Detroit Tigers infielder, Neifi Perez seems to be a slow learner of his past blunders. The 11-year-veteran from the Dominican Republic was earlier suspended for 25 games a month ago after testing positive for a banned drug stimulant. Ere to the suspension period being due, Perez is yet again penalized for 80 games on the same grounds.
34-year-old Perez now faces a miserable plight as he forfeits nearly $1.25 million earnings this year.
By the end of 2005, the Baseball League opted for a stringent drug plan to curb doping peril for the first time. Under baseball’s labor contract, a player who tests positive for the first time is excusable with minor counseling, but replicating the offense again forces the player to become liable to be debarred.
The year 2007 appeared to be crammed with baseball doping violations, as 16 players dishonored the minor league program while Perez became the first player to test positive under the Major League.
Perez broke in with the Colorado Rockies in 1996 and won a Gold Glove in 2000. He then moved to the Kansas City Royals the following season and after serving them for a year and a half joined the San Francisco Giants followed by his move to the White Sox. Perez joined the Tigers in 2006 and went on hitting .172 with one home run and 6 RBIs before the first suspension.
Via: Reuters
