NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball commissioner Bud Selig says his science adviser is examining the human growth hormone blood test available through the World Anti-Doping Agency but isn’t sure when the studying will completed.
Selig tells the Associated Press Sports Editors that UCLA professor Dr. Gary Green hasn’t made a determination.
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency insists the test is valid.
Selig says that if baseball adopts the test, it would start using it for players with minor league contracts. Unionized major leaguers currently have only urine testing. The players’ union has said it would consider a blood test if it is validated.
On another topic, Selig is against expanding the first round of the playoffs to seven games.
