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2012
Carlos Ruiz Suspended 25 Games
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Major League Baseball announced via Twitter this afternoon that Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz has been suspended 25 games after testing positive for an Amphetamine. The 33 year-old Ruiz had the best season of his career this year, hitting .325 with a career-high 16 home runs and 68 RBI.
Ruiz had never, before this year, had an OPS higher than .850 and only once in his career has he hit over .300. His career batting average is .275. Ruiz was leading the league in batting for quite a while, and would have finished third in the NL in hitting had he gotten 28 more plate appearances. He missed major time late in the season with an injury, but was the biggest threat in the Philadelphia offense before he went down.
Here are the rest of his career stats:
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Marlins | 12 | 32 | .273 | 13.5 |
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Dummy.
Apparently it was an ADHD drug and he didn’t register to be exempted w/ MLB
Which makes him doubly a dummy since this is his second offense.
Caught the first time, he only got a warning. Wouldn’t that have been the time to register this medication – if needed – with MLB? Since he did not, you have to wonder why. As in, he wasn’t using the drug to treat a known condition he had.
His stats for the year should be wiped out for using. Guys need to stop trying to cheat just to het ahead. If you don’t have talent, give it your all and bust your butt. Honestly, used should be banned from their sport if caught. Heck, they banned Pete Rose for life over betting. Ban them for using, cheating the game and the fans.
Hi Guy,
Though I share with you disgust, I always thought a lifetime ban for the first time being caught was a little bit too extreme – but I too am now having second thoughts about that as well.
I am not up on the legalities – why isn’t this suspension 50 games?
From what I read it’s b/c of the type of drug.
Amphetamines: first offense, you only get a warning. Second offense you get 25 games.
Steroids is an automatic 50 game suspension on the first offense.
Re-read Ball Four if you want to realize just how prevalent amphetamines were in the 60′s and 70′s MLB clubhouse.
Mays goes into drugs and medication a little in his autobiography as well.
Apparently ADHD seems to be the new “PED” of choice, quite a few NFL players have gotten busted.
If you can’t concentrate when you have a 90+ baseball thrown at you then don’t play or if another player is trying to knock your head off (NFL) and you can’t concentrate then get off field.
Sarge,I completely disagree with you. I,myself take prescribed Adderall for ADHD. It doesn’t give me much of an edge when hitting and DEFINITELY doesn’t help me with defense. But saying people who take Adderall or prescribed amphetamines in general,is no different then baseball being segregated. If you’ve been prescribed them,then notify the league,and if the league eventually feels the need to,have team doctors or psychiatrists look at your previous medical records and see if you’ve been diagnosed with the actual defects the medicine is prescribed for. Anyway,sorry if I offended anyone anyway. Just had to put my take on it here.