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Originally Posted by Butter_of_69
The point is this wasn't "mishandled". It was mishandled according to the letter of the agreement between MLB and MLBPA. But it seems pretty clear that this happens all the time and the samples are not subject to additional contamination due to the longer waiting period.
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That is probably true, but if the agreement is that the sample is sent ASAP, this needs to be done in ALL cases, otherwise administering the test is pointless as it will fail on appeal. MLB has no excuses for not getting this right.
As I mentioned in my previous post, we have no idea how many times this has happened before, so it could be that MLB has botched a number of tests.
It would be interesting to find out exactly why the arbitrator made this decision rather than having to speculate based on the rumor mill.