Fisher' Cats' Van Kirk suspended 50 games for PEDs

dagger · Post #1 » by **dagger** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 9:12 pm

John Lott ‏@LottOnBaseball 10m
New Hampshire OF Brian Van Kirk suspended 50G after testing positive for "drug of abuse," 2nd violation. #BlueJays

Odd coincidences here: Stroman served 50 games, and Melky passed through on his rehab.

duppyy · Post #2 » by **duppyy** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 9:16 pm

Sucks for him.

Taking PED's and still in the minors.

vaff87 · Post #3 » by **vaff87** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 9:26 pm

A "drug of abuse" is not a PED.

Post #4 » by **Schad** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 9:56 pm

vaff87 wrote:A "drug of abuse" is not a PED.

Yep. Amphetamines are a possibility...I believe that MLB technically counts them as a 'drug of abuse', but they're often taken for performance reasons.

Raps_Swingman · Post #5 » by **Raps_Swingman** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 1:35 pm

One of my buddies spent time with Van Kirk in Auburn. He likes his bong hits.

Chevy Chase · Post #6 » by **Chevy Chase** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:40 pm

Raps_Swingman wrote:One of my buddies spent time with Van Kirk in Auburn. He likes his bong hits.

Who doesn't?

dagger · Post #7 » by **dagger** » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:11 pm

WTF is it with the guys playing at New Hampshire?

Now Sean Ochinko has been suspended. He spent much of the season in NH.

Alan Farina is on the Cats. He was suspended while on the Dunedin roster this year.

Stroman was on the Cats at the time of his suspension.

Mak · Post #8 » by **Mak** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 3:57 am

In the minors you can get suspended for weed, in the MLB they don't suspend for that.

Raps_Swingman · Post #9 » by **Raps_Swingman** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 12:12 pm

Mak wrote:In the minors you can get suspended for weed, in the MLB they don't suspend for that.

That was precisely my point with Van Kirk. This came as no surprise to me that he got caught.