk about things that happened in the past.
    Where we gonna go?


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