Baseball – Major League Baseball roundup

Baseball – Major League Baseball roundup

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Major League Baseball announced that New York Yankees minor league catcher Ryan Baker has been suspended 50 games without pay for refusing to take an offseason drug test, which violates the minor league drug prevention and treatment program.
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NJ police will carry antidote to heroin OD

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Outside of New Jersey, various police departments in New York, Kentucky, Ohio and Massachusetts have had Narcan in their police cruisers. Ocean County … Al Della Fave, a spokesman for the Prosecutor's Office, said Narcan also may be the catalyst for …
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Yankees' Baker suspended 50 games

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The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball said Baker will be suspended without pay to begin the 2014 season. Refusing to take an offseason drug test is considered a violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Baker, 29, came …
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