May 18, 2013

MLB: Major League Baseball chief wants tougher drug penalties

Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig speaks at news conference to announce new collective bargaining agreement with players in New York

(Reuters) – Major League Baseball (MLB) commissioner Bud Selig has called for stiffer penalties for players caught using performance-enhancing drugs, asking the league and players association on Saturday to come up with a new system. Selig asked MLB executive vice president of labor relations Rob Manfred to enter talks with Michael Weiner, MLB Players Association [...]

MLB fires arbitrator in Braun case

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball management has fired Shyam Das, the arbitrator who overturned Ryan Braun’s drug suspension in February. MLB informed Das and the players’ association of its decision last week. Das had been baseball’s permanent arbitrator since 1999, part of what technically is a three-man panel that also includes a representative [...]

MLB: Giants’ Mota gets 100-game ban

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Relief pitcher Guillermo Mota #59 of the San Francisco Giants delivers against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on April 11, 2012 in Denver, Colorado. (April 10, 2012 – Source: Doug Pensinger/Getty Images North America) LOS ANGELES (AP) San Francisco Giants reliever Guillermo Mota was suspended for 100 games on Monday, becoming just the third [...]

MLB: NL Roundup – Phillies wakes up and slams Marlins 7-1

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Starting pitcher Roy Halladay #34 of the Philadelphia Phillies throws during the game against the Miami Marlins at Citizens Bank Park on April 11, 2012 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (April 10, 2012 – Photo by Brian Garfinkel/Getty Images North America) PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Roy Halladay threw seven sharp innings and the Philadelphia Phillies broke out of [...]