| 23 July 2010
Not wanting to deal with any potential fines, suspensions or embarrassment , Astros AAA outfielder Grady Keppler is really hoping he'll be called up to the bigs soon before he is asked to take a drug test, ultimately revealing that he's been using human growth hormone.
"It could greatly damage my career if I were to test positive for HGH," said Keppler. "I'd probably get fined, suspended, maybe even released. But ironically enough, it could greatly damage my career if I stopped using HGH too, since I'd probably hamper my athletic abilities. What's a guy to do except hope for a promotion?"
Fearing the worst, Keppler has already begun working on several excuses for why he could have tested positive.
"Well, it could have been from a tainted supplement I got off the internet," said Keppler, reciting his list of possible explanations, "or maybe from those Vitamin-B shots I've been taking. I'm not 100% sure. Bottom line, I only did it for a couple of weeks just to get over an injury. I would never cheat the game of baseball."
"Wow, I'm actually starting to believe the last one. I'll probably go with that."
Around the Web:
Point/Counterpoint: MLB's New HGH Testing Policy (Around the Majors)
Time for HGH Testing (Pinstripe Alley)
Minor leaguers to be tested for HGH. This is all PR by the way (Hardball Talk)
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