Would anyone not doping in baseball please raise a hand. Or should we ask: "Is there any MLB player not named as a juicer in some memorandum, affidavit, testimony, report, investigation, or 6th grade book report"? The latest leak comes from an unsealed affidavit obtained by BALCO investigator Jeff Novitzky from Jason Grimsley. We reported on several players yesterday, but today a few more dopers were added to the list: Sid Fernandez, Pete Rose Jr. and minor leaguers Ryan Schurman and Rick Holyfield.
ESPN.com reported the only players implicated by Radomski that weren't mentioned in Mitchell's report were former New York Mets All-Star pitcher Sid Fernandez, Pete Rose Jr. and minor leaguers Ryan Schurman and Rick Holyfield.
Everyone's friend Brian McNamee enters, stage right too:
According to Novitzky, Grimsley said he had been referred to an amphetamine source by former New York Yankees strength coach Brian McNamee. Grimsley said he obtained steroids, HGH and amphetamines from that source, Novitzky said. The source was not identified.
And more (looks like the Yankees were big time juices in 2000) on Fernandez and Pete Rose Jr:
According to ESPN.com, Radomski received a $3,500 check from Fernandez that was written in February 2005, eight years after El Sid's final major league appearance. Phone records cited in the affidavit say Rose Jr. called Radomski several times in 2001, ESPN.com reported. Rose Jr., the son of baseball's career hits leader, was sentenced in May 2006 to one month in prison and five months of home detention for distributing a steroid alternative to his minor league teammates.
Investigators in the BALCO case in San Francisco said last year Grimsley initially cooperated with their investigation but then withdrew his assistance. Authorities tracked a package contained HGH to Grimsley's house in April 2006 and raided the home in June...
Grimsley, Canseco, Knoblauch, Watson and Hill all played on the 2000 Yankees.
Looks like the Yankees were big time juices in 2000. Note that Pete Rose Senior just came out condemning 'roids.
steroids should be treated just like any other drug because they are addicting . I saw them destroy another son of the big red machine sons Tommy Helms Jr. He was a good guy and now battles substance abuse and has spent most of his adult life in prison since he has got out of baseball.The bottom line is nothing good comes from drugs!
Posted by: chad drown | 08/03/2008 at 20:26