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It is time.

Time for Major League Baseball to start punishing teams for their players cheating.

I am so tired of this era, so sick of hearing about players cheating. Tired of Ryan Braun, Manny Ramirez, Melky Cabrera.

I thought this steroid/PED era was over, but I guess I was wrong.

Baseball has one option here because as much as they say they have cleaned up the sport, they haven't. The San Francisco Giants should lose five games in the standings.

In college sports we see universities vacate wins, so why not in baseball? Why should the Giants be in first place after 113 games right now? Why should they be allowed to be in first place after their star player admitted he cheated?

Can't we argue that the only reason the Giants are in first place is because their star player cheated! So why punish the player but not the team?

If we start punishing the teams they will be more apt to keep a closer eye on their players and maybe fight for more drug testing, maybe even conduct their own in-house testing.

Baseball is the big loser here and so is Melky Cabrera, who just blew a huge payday in a free agent year. But the Giants aren't the losers. They got 113 games out of a juiced up Melky Cabrera and they are atop the standings with the Dodgers in the National League West.

Can you imagine how the Dodgers will feel if they lose this division by a game or two? It's time to start punishing the teams as well as the players.

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    TheShaggy1 wrote...
    All-Star MVP
    August 15, 2012 2:40 pm
    Will he be giving back that award as well? He should. I grew up playing baseball and I love it but this PED stuff is just ruining the game for the younger generations. Cheating is cheating and you do have to ask yourself if the Giants knew something about it since SF reporters started to ask question to Melky Cabrera over the week end. I don't like the smell of this...
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    Scott A. wrote...
    Can you imagine....
    August 15, 2012 4:33 pm
    How the Giants felt after Manny cheated? Interesting how you chose "5 games" seeing as the Dbacks are 5.5 back. You're right though Gambo, something needs to be done. Unfortunately you'll never see a professional sport punish a team for an individual action. Only the NCAA does that. It's a joke the Giants got the benefit of an admitted cheater. I wonder when Braun will finally fess up??
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    rwinkler13 wrote...
    seriously?
    August 15, 2012 8:58 pm
    Gambo this is pathetically biased saying that the Giants should give up five games which would significantly help the Diamondbacks playoff hopes. You say they should give up 5 wins... who gets those wins in those games? Is Melky the only one on the field contributing? Posey is playing better than him anyway. oh and by the way... that means you are willing to give up the Diamondacks World Series because beloved Gonzo somehow found his way onto a 2003 list of 103 alleged steroid users. Give it up Gambo and stop crying.
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    Guyinaz wrote...
    It's 5 games because...
    August 16, 2012 9:12 am
    Melkey's WAR (Wins above replacement) is 5 games. This stat shows how many wins a player contributed over an average player, sabermetrics. I believe that I heard Cabrera had 4 hits that either tied or gave the Giants the lead this season in games against the D'backs.
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    mva5580 wrote...
    Here's the bottom line on this article
    August 16, 2012 4:25 pm
    Would Gambo still have written it if Justin Upton was the one caught cheating and the Dbacks were currently up 5 games in the division? We all know the answer to that question.
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    mesa mad man wrote...
    @mva5580
    August 16, 2012 10:24 pm
    heres the bottom line - if this was upton being suspended, someone in sanfran would be writing this article.
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    Steve L. wrote...
    Punishement
    August 17, 2012 10:42 am
    I agree about punishing the team Gambo. It's too late to go back and punish the Giants now but they should let the rest of the league know that in the future teams will be punished as well. If a player knows he's not only hurting his team with his suspension but it will cost the team in another way, he might be a little more hesitant to do steriods in the first place.
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    sundevil7901 wrote...
    Just throwing this out there
    August 17, 2012 10:58 am
    I'm not saying it is a good idea, but this one at least makes sense to me. Of all of the Giants wins, remove the ones where Melky contributed to the win, through RBIs and Runs scored.If the Giants would have lost the game without Melky's offensive contributions, you reverse the decision. You impose a different set of penalties if there is an off-season positive test, maybe loss of draft picks or something.
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    wetstater wrote...
    Major lessons
    August 17, 2012 12:36 pm
    As a former high school athletic director here's what would happen at the high school level. Team loses all games where ineligible player participated Player forfeits rest of season School may lose post season opportunities No questioning, it is the rules
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