Feds ask appeals court to stay decision in baseball drug list case, players’ union won’t fight

Players’ union won’t fight stay in drug case

NEW YORK — Arguing critical evidence may be destroyed, federal prosecutors have asked an appeals court to stay its decision that government agents illegally seized drug testing records of more than 100 baseball players.

Now the latest twist: The baseball players’ association says it won’t fight the prosecutors’ request.

Michael Weiner is the union’s general counsel and he says the players’ association has officially responded that it won’t oppose the request for a stay.

That means the drug testing samples and records for the baseball players could be held for another couple of months, while prosecutors decide whether to appeal the case to the Supreme Court.

Last week, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the government overstepped its authority in taking the drug test records.