Melky was a Yankees and Braves cast-off. He was a fat slug with the Braves. He improved in 2011 then went crazy in ’12. I would argue he realized his paychecks were numbered in 2010 and started the regime in ’11. Do I have proof of that ? No. Looks at his #s from ’05 thru ’10. He was a 4th OF. But I do have proof in ’12… since he tested positive. And then tried to conceal it. Maybe the steroids had nothing to do with his performance… maybe they helped cleared up his allergies. Is that your next claim?

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The issue there was that the NCAA retained another party’s lawyer to conduct irrelevant discovery in a bankruptcy hearing, so that the NCAA could use that information in its own investigation.

It’s actually a lot worse than that. Shapiro, a convicted felon for running a $900M+ ponzy scheme, was actually paid by the NCAA to testify against players he actually gave money too. The NCAA authorized these payments, after saying they didn’t. They also purchased a burner phone for him to use in prison so they could continue their investigation and paid the bills as well as contributed to his prison “bank” account.

In the former case, there is no legal use for the substances by the buyers,

IANAL, but if there are legal uses of the substances, how does that work then? Because there are legitimate uses of HGH and steroids, if prescribed by a doctor.

In any event, you armchair pundits always gloss over the details in your outrage. Reading these comments is a bit like listening to Carl Pilkington. It’s a wonder that you still know how to breathe.

There are critical differences here with the hypotheticals you propose. Primarily that the products in question, steroids, are controlled substances that only may be prescribed by doctors, if they are FDA-approved, that is, and have no other uses by the players that are not illegal and in violation of their contracts and collective bargaining agreement, facts well-known to both the players and sellers. Both guns and liquor have substantial legal uses outside of the illegal ones you mention, and their legal sellers in most instances have no reasonable way to know whether a buyer of their products intends to use them illegally. In situations where they do, they get sued, like a bar that sells to a drunk who crashes, or a gun seller that ignores obvious signs of a criminal buyer. So the theory of liability here depends on additional facts not applicable to the gun and liquor sellers and does not support a case against them as you propose. So stop getting yourself and others worked up about a false analogy.

Brady Anderson…And those are just the ones we know of.

How do we know that Anderson took steroids, and by know I mean not that farce of an investigation called the Mitchell Report? Because one year he hit a ton of HR’s and didn’t any of the remaining years? Well where’s the speculation about Roger Maris, who did the same thing? Steroids were prevalent in the world of sports back then, why does he get off unblemished?

Melky’s peripherals were very similar to the year before, and what difference they did have was largely due to an increase in BABIP. If you want to suggest that steroids help increase a player’s ability to hit the ball where the defenders aren’t, well [citation needed]

Romero said on Monday that he bought a supplement from a GNC store in Cherry Hill, N.J., in July. The Major League Baseball Players Association had told players the supplement was acceptable, but now the Philadelphia Phillies left-hander will receive a suspension and lose $1.25 million.

The PA did him wrong. But fact is he still violated the drug policy. If MLB starts making exceptions then it becomes a very slippery slope. Romero should’ve sued the union for the $1.25m in lost wages. He had a great case. But there is no way to claim the ruling to suspend was unfair or “draconian”.

“That list, a source familiar with Bosch’s operation told “Outside the Lines,” indicates that those players received performance-enhancing drugs from Bosch, and owed him money. The document, one of dozens obtained by “Outside the Lines,” suggests a closer link to Bosch and the now-shuttered clinic he ran in Coral Gables, Fla., than Braun has acknowledged.”
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So let me get this straight… Braun tests positive for PEDs but it’s overturn b/c of a broken seal. I get why MLB tossed the results… protocol was not followed. But in order for his urine sample to test positive and Braun not have taken PEDs, one has to assume the handler intentionally tampered with it. Or someone after him did. Seems highly unlikely.

Then add Braun’s name appearing in the Biogenesis books with Melky, Colon, Arod, Grandal and others… just don’t see how it can all be one big coincidence. Just b/c something can’t be proven doesn’t mean a guy is innocent. See OJ.

Both the judge in that bankruptcy case, and the Florida State Bar, are looking into it.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/21832777/federal-judge-florida-bar-eyeing-shapiro-attorney-in-miami-case

The concepts of malicious prosecution and abuse of process may be relevant here.

Or did I miss the day someone produced evidence (as opposed to histrionic sports columns) that PED use leads to improved baseball performance.

While MLB could certainly find some economist willing to take their $450/hour expert witness fee, he’ll need to base his testimony on MLB’s actual financials — to prove “we would’ve made $X+1,” MLB will need to disclose what $X is.

That, they ain’t willing to do. This is not a well thought out strategy.