Kuo tested positive at Asian Games
Dodgers pitcher was playing for Taiwan national team
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VERO BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hong-Chih Kuo
tested positive for stimulants before joining Taiwan's team at the
Asian Games in Doha three months ago, but either cold or pain
medications were to blame, a sports official said Monday.
Kuo said he did not take performance enhancers.
"I just play baseball. I didn't take anything," Kuo said at Dodgers
camp while the team traveled to Fort Lauderdale for a game against
Baltimore.
Kevin Chen, secretary general of Taiwan's Olympic Committee, said
samples taken from Kuo, as well as two other members of the baseball
team, Yeh Chun-chang and Lin Yi-chuan, tested positive for banned
drugs before the December competition.
The three players said they had taken either cold or pain medications
containing a banned substance, Chen said.
All three competed at Doha but received verbal warnings and were asked
to clear their medications with the team doctor, Chen said.
"The situation is quite innocent," Chen said in a phone interview.
Taiwan beat Japan 8-7 in the gold medal game at Doha.
Kuo, a left-hander, did not pitch in the final, and Taiwan's manager
said at the time he didn't feel well.
The murky circumstances of Kuo's absence prompted an investigation by
the newspaper China Times, which reported Kuo's positive drug test Monday.
China Times said Kuo didn't pitch against Japan because he had taken
pain medication and that his pitching wasn't in good shape.
Chen said three other people in Taiwan's 391-member Asian Games
delegation also tested positive for banned substances, but the results
were also the result of taking cold or pain medication.
"I never had a problem before, so I don't know how it came to this,"
Kuo said.
MLB spokesman Pat Courtney said the commissioner's office will look into
the matter to determine whether any disciplinary action should be taken.
A stimulant that is banned for international competition may not
necessarily be banned by MLB and its players' association.
Kuo said he was more concerned about preparing for the upcoming season,
as he remains in the mix for the fifth spot in the Dodgers starting
rotation.
"It's already passed," Kuo said of the December incident.
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