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Originally Posted by Frank.S
If you get caught failing a steroid test, you cant be to bright. The basic piss test which is usually given takes very little knowledge to pass (for testosterone its just a ratio against estrogen). Not to mention the 100s of drugs which they havn't even created a test for yet (HGH, igf1, mgf, insulin, etc).
A 5 minute search could have a MLB player in the clear from drug tests, while still substantially improving their preformance. Now i'm sure about 99% of players already know this..
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All that, and the fact that in 2003 the players knew the test was coming in spring training months ahead of time. All they had to do was cycle off, but some figured 'hey, it's anonymous, so who cares'.