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[kartvelo]

Giambi!

[barbed wire Bob]

Tim Lincecum. Is pot a PED?

[jon abbey]

Yeah, we can stop guessing, Heyman is publicly reporting Volquez and Calcaterra confirms it.

SI_JonHeyman

reds pitcher edinson volquez suspended 50 games for PEDs. story up on si.com soon.

[Sprowl]

Looks like it's Edinson Volquez.

EDIT: What do I win?

You win a free link to Jon Heyman's latest Tweet.

reds pitcher edinson volquez suspended 50 games for PEDs.

[SeanBerry]

Fuck him.

Was he even close to coming back this season?

What a fucking lame ending to this mystery.

[Grin&MartyBarret]

This officially makes Volquez for Hamilton the druggiest trade of all time.

[Foulkey Reese]

Can he serve while still on the DL?

[NoLastCall125]

That was very anticlimactic.

[DaughtersofDougMirabelli]

Can he serve while still on the DL?

No. He has to wait until he is off the 60 Day, and then he will start his suspension. He's pretty much done for this season.

[ScotianSox]

Volquez can serve the suspension while on the disabled list and will lose a little less than one-third of his $445,000 salary.

http://sports.espn.g...tory?id=5119303

[Dogman2]

This officially makes Volquez for Hamilton the druggiest trade of all time.

I laughed at this.

[czar]

He can serve this while on the DL? Can that possibly be true?

So Joe Nathan is probably grabbing every needle he can find, right-- who cares if you're suspended after long day of squeezing a tennis ball and kicking back on the sofa?

[Omar's Wacky Neighbor]

This is a bigger letdown than New Coke. Volquez?

[BucketOBalls]

Anyone know what he tested positive for? I kinda hope it's fertility drugs again.

If you can serve while on the disabled list...I guess that means every pitcher who has TJ surgury should take steroids.

[Alternate34]

Anyone know what he tested positive for? I kinda hope it's fertility drugs again.

If you can serve while on the disabled list...I guess that means every pitcher who has TJ surgury should take steroids.

Yeah, because setting yourself up for another possible infraction costing you your career isn't threatening. Also, if you like money, since you don't get your salary.

Shouldn't pitchers for Dusty Baker get an exemption from this?

[BigMike]

Anyone know what he tested positive for? I kinda hope it's fertility drugs again.

If you can serve while on the disabled list...I guess that means every pitcher who has TJ surgury should take steroids.

Well if they want to give up 1/3 of their salary. Don't get paid during the suspension

[gammoseditor]

There's a lot of pressure when you're trying to get better and finally win that ROY award I guess.

[Bongorific]

This is going to ruin my fantasy team!!!

[ItOnceWasMyLife]

So we're supposed to believe this guy:



He not only goes by "Incarcerated Bob", but lists his interests as beating people up and picking winners. Sounds like a... winner.

Well, it's offical. Incarcerated Bob has changed his name to Scoop Bob. I don't know if I can live in this world anymore.

I hear his cell mate was somebody named Hot Carl. Go figure.

[Rough Carrigan]

Well, it's offical. Incarcerated Bob has changed his name to Scoop Bob. I don't know if I can live in this world anymore.

I hear his cell mate was somebody named Hot Carl. Go figure.

I thought it was The Situation.

[ItOnceWasMyLife]

It's an NL pitcher who has an E in his name and was born in the summer.

Full Name Edinson Volquez
Birth Date July 3, 1983
Birth Place Barahona, Dominican Republic
Age 26

Awesome!

Either Foulkey has connections or he's the second coming of Nostradamus.

[Talon]

See I nailed it. Volquez, while on the DL is given Steroids or HGH by his doctor in order to quicken the rehab time for his surgery and in an unfortunate mixup Volquez & his doctor do not tell MLB of this and BAM suspension.

[dwightinright]

See I nailed it. Volquez, while on the DL is given Steroids or HGH by his doctor in order to quicken the rehab time for his surgery and in an unfortunate mixup Volquez & his doctor do not tell MLB of this and BAM suspension.

Where would we be without you?

[DaughtersofDougMirabelli]

He can serve this while on the DL? Can that possibly be true?

So Joe Nathan is probably grabbing every needle he can find, right-- who cares if you're suspended after long day of squeezing a tennis ball and kicking back on the sofa?

Yeah I guess I was wrong. When I first read it on Rotoworld they stated that he would have to wait until after his DL stint to serve his suspension.

Now it says this:

And with that, an embarrassing loophole in Major League Baseball's drug policy has been revealed. Volquez is on the 60-day disabled list recovering from Tommy John surgery and probably won't be healthy until late July, yet time will tick off his punishment anyway. Oh, and since he's making the league minimum this year, Volquez will only lose about $122,000 in income.

[Alternate34]

I find it funny how they call it an embarassing loophole. Why make the punishment start when he leaves the DL? What is embarassing about that? Is the punishment supposed to take away the game they love? I always thought the point of the punishment was to take away their pay and set themselves up for ejection from the league.

Also, saying he only loses $122,000 is stupid considering he is left with significantly less income than someone who made a free agent salary. It is probably far worse for him than a $10M getting suspended because they still have $6M coming to them rather than $200K.

[Synovia]

I find it funny how they call it an embarassing loophole. Why make the punishment start when he leaves the DL? What is embarassing about that? Is the punishment supposed to take away the game they love? I always thought the point of the punishment was to take away their pay and set themselves up for ejection from the league.

What would that even change?

If the punishment didn't start until he was off the DL, they'd take him off the DL today, whether or not he could play.

[mt8thsw9th]

Well, it's offical. Incarcerated Bob has changed his name to Scoop Bob. I don't know if I can live in this world anymore.

What did he scoop? No big name NY ballplayer was suspended.

[Max Power]

What would that even change?

If the punishment didn't start until he was off the DL, they'd take him off the DL today, whether or not he could play.

Could you replace him on the roster, or will they have to field a 24 man team for 50 games?

Edited by Max Power, 28 April 2010 - 11:14 AM.