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Behind the Story: Jordan Schafer

By Ryan McGee

Thursday, April 23, 2009

In the latest issue of ESPN The Magazine, Ryan McGee took a look at Jordan Schafer, a player who -- at an early age -- became a victim of the MLB hotline intended to catch performance-enhancing drug cheats. Through circumstantial evidence, Schafer had to accept a 50-game suspension before he'd ever even gotten his MLB career started. In this Behind the Story perspective, McGee discusses the difference between what he'd heard about the kid, and what he found. BEHIND THE STORY: JORDAN SCAHFER

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