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Cubs' Rizzo says he'd like to see more steroid testing

Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon wasn't lamenting that the Pittsburgh Pirates' Starling Marte hit a home run against his team over the past weekend and then was suspended 80 games Tuesday for violating Major League Baseball's drug policy.

"I don't look in the rearview mirror," Maddon said. "I'm glad that the drug situation is working, the policies, the drug enforcement. That's all that means to me.

"Yeah, you could go backward and get upset about moments like that and if they would have done this (test) sooner, would hit have made a difference? I don't know. I don't live that way.

"I just think that moving it forward, it's good that it's actually in place, that it's working. Is it perfect? Probably not. But I also believe when something like this occurs as we move forward, whatever is falling through the cracks eventually will not anymore."

Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo said he would like to see more testing.

"I think any system that's in place, you're going to have people trying to beat it," he said. "It's no different here. If there are loopholes, guys know that.

"He happened to get caught, but I'm sure there are other guys who are doing something very similar because to get caught with something that aggressive in his system, there's obviously something going on.

"We've made a lot of strides in baseball, but anytime there's something you can beat, someone's going to try to do it.

"That's the nature of human beings. It's 15 minutes to where we should be getting drug-tested a lot more."

No problem with ring thing:

Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer said he feels there's no problem with how the Cubs handled a stipulation concerning the team distributing World Series rings.

The Cubs want to discourage people from selling the gifts for a profit.

To that end, everyone getting a ring - except for the players and Joe Maddon and his coaching staff - had to sign an agreement that would allow the team to buy back the ring for $1 if the person wanted to sell it.

The team, owned by the Ricketts family, is handing out 1,908 rings, at varying values, from the top of the organization down to stadium workers and seasonal employees.

"I don't think it's a real controversy," Hoyer said. "I signed that (agreement) willingly. I know Theo (team president Epstein) did. Everyone except for the players signed it.

"I look at it (like) the Ricketts were so unbelievably generous in the cost of the ring and the number they gave out, I think it's totally appropriate when you're paying for the ring to a lot of people and helping out with taxes along with that, I think it's appropriate to say, 'I don't expect you to take the gift I'm giving you and run out to the market with it.'

"And I do think there's probably something a little bit different with the Cubs 2016 ring, and given how valuable it is and how long people waited, I think it's appropriate to avoid those things hitting the market.

"I had absolutely no problem signing it. No one I talked to had any problem with it."

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