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Originally posted by KSigkid
It's almost like waiting for the next shoe to drop; who's going to be snagged, and is it going to be someone we expect, or someone random (like Matt Lawton).
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According to people who study this sort of thing, by FAR the most common case is someone like Matt Lawton - that's also (one reason) why there are multiple minor leaguers caught for every MLB player*: the 'classic' steroid case, so far, has been a guy trying to 'hang on' or 'take the leap' or recover from injury faster (Lawton was pretty much all three, w/ the NYY).
You should really pick up Will Carroll's book "The Juice: The Real Story of Baseball's Drug Problems" - Carroll writes for Baseball Prospectus as their injury guy, he's head of some national athletic training orgs. It's pretty unbiased, and he gets a couple of guys to (anonymously) do 'case studies' - one minor leaguer, one major leaguer, and one guy who helped develop what became known as 'the Cream' at BALCO.
Interesting stuff - CS, I'll send you my copy if you want . . .
*Obviously there are other reasons - for instance, major leaguers can afford to pay more for 'designer' (and more likely undetectable) substances . . . rounds of hGH and IGF-1 cost around $1k/mo., so obviously these will be more of a problem at the highest level.