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Saturday, August 28, 2010

MLB takes shot at Ivan Nova over injections

Hyperdermicnova?

Major League Baseball is investigating Yankees pitcher Ivan Nova and minor league hurler Wilkin De La Rosa for allegedly injecting each other with B-12 shots last season when they were teammates at Double-A Trenton, The Post has learned.

Though B-12 isn’t on the list of baseball’s banned substances, the focus of MLB’s investigation is on the possibility the two players injected each other. MLB also wants to make sure that the shots were indeed B-12.

Nova was not available for comment before the Yankees’ 9-4 loss to the White Sox.

Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said he was unaware of the investigation, and MLB spokesman Pat Courtney said, “We don’t discuss the work of our investigative group.”

Repoz Posted: August 28, 2010 at 10:42 AM | 13 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
Tags: history, minor leagues, prospect reports, steroids, yankees

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1. Enrico Pallazzo Posted: August 28, 2010 at 12:24 PM (#3628517)

Let's see how 'zop spins this into confirmation that they're obviously 'roiders.

2. AJM Posted: August 28, 2010 at 01:28 PM (#3628544)

Though B-12 isn’t on the list of baseball’s banned substances, the focus of MLB’s investigation is on the possibility the two players injected each other.

What?

3. YR Denies Jesus Montero Posted: August 28, 2010 at 02:08 PM (#3628564)

Just come out and admit this is another politically motivated attack on the Yankees already. I'm waiting for George Mitchell to be assigned to the investigation any second now.

4. Cowboy Popup Posted: August 28, 2010 at 02:47 PM (#3628583)

If De La Rosa is taking B-12, it can't possibly help a player's performance.

5. Drew (Primakov, Gungho Iguanas) Posted: August 28, 2010 at 05:38 PM (#3628667)

Though B-12 isn’t on the list of baseball’s banned substances, the focus of MLB’s investigation is on the possibility the two players injected each other.

What?

Agreed.

6. Srul Itza Posted: August 28, 2010 at 06:59 PM (#3628707)

the focus of MLB’s investigation is on the possibility the two players injected each other.

How did this thread get to 5 posts without a Mike Piazza joke?

7. base ball chick Posted: August 28, 2010 at 07:27 PM (#3628723)

hi ivan
yo wilkin
got a lil sumpin for you
get you up
yeh i been flaggin lately
cmere boy
let's just go on into this bathroom stall
don't giggle
theres plenty of room - after all there was enough room for mark and jose to do it
i know you been wantin this here butt injection of Special Stuff
yeah, but i know a lot of people can't accept it
especially media types, you know
really, it doesn't hurt a bit, and you'll feel like a different man
yeh
stop tensing up - it ain't against the rules you know
but what if they find out?
we didn't do nothing wrong. it's not illegal and we're not REALLY cheating
i mean, other guys do it
ok - it's true i been needing it

ooooooooooh wilkin!!!!!

8. cercopithecus aethiops Posted: August 28, 2010 at 07:36 PM (#3628729)

How did this thread get to 5 posts without a Mike Piazza joke?

Wait, you mean those weren't Mike Piazza jokes?

9. Drew (Primakov, Gungho Iguanas) Posted: August 28, 2010 at 10:36 PM (#3628809)

I'm more surprised about no Miguel Tejada jokes.

10. Rough Carrigan

Posted: August 29, 2010 at 02:13 AM (#3628943)

It was amateur time. They didn't really know what they were doing.

11. RMc is the loyal supporter of the MLB event Posted: August 29, 2010 at 02:16 PM (#3629087)

Threaten to kick Ivan Nova out of baseball unless he changes his last name to Navi, thus making his new name, "Ivan Navi", a palindrome. (Even better: Also insist he change his middle name to Otto.)

12. RB in NYC (Now with New iPhone!) Posted: August 29, 2010 at 02:42 PM (#3629107)

Threaten to kick Ivan Nova out of baseball unless he changes his last name to Navi, thus making his new name, "Ivan Navi", a palindrome. (Even better: Also insist he change his middle name to Otto.)

This seems fair. I support it.

13. jwb Posted: August 29, 2010 at 09:55 PM (#3629311)

I always think of this Ivanova.

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