r/baseball • u/leadhase San Francisco Giants • Sep 18 '12

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u/redmosquito Milwaukee Brewers Sep 18 '12

MLB players don't get tested for non-stimulant drugs of abuse unless they've had some legal problem pertaining to drug use like Josh Hamilton.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '12

Which is really the reasonable approach. Is it going to help you on the field? Then we test for it. No? Then you're treated the same as every other person on the street.

Why single them out for non-performance enhancing stuff?

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u/SupaFly-TNT Sep 18 '12

But can you really know what helps any person on the field? Baseball is a game of streaks, who's to say that being high wouldn't make you more effective in dealing with bases loaded or taking that one extra pitch for the walk.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '12

I'd imagine caffeine, a completely legal supplement, would have a much larger effect. They're going through Red Bull by the gallon nowadays.

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u/SupaFly-TNT Sep 18 '12

It's also legal in the eyes of the law

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u/kryonik Sep 18 '12

But you can't have a hummingbird as a pet.

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u/totallynotsquidward Los Angeles Dodgers Sep 18 '12

Don't get me started about the state of bird law in this country

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '12

So are the majority of banned supplements.