In a news release today, Andy Pettitte admits he used HGH to 'rehab' from injury. This marks an admission from one of the main characters in the Mitchell Report.
Pettitte states that he utilized HGH in response to an elbow injury. He says he took HGH supplied from his Yankee traiiner Brian McNamee.
Andy Pettitte used human growth hormone to recover from an elbow injury in 2002, the New York Yankees
Pettitte said he tried HGH on two occasions.
"If what I did was an error in judgment on my part, I apologize," Pettitte said Saturday in a statement released by his agent. "I accept responsibility for those two days."...
Pettitte asked the trainer he shared with Roger Clemens, Brian McNamee, to help him with HGH while on the disabled list early in the season, the report said. McNamee recalled injecting Pettitte two to four times, Mitchell said.
"In 2002 I was injured. I had heard that human growth hormone could promote faster healing for my elbow," Pettitte said in the statement released to The Associated Press by agent Randy Hendricks.
"I felt an obligation to get back to my team as soon as possible. For this reason, and only this reason, for two days I tried human growth hormone. Though it was not against baseball rules, I was not comfortable with what I was doing, so I stopped.
"This is it -- two days out of my life; two days out of my entire career, when I was injured and on the disabled list," he said. "I wasn't looking for an edge. I was looking to heal."...
"I have the utmost respect for baseball and have always tried to live my life in a way that would be honorable," he said. "If I have let down people that care about me, I am sorry, but I hope that you will listen to me carefully and understand that two days of perhaps bad judgment should not ruin a lifetime of hard work and dedication.
Several implications here:
- Injury recovery is not a medical indication a legitimate physician would prescribe HGH
- The source was a dirty trainer, McNamee.
- Professionals need to take a look at their role in leading the athletes down the wrong path.
- When will the Rocket fess up to his multiple PED use?
When will Bret Favre admit to his PED use?
Posted by: Cedric Daniels | 12/29/2007 at 14:09