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He Was MLB's Most Popular New Star. Then He Got Caught.
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In 2012, no National League player received more All-Star votes than Melky Cabrera. 30 days later, he went from one of MLB's most popular players to one of its most hated.

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Sources:
https://www.nj.com/yankees/2008/12/yankeesbrewers_trade_in_peril.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20211024003305/https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=320530126
https://web.archive.org/web/20120703211833/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120701&content_id=34266298&vkey=pr_mlb&c_id=mlb
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/giants-outfielder-melky-cabrera-suspended-50-games-for-positive-drug-test/
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/melky-created-fake-website-to-support-his-claim-of-high-testosterone/
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/8407726/san-francisco-giants-melky-cabrera-disqualifies-nl-batting-title
https://old.reddit.com/r/SFGiants/comments/y9wdf/melky_rumors_true_suspended_50_games_for_peds_our/
https://www.mlb.com/news/blue-jays-melky-cabrera-avoids-further-suspension-for-biogenesis/c-55966230

Music (in order):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpJDMD2EzkA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qonPqql2sP0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZzuVt7nKOA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbfiIoHzPcQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgUtQ3-mqmc

All statistics courtesy of Baseball Reference, Fangraphs, Baseball Savant, Inside Edge, and Stathead.

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