ATHLETES CONNECTED WITH PEDS

FILE - In this May 30, 2012, file photo, Boston Red Sox center fielder Marlon Byrd dives to catch a fly ball by Detroit Tigers' Gerald Laird during a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston. Byrd has been suspended 50 games by Major League Baseball after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance. Major League Baseball announced the suspension Monday, June 25, 2012, and said Byrd tested positive for Tamoxifen. Byrd is currently a free agent, and will be placed on the restricted list for the duration of his suspension, which began immediately. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

By Boston.com Staff

<b>Marlon Byrd</b>
On June 25, 2012, MLB announced that Byrd tested positive for Tamoxifen, an illegal performance-enhancer, and suspended him for 50 games. The outfielder claimed the presence of the drug in his system was due to a recurrence of a previous surgery which led him to take the drug.

Byrd played for the Red Sox after being acquired in an April 2012 trade with the Cubs, but was released in mid-June. Byrd claimed the test result was because he used medication to treat a recurrence of a condition he’d had surgery for prior to joining the Red Sox.

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