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Originally Posted by dmw
Yeah, all that is def. crap. I'd be pissed if a supposedly anonymous test leaked out with my name on it- but at the same time, had I known it was coming (like they did), there's no way I'd test positive, anonymous or not.
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I think the key is that some of these guys were taking drugs that stay in your system for a long time.
The specifics are way out of my realm of knowledge or interest, but IIRC some of these drugs stay in your system 9 months, maybe even longer.
So if you've been taking this drug through the offseason, and then all of a sudden learn about a new drug-testing program, even if you stopped that day you might still test positive at any given time throughout the season.
I think that's the main reason the tests were supposed to be anonymous -- otherwise, the union would've demanded at least a full year's warning before agreeing to let the players be tested.
The reason those samples weren't destroyed seems really complicated -- a combination of incompetence and possibly some sinister intentions on the part of somebody in charge of something. (Holding 104 positive drug tests of some of the game's biggest stars would give a person a lot of leverage.)
We know the feds campaigned to get Bonds' drug sample, once they learned of its existence. And maybe at that point nobody wanted to risk going to jail for destroying the rest of the samples.
Now, why A-Rod's name leaked must have an interesting back story. My guess is it had something to do with Joe Torre's new book. Somebody must either like Joe a lot or hate Rodriguez even more.