Major League Baseball chief wants tougher drug penalties

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Major League Baseball chief wants tougher drug penalties

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/doping-major-league-baseball-chief-wants-tougher-drug-060511470--mlb.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RvoerRY5JGul94is.3aeLg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-03T060511Z_1_CBRE9220GWV00_RTROPTP_2_CSPORTS-US-DOPING-BASEBALL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig speaks at news conference to announce new collective bargaining agreement with players in New York" align="left" title="Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig speaks at news conference to announce new collective bargaining agreement with players in New York" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Major League Baseball (MLB) commissioner Bud Selig has called for stiffer penalties for players caught using performance-enhancing drugs, asking the league and players association on Saturday to come up with a new system. Selig asked MLB executive vice president of labor relations Rob Manfred to enter talks with Michael Weiner, MLB Players Association executive director, about introducing a tougher anti-doping regime. &quot;If people want to continue to do what they shouldn't do, then the one thing that you have to do is you have to have stricter penalties. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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