Baseball: Eagles' slugger Amador files appeal over doping ban

Rakuten Eagles first baseman Japhet Amador has filed an appeal with Nippon Professional Baseball over his six-month doping suspension, a team executive said Wednesday.Rakuten's director Hiroshi Abei clarified that the appeal was filed to allow for an investigation into the circumstances in which Amador ingested the drugs chlorthalidone and furosemide. The deadline for filing an appeal was Tuesday.Following an exam on June 13, Amador tested positive for the two banned substances, which can serve as masking agents for performance-enhancing drugs.The 31-year-old Mexican slugger, who had been b…READ FULL ARTICLE