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[It may not be so easy in the future. Robert Manfred, baseball's executive vice president for labor relations and human resources, says baseball will suspend and fine repeat minor league offenders this season. The Padres have administered their own three-strikes-and-you're-out steroid policy for the past five years, though they do not test in the off-season, either.] The word's out in our organization, but the trend we're seeing is that most of the players who tested positive were in [Class] A ball, ... That tells me the problem is spreading fast. I think it's prevalent in college and high school--even before we get them.
- Kevin Towers
It just happened that we had more of a need in center field. We all knew 'X' can play. Certainly, this would have been the year that would have provided a great opportunity to play one of the corner positions. But in this outfield here, we thought it was more important to go get a guy who can play center field.
- Kevin Towers
