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Major League Baseball identified 10 players who had violated terms of the minor league drug prevention and treatment program. All 10 received suspensions for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance. The Dodgers’ Prentice Redman received a 100-game suspension after testing positive for an amphetamine. It’s his second violation in as many months, thus the hefty penalty. The Triple-A Albuquerque outfielder is currently serving a 50-game suspension and will begin his 100-game ban upon his return. All told, Redman will miss more than a year of the Pacific Coast League’s 144-games season.

The remaining suspensions for performance enhancers run 50 games each:

• Nationals shortstop Pedro Lopez tested positive for Formestane. He batted .216/.293/.304 in 148 at-bats for Triple-A Syracuse after signing with the organization as a free agent in January.

• Tigers third baseman Cesar Nicolas tested positive for an amphetamine. He batted .279/.375/.443 with seven home runs in 244 at-bats for Triple-A Toledo. He spent the ’09 season playing independent ball before inking a deal with the Tigers in January.

• Free agent first baseman Jorge Castillo tested positive for Phenmetrazine. The White Sox released him on May 1 after he batted .244/.239/.289 in 45 at-bats for low Class A Kannapolis. He’ll sit for 50 games if he signs with another organization.

Six other players incurred penalties while playing in Latin American rookie leagues:

• Pirates righthander Jose Acosta tested positive for metabolites of Stanozolol. He appeared in one Venezuelan Summer League game.

• A trio of Dominican Summer League Brewers netted 50-game bans: third baseman Allixon Cequea and outfielder Erickson Salaya both tested positive for metabolites of Nandrolone, while righthander Leonard Lorenzo tested positive for a metabolite of Boldenone.

• Tigers DSL righthander Jose Valdez tested positive for a metabolite of Boldenone.

• Athletics DSL righthander Leonel Benzant tested positive for metabolites of Stanozolol.

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Major League Baseball arise Wednesday that, for the  ( mlb jerseys )  14th year, the anniversary “Home Run Challenge” in abutment of the Prostate Blight Foundation will be in abounding beat on Father’s Day.

Each home run hit during the 15 amateur on Sunday ( cheap mlb jerseys )  — as able-bodied as 45 added baddest antecedent amateur — will acquiesce admirers to accomplish budgetary donations and pledges to the PCF.

Last year, the affairs aloft $2.7 actor to prostate blight research. And back its birth in 1996, $36 actor accept been accumulated.

“Each year, we attending advanced to the ‘Home Run Challenge’ to advice accession funds for prostate-cancer research,” MLB Commissioner Bud Selig said in a statement. “Prostate blight has afflicted abounding associates of the baseball family, and through this initiative, we achievement to accomplish added acquaintance about the disease.”

During the “Home Run Challenge,” admirers can accomplish a $10 donation by texting “PCF” to 20222, with the money traveling anon against prostate blight analysis (all accepted text-messaging ante apply). They can aswell go to www.pcf.org to donate.

Prostate cancer, according to an MLB-issued account release, strikes one out of every six American men. On Father’s Day, all on-field cadre — players, managers, coaches, trainers, ( baseball jerseys )  umpires and groundskeepers — will abrasion dejected wristbands and blue-ribbon compatible decals emblematic prostate-cancer awareness. The blue-ribbon logo will aswell arise on the dugout calendar cards, which will be blue.

MLB Charities has committed $50,000 to PCF as allotment of this program.

The Oakland Athletics were hanging tight in the race for the American League
West division title. After the past four series where the  ( mlb jerseys ) A’s have lost three games out of four that were played, it’s become clear the A’s need to make some major adjustments.

That would involve making trades for a large time bat in the lineup. The only issue is, what self-respecting player would need to play for Bob Geren? This was shown by the latest trade the A’s have made.
In lieu of getting a large bat from Illinois which has been rumored to be trading much its whole roster, the A’s could only come up with Conor Jackson. No offense to Jackson, who is a solid hitter, but he is not the man who is going to be a savior for the A’s inept offense.

Over the last few games there is been limitless times the A’s have had scoring opportunities and the A’s have come up empty each and every time. It has not helped that manager Bob Geren has been shuffling the lineup since the arrival of Jackson either.
In the second game against the Chicago Cubs, Rajai Davis was benched in favor of Ryan Sweeney in middle field. Jackson was actually the leadoff hitter for the A’s. Davis was out of the lineup after going 3-5.
inexcusable managing by Geren. To make matters worse, today’s game was lost because Geren took out Dallas Braden way early from the game.

That is icing on the cake for how Geren manages the A’s. They doesn’t know what it takes to win because every season the A’s have been nowhere near a playoff spot. ( cheap mlb jerseys )  This year has been a surprise and with the A’s strong beginning pitching they ought to be able to stay close.
The issue is, can the A’s bring in a bat to help with the offense? At this point there is no positives going for the A’s team. Their next series is against the St. Louis Cardinals and they are going to be facing Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainright.
Even if the A’s had one of the better offenses in the league, it’d be a scary matchup, but it is much worse with the pathetic offensive lineup.

At the finish of the series against the Cardinals, the A’s could be basically suffering their fourth straight loss along with having lost five of their last nine. Even at that point in the season the A’s chance at a playoff spot will be slim to none.
Lack of confidence for such a young team and will lead to the young starters, specifically Trevor Cahill, Gio Gonzalez, and Vin Mazzaro, to try to make the ideal pitches.

The finish of the season will be a catastrophe if the A’s cannot discover a way to bring in over prospects.
In 2008 the A’s traded Nick Swisher to the Chicago White ( baseball jerseys )  Sox for Ryan Sweeney and Gio Gonzalez. While, Sweeney has been a solid player for the A’s he is nowhere near the power threat that Swisher was.
The most homeruns in a season by Sweeney has been four compared to Swisher who as an A hit a career high 35 in 2006. Gonzalez has come along well for the A’s and has been one of the more consistent starters for the A’s but it took him some time to get to the giant leagues.

Dan Haren trade along with Connor Robertson for Chris Carter the A’s best power prospect, Brett Anderson, Aaron Cunningham, Dana Eveland, Carlos Gonzalez, and Greg Smith.
Anderson has become one of the A’s best pitchers but is currently injured. Carter again is the best power prospect for the A’s but has not shown the stick yet at Sacramento to be called up, Eveland is gone, Gonzalez is gone, and Smith is gone.
Gonzalez showed promise for the A’s but was part of the trade that brought in Matt Holliday. Which, will go down as one of the worst trades that Billy Beane has made.

Holliday was finally traded for Brett Wallace, Shane Peterson, and Clayton Mortenson. Wallace is gone, and Peterson and Mortenson down in the minor leagues.
Joe Blanton was traded for Adrian Cardenas, Matt Spencer, and Josh Outman. Only Outman has seen time in the giant leagues and is currently recovering from major surgical procedure.

Query is where is the Major League talent being traded for? ( wholesale nfl jerseys )  There has not been much and a majority of the players are either in the minors still or have been traded away in parts of other trades.
The common denominator is the clueless man managing the team, Geren!