Max Kepler blames contaminated meat for positive doping test in MLB

Max Kepler, a German baseball player, was suspended for 80 games by MLB in January after testing positive for epitrenbolone. In an interview, he suggested that contaminated red meat may have caused the positive result, citing previous cases where athletes proved their innocence this way. Now 33, Kepler returned to play at the end of June with the Arizona Diamondbacks, earning the league minimum of $780,000 instead of his previous $10 million with the Philadelphia Phillies.

• 8:18 AMYahoo Sports — German baseball star Kepler blames meat for positive doping test