New York Yankees' Mark Teixeira all praise for HGH testing -MLB Update
Following after his teammate, Curtis Granderson, of the New York Yankees, Mark Teixeira has also expressed himself as being all praise for the new induction of HGH testing in the Major League Baseball (MLB) in his latest interview with the media on Wednesday,
November 30, 2011.
Being a long time advocate for the issue of being against players who use illegal drugs in order to enhance performance on the playing field and unlevel the competition with their unnatural use of steroid, Teixeira is very pleased at the decision.
“I hope we are at the point where we are testing for any illegal drugs,’’ the Yankees first baseman told The Post yesterday. “There is no room in baseball, or any sport [for drugs]. I am glad we have a reliable test.’’
According to the new blood-testing police in the MLB, players who test positive for using HGH’s, will be suspended for 50 games without an reconsideration due to the strict implementation of it, being a one of a kind in national sports around the country.
“Players get suspended for violating the policy,’’ said Teixeira, who will be honored as Sportsman of the Year by the March of Dimes today in Manhattan. “HGH testing should continue the pursuit of perfection. We want everybody to know we want to get all
drugs out of the game.’’
Along with the standard setting new collective bargaining agreement (CBA), which has ensured labour peace within the professional baseball league for over two decades now, unlike the other sport associations around the country, the HGH is also a step which
makes the MLB a role model for all.
In order to keep the sport clean and healthy for all players that are already here or are to come, these kinds of steps will allow interest to build and the bad reputation acquired after a number of players were targeted to change for the better.
Surprise tests will be taken throughout the season on random players to ensure such drugs are not used something that will surely be a shock for many people around the league who will have clean themselves for the next season.
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