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Report: MLB Sniffs Out Melky Cabrera's Scheme To Avoid Suspension

By Matt Snyder | Senior Baseball Blogger

CBS SPORTS - Melky Cabrera's 50-game suspension for elevated testosterone levels and the drama surrounding it have suddenly taken a turn into the incredibly weird.

According to a report in the New York Daily News, the Giants outfielder created a fake website which featured ads for a fake product in hopes it would exonerate him.

The plan was reportedly to say that Cabrera had ordered a legal supplement from the website and say that the product accidentally raised his testosterone levels too high.

The story fell apart, though, and now Cabrera and some of his representatives are under investigation, according to the Daily News:

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