Jenrry Mejia: I Was Victim of Witch Hunt

I don’t think anyone will shed a tear after Jenrry Mejia tested positive for performance enhancing drugs for the third time, thus earning himself a lifetime ban from MLB. But, according to Mejia, “baseball officials orchestrated his lifetime ban,” as per Ben Berkon’s article in the New York Times.

Mejia admitted to guilt the first time, but said he’s innocent of the other two instances. Here’s a piece from Berkon’s story:

Mejia said that baseball officials told him that if he appealed the punishment for the second doping offense, “they will find a way to find a third positive,” Mejia said through an interpreter. “I felt there was a conspiracy against me. I feel that they were trying to find something to bring me down in my career.”

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