# First positive HGH test in Minor Leagues

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 18, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-positive-hgh-test-in-minor-leagues/593197 "2011-08-18T17:45:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-positive-hgh-test-in-minor-leagues/593197/1 "2011-08-18T17:45:05Z")

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[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/19/sports/baseball/minor-leaguer-tests-positive-for-hgh.html?hp](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/19/sports/baseball/minor-leaguer-tests-positive-for-hgh.html?hp)

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> Travis Tygart, chief executive of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, lauded M.L.B.’s testing and said that Jacobs’s positive test was a sign that the league’s program was working.
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> “This case demonstrates how M.L.B. has stepped up to the plate and implemented H.G.H. testing in the minor leagues to protect clean athletes and the integrity of competition,” he said in a statement.

So the MLB (which stands for **Major** League Baseball) is lauded for HGH testing in - but only in the **Minor** Leagues. Does anyone else find this statement hilarious?