Comments on: Guillermo Mota appeals 100-game suspension, blames positive test on children’s cough medicine

By: jwbiii

jwbiii — Wed, 09 May 2012 00:24:53 +0000

Not that either of these is a valid reason for an appeal, IMHO.

By: lanflfan

lanflfan — Tue, 08 May 2012 20:35:03 +0000

Yes, we’ve never heard the “I took it but didn’t know what was in it” temporary insanity defense before. I’m pretty sure Barryoid perfected that one, and Mr. Mota you are no Barryoid (partial credit for being on his former team).

By: paulydefense

paulydefense — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:57:28 +0000

Purple Drank.

By: henryd3rd

henryd3rd — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:44:29 +0000

Magic Eight Ball says, “Signs point to no”

By: jwbiii

jwbiii — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:43:49 +0000

Yeah, the only way that works is if
a) The medicine was purchased outside of the U.S. or
b) His child is a horse.
http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drugs_concern/clenbuterol.htm

By: Kevin Gillman

Kevin Gillman — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:39:13 +0000

I’m going out on a limb here and suggest he wanted to show his child that the medicine is “okay” to take?

Yeah, not a good example, but plausible.

By: drewsylvania

drewsylvania — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:33:38 +0000

Your medicine is another person’s PED. Your PED is another person’s medicine.

By: heyblueyoustink

heyblueyoustink — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:22:05 +0000

Yes indeedy….there’s never a bad time for Mitch quotes

By: menacingcheese

menacingcheese — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:46:14 +0000

So how is he going to explain the fact that clenbuterol is not approved for use in humans in the US? Where exactly did he get this children’s cough syrup?

By: itsacurse

itsacurse — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:43:52 +0000

FIRE MAKES IT GOOD.

By: georgia

georgia — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:43:43 +0000

Blue, please tell me you just quoted Mitch Hedberg.

By: cur68

cur68 — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:04:51 +0000

Suspect in every way, this children’s cough medicine excuse. If I recall correctly, there are masking agents in cough medicine, never mind trace amounts of Clen. This is one of the big reasons the stuff is off limits to Olympic athletes as well as.

By: Alex K

Alex K — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:03:54 +0000

Yeah, I probably should have put 2 & 2 together on that.

By: number42is1

number42is1 — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:54:47 +0000

He may have come up with the recipe, but I came up with the idea of charging $6.95 for it

By: 1943mrmojorisin1971

1943mrmojorisin1971 — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:54:02 +0000

First thought, you beat me to it.

“You just fell on Aerosmith!”

By: ajcardsfan

ajcardsfan — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:50:36 +0000

It’s a flaming homer!!! This also answered my question on why he had children’s cough syrup in his system

By: heyblueyoustink

heyblueyoustink — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:49:27 +0000

You’ve never done Nyquil on the rocks, for when you’re feeling sick, yet sociable?

By: heyblueyoustink

heyblueyoustink — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:48:05 +0000

You mean Flaming Homer……you thief!

By: jkcalhoun

jkcalhoun — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:47:44 +0000

I guess it wasn’t much of a cough.

By: number42is1

number42is1 — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:33:25 +0000

Nailed it…

By: ThisIsBaseball

ThisIsBaseball — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:30:50 +0000

I don’t understand how he would be successful? I thought (as the baseball community went through this with Braun) that the JDA is written with a strict liability standard. Even if he took the children’s cough medicine, it doesn’t matter how it entered his system?

On a side note… why is a 6’6″ 240lb guy taking children’s cough medicine?

By: itsacurse

itsacurse — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:25:23 +0000

One too many Flaming Moes.

By: georgia

georgia — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:24:07 +0000

As stated above, his appeal does not push back the suspension until the appeal’s completion. That’s probably why. They couldn’t just suspend him and then lie about it or pretend that he’s on the mound (when he’s not).

By: Alex K

Alex K — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:18:06 +0000

Why did MLB announce the suspension if the appeals process had not finished? That’s B.S.