http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2010/02/rangers-gutierrez-suspended/ Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:43:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2010/02/rangers-gutierrez-suspended/comment-page-1/#comment-46642 Greg Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:29:42 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=7524#comment-46642 This is an example of the absurdity of MLB's present drug policies.  The very disorder with which Gutierrez suffers causes difficulties with the protocol that MLB demands.  Since he has an ongoing record of medical prescription he is busted on some letter-of-the-law rationale, not on any intent at all to enhance performance by use of an illegal or illegally prescribed drug.  Simply absurd. This is an example of the absurdity of MLB's present drug policies.  The very disorder with which Gutierrez suffers causes difficulties with the protocol that MLB demands.  Since he has an ongoing record of medical prescription he is busted on some letter-of-the-law rationale, not on any intent at all to enhance performance by use of an illegal or illegally prescribed drug.  Simply absurd.

]]> http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2010/02/rangers-gutierrez-suspended/comment-page-1/#comment-46580 Phil Case Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:08:23 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=7524#comment-46580 People with Attention Deficit Disorder struggle with daily activies like completing homework, finding your keys, finding your wallet, and getting to work on time.  But the out-of-routine things like paying bills, filing taxes, making appoinments to go to the doctor, are also tough to complete.  You always feel that you are under pressure, things don't seem to go right, and you never have time to get to things.  They can be very nice people.  But they will drive you crazy if you are a person that has it all together.  It can also seem like the pleasure center of the brain is always looking for more fun to satisfy the urges, so prioritizing, and choosing between right and wrong can be an issue.  I hope the medicine helps him deal with the world of baseball and all the procedures and protocol that must be conformed to make it to the big leagues. People with Attention Deficit Disorder struggle with daily activies like completing homework, finding your keys, finding your wallet, and getting to work on time.  But the out-of-routine things like paying bills, filing taxes, making appoinments to go to the doctor, are also tough to complete.  You always feel that you are under pressure, things don't seem to go right, and you never have time to get to things.  They can be very nice people.  But they will drive you crazy if you are a person that has it all together.  It can also seem like the pleasure center of the brain is always looking for more fun to satisfy the urges, so prioritizing, and choosing between right and wrong can be an issue.  I hope the medicine helps him deal with the world of baseball and all the procedures and protocol that must be conformed to make it to the big leagues.

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