Giambi tests positive for amphetamines?

[sportschick]

Anonymous sources, again.

Sources: Giambi tests positive for amphetamines
By T.J. Quinn
New York Daily News

NEW YORK — Jason Giambi failed a Major League Baseball-administered amphetamines test within the last year, which has subjected him to additional drug testing, sources told the New York Daily News. Giambi tacitly admitted last week that he has used steroids, but he failed to mention that he has been caught using other drugs.
Because Major League Baseball’s amphetamines policy keeps a first positive test secret, however, it is unlikely Giambi will be asked about it when he meets with representatives from commissioner Bud Selig’s office, possibly as soon as Thursday on the Yankees’ day off.
Giambi declined comment before Tuesday night’s loss to the Red Sox, saying, “I can’t really talk about anything.”
Giambi’s agent, Arn Tellem, said in an e-mail: “For the record, I’m not commenting.”
But Giambi himself hinted at the failed test — which was later confirmed by the Daily News — in his eye-opening interview with USA Today last week, when he said that he is “probably tested more than anyone else.”

 

[PhilaYank36]

I give up on the Juice-bino.

 

[21]

Good thing MLB kept that first positive test a secret, though.

 

[The Big Ragu]

The first rule of fight club mlb's testing policy: Don't talk about fight club mlb's responsibility for its steroid mess.

 

[BYH]

Creamora to appear in 3...2...1...

 

[pallister]

So when was Giambi in Oklahoma in the last year?

 

[Oz]

Creamora to appear in 3...2...1...

Surprised he's not here already.

 

[goalmouth]

MLB continues to throw away any effort to create some long-term good with the players' union in a clumsy bid for immediate gratification.

 

[Pastor]

Giambi has ADD.

I'm sure this is what will be stated at some point.

 

[Montezuma's Revenge]

MLB continues to throw away any effort to create some long-term good with the players' union in a clumsy bid for immediate gratification.

Good point.

 

[hockeybeat]

I'm not sure MLB could be handling the confidentiality of these tests in a worse manner.

 

[cranberry]

MLB continues to throw away any effort to create some long-term good with the players' union in a clumsy bid for immediate gratification.

MLB kind of enjoyed using the government hammer to get the Players Association to re-open the CBA on drug-testing and these days figures it's the one issue on which it has some leverage. Anyone want to venture a guess as to the conclusions of the Mitchell report? Shouldn't be too difficult.

 

[Runaway Jim]

Because it has to be said...

"Looks like I picked the wrong day to quit amphetamines."

 

[heyabbott]

MLB continues to throw away any effort to create some long-term good with the players' union in a clumsy bid for immediate gratification.

Good point.

I'm still waiting for a cogent reason the union would ever want any kind of drug testing.

 

[The Big Ragu]

MLB continues to throw away any effort to create some long-term good with the players' union in a clumsy bid for immediate gratification.

Good point.

I'm still waiting for a cogent reason the union would ever want any kind of drug testing.

The union and the league are partners. When baseball has credibility and people are buying the product, both mlb and the players benefit. Testing makes sense for the union because eventually the negativity surrounding PEDs is going to completely wear away at fans and eventually both the league and the players are going to face even more government and prosecutorial scrutiny. When the government leans on mlb, mlb turns around and lays it on the union as the ones who are stonewalling on testing. Maybe mlb doesn't really want testing--it'd rather juiced up players setting records, although at this point that would be a dumb stance, because fans are now dubious in a way they weren't in 1998 and 2001. In any case, when mlb faces scrutiny for not doing enough, it has the union as a scapegoat it can point the finger at. The union doesn't have anyone it can deflect blame to. It's why the union agreed to the testing they now have and why the union will eventually probably have to agree to even more stringent testing. The union might not "want" testing, but at the end of the day, the union wants one thing more than anything: the highest salaries possible for its players. In order to maximize those salaries, they have already accepted that testing is a part of the deal and are most likely going to have to embrace it further.

 

[Sportsbruh]

wHEW!!!!!

glad a blackman didn't stick his foot in his mouth like he did - Oh wait! One did, clinton Portis - and everybody is talking about it.

YET!

This is demonstratable proof that not only is Giambi an idiot but a CHEAT!

 

[Lugnuts]

This thread has me a little confused. I'm foggy today, don't mind me.

Is everybody assuming somebody within MLB leaked the amphetamine result?

If there's anything we learned from the Chron guys saga, it's that "we" never know for sure who an unnamed source is.

Quinn's a great reporter. Knowing how he is, he probably got it from one source and confirmed through another.

 

[cranberry]

Is everybody assuming somebody within MLB leaked the amphetamine result?

Doesn't really matter. Players I've spoken with are angry and seem to believe it had to be someone at MLB. This makes drug policy more difficult to negotiate because players (rightfully) won't trust the league to live up to its good-faith agreements, especially in terms of confidentiality.

 

[slappy4428]

wHEW!!!!!

glad a blackman didn't stick his foot in his mouth like he did - Oh wait! One did, clinton Portis - and everybody is talking about it.

YET!

This is demonstratable proof that not only is Sportsbra an idiot but a CHEAT!

 

[The Big Ragu]

Surprised I didn't come on here and find this... Peter Gammons has been reporting that the positive test for amphetamines is BS. He has several sources saying it didn't happen and that Giambi hasn't had 6 tests in the last year. No idea what to believe based on what is being reported. Whatever the truth is, it wasn't discussed when Giambi was summoned to see Bud and his henchmen.