In news that is sure to dampen to mood of anyone who owns a pharmacy in a Latin American country,  MLB will begin testing for HGH in the minor leagues.   Now that the minors have implemented it, the topic will probably be addressed when the next collective bargaining agreement between the MLB players and owners is negotiated.

IGF-1 (the smoking gun detected in these blood tests) is said to remain in the bloodstream for roughly 24-36 hours.  Again (ATTENTION RED SOX MINOR LEAGUERS, cough cough), that is 24-36 hours.

I’m not a huge fan of the idea of giving any governing body the authority to randomly turn people into a pin cushion on a moments notice, and I was never a supporter of “The War on PEDs”, so this news seems a little bit troubling to me.

Oh well.  To keep the casual Middle American fan happy, I suppose you gotta publicly fight that bogeyman.

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