Colabello banned 80 games for PED use

[gunnarthor]

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/15305652/toronto-blue-jays-outfielder-chris-colabello-suspended-80-games-major-league-baseball

 

The drug he used could probably use a space or two: dehydrochlormethyltestosterone.

[zwiefz]

I know he really didn't pan out for the Twins...but he always seemed like a nice guy with a great story.  Would really like to believe this is just a mistaken result or an honest mistake, but have become too cynical with this stuff in baseball, especially when it comes to a fringe guy desperate to hang on.

 

Just too bad.

[old nurse]

Colabello, 32, released a statement through the MLBPA:

    "On March 13, I got one of the scariest and most definitely the least expected phone calls of my entire life. I was informed by the Players’ Association that a banned substance was found in my urine. I have spent every waking moment since that day trying to find an answer as to why or how? The only thing I know is that I would never compromise the integrity of the game of baseball. I love this game too much! I care too deeply about it. I am saddened more for the impact this will have on my teammates, the organization and the fans of the Toronto Blue Jays. I hope that before anyone passes judgement on me they can take a look at the man that I am, and everything that I have done to get to where I am in my career.”

[bluechipper]

Apparently this is the same type of drug that the East Germans were using in the '60's. Does that seem a little weird to anyone?

 

 

[gunnarthor]

 

I know he really didn't pan out for the Twins...but he always seemed like a nice guy with a great story.  Would really like to believe this is just a mistaken result or an honest mistake, but have become too cynical with this stuff in baseball, especially when it comes to a fringe guy desperate to hang on.

 

Just too bad.

Yeah, I suppose some people accidentally use a PED (JC Romero seemed to have a good argument, IIRC) but I think most use it knowingly.  

[Halsey Hall]

I really doubt Colabello knowingly used it. It's just a shame.

[RedBull34]

Cynical maybe, but I'm betting him realizing the difference in paycheck (even at minimum) between the minors and the majors may have caused him to think "What are some ways I can stay in the majors?"

 

Answer: PED's.

[Monkeypaws]

 

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/15305652/toronto-blue-jays-outfielder-chris-colabello-suspended-80-games-major-league-baseball

 

The drug he used could probably use a space or two: dehydrochlormethyltestosterone.

 

Those last 4 syllables are probably the damning ones.

[operation mindcrime]

He needs to sue the steroid provider for the way he's played! \m/

[Thrylos]

 

Colabello, 32, released a statement through the MLBPA:

    "On March 13, I got one of the scariest and most definitely the least expected phone calls of my entire life. I was informed by the Players’ Association that a banned substance was found in my urine. I have spent every waking moment since that day trying to find an answer as to why or how? The only thing I know is that I would never compromise the integrity of the game of baseball. I love this game too much! I care too deeply about it. I am saddened more for the impact this will have on my teammates, the organization and the fans of the Toronto Blue Jays. I hope that before anyone passes judgement on me they can take a look at the man that I am, and everything that I have done to get to where I am in my career.”

 

The last sentence should add ",including taking steroids."

 

That is how "nice stories" get tainted.  Glad he did not taste positive when with the Twins or took the spot of a clean player.

[USAFChief]

I'm not a pro baseball player, but it's difficult for me to imagine a way that a banned PED could get into someone's urine by accident.

[Pius Jefferson]

 

I know he really didn't pan out for the Twins...but he always seemed like a nice guy with a great story.  Would really like to believe this is just a mistaken result or an honest mistake, but have become too cynical with this stuff in baseball, especially when it comes to a fringe guy desperate to hang on.

 

Just too bad.

 

Reusse said he wasn't liked by teammates because of his arrogant attitude. His press release was pretty weak all around. No idea how this happened, wouldn't tarnish the game I love, more upset for my teammates.

[nicksaviking]

I'm not a pro baseball player, but it's difficult for me to imagine a way that a banned PED could get into someone's urine by accident.

The CIA had Tim Leary trick him into it.

[Tibs]

I love organic chemistry nomenclature

[Thrylos]

 

I love organic chemistry nomenclature

 

 

That's its abbreviated name.  It's full systemic name is:

 

(8R,9S,10R,13S,14S,17S)-4-chloro-17-hydroxy-10,13,17-trimethyl-7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16-octahydro-6H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one

[gil4]

 

That's its abbreviated name.  It's full systemic name is:

 

(8R,9S,10R,13S,14S,17S)-4-chloro-17-hydroxy-10,13,17-trimethyl-7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16-octahydro-6H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one

I guess the abbreviated name is OK then, but most of us really need an abbreviated abbreviated name for it.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Kind of a shame. Hopefully he clears his head and comes back hitting so that this doesn't define his career.

[Secondary User]

 

Reusse said he wasn't liked by teammates because of his arrogant attitude. His press release was pretty weak all around. No idea how this happened, wouldn't tarnish the game I love, more upset for my teammates.

 

You got a link on the Reusse bit?

[ashbury]

Cola grew up three towns over from where I live now, and the Boston Globe gave pretty high prominence to the story, though it was basically just the wire service version.

[ashbury]

That's its abbreviated name.  It's full systemic name is:

 

(8R,9S,10R,13S,14S,17S)-4-chloro-17-hydroxy-10,13,17-trimethyl-7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16-octahydro-6H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one

Thanks. I always get that and (8R,9S,10R,13S,14S,17R)-17-hydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-17-(trideuteriomethyl)-7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16-octahydro-6H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one mixed up.

[Thrylos]

 

I guess the abbreviated name is OK then, but most of us really need an abbreviated abbreviated name for it.

 

That would be its brand name: Turinabol