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Blue Jays' Colabello issues strong statement after PED suspension

NEW YORK -- Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Chris Colabello was suspended Friday for 80 games without pay after testing positive for the same anabolic steroid that caused Philadelphia pitcher Daniel Stumpf to be disciplined last week.

The commissioner's office said Colabello tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone, which is sold under the name Turinabol.

"On March 13, I got one of the scariest and most definitely the least-expected phone calls of my entire life. I was informed by the players' association that a banned substance was found in my urine," Colabello said in a statement released by the union.