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New York.– Twelve more players from Latin American teams were suspended Friday for testing positive for banned performance-enhancing drugs under baseball's minor league program.

Six players each were suspended from the Venezuelan Summer League and the Dominican Summer League.

Penalized from the VSL were Pittsburgh first baseman Kelly Aponte and Julio Joves (both metabolites of Nandrolone); Philadelphia pitchers Luis Castillo (metabolite of Boldenone) and Ricciard Rodriguez (metabolites of Nandrolone); and Detroit pitchers Eduardo Gonzalez and Wilsen Palacios (both metabolites of Nandrolone).

All six suspended from the DSL tested positive for a metabolite of Boldenone: Washington outfielder Weesley Hernandez, Oakland pitcher Eyffer Peralta, Chicago White Sox outfielder Luis Ramos, Seattle outfielder Cristian Rijo, Atlanta pitcher Milton Rosman and Texas outfielder Cristian Zapata.

All suspensions will begin at the start of next season. A total of 53 minor leaguers have received bans since July 25, including 39 from the DSL and 10 from the VSL.

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Written by: gouletcolonial This user is banned, 6 Sep 2008 6:47 AM
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
It would be very easy for me to make a joke about this ,combining it with phony birth documents and corked bats but I will not add to the embarrassment that must already be felt by those who are proud of their baseball players.....is this the level of cheating that permeates all society
Written by: RPICHARDO, 6 Sep 2008 9:49 AM
From: Dominican Republic
Ban them for life in the MLB!!! That should set the best example of what not to do!
It would only take a few of them to get the message across loud and clear without any language barriers.

Ban them for life!
Written by: drbcabarete, 6 Sep 2008 9:04 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Cabarete
As is the case in the DR., there are many rules but no one pays attention to them. It would take a hundred years for the players/people here to understand or participate in playing by the rules . Yes, it would be great if the forces that be, take out all the players and make them examples, but again, a hundred years before the culture here understands they must play by these rules. Just try driving here one day and it will become most clear as to the inbreeding that destroys this wonderful place.
Written by: Dominicanaso, 12 Sep 2008 2:07 PM
From: Dominican Republic
It's very sad to see that happening in the DR, but all over the world there are people who like drugs, and that's a big reality.
Jokes are allow to come up, but it doesn't stop me to be proud of our basseball players.

If you fall under drugs or not, is a personal decision which is all about self-esteem and the level of information you have.

Maybe that happened to those guys , otherwise, they perhaps weren't expecting to reach success or just play for fun, every one in the world knows that drugs are ilegal and harmfuls.

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