AFP: Banned pitcher blames positive test on Japanese doctor
Major League Baseball's disciplinary officials have slapped former Colorado Rockies pitcher Dan Serafini with a 50-game ban for testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs. Serafini, a free agent, blamed the positive test on a Japanese doctor who treated him while he was playing baseball in Asia. "I suffered two significant injuries that limited my playing time to seven games in 2006 and nine games in 2007," Serafini said. "While trying to accelerate the healing process of these injuries, I took substances that were prescribed for me by a doctor in Japan. "What I did not know at the time was that these substances would cause me to test positive once I returned to the U.S. "I have not taken these or any banned substances since returning to the U.S. and signing with the Colorado Rockies organization in July"...more...