Mike Jacobs has become the first player suspended by Major League Baseball for a positive HGH test under the sport's minor-league drug-testing procedures.
The 30-year-old minor-league first baseman, who was in the big leagues in 2005-10, received a 50-game suspension Thursday for taking the banned performance-enhancing substance and was subsequently released by the Colorado Rockies.
Jacobs said he took human growth hormone to overcome knee and back ailments. He is the first North American pro athlete punished for taking HGH.
"We have a program in place, and it did what it was supposed to do," baseball Commissioner Bud Selig said, adding he wants to get the rule to …
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