Author: Dr. Steroids

More and more prominent players are coming forward saying they support blood testing in Major League Baseball. Some were even in favor of giving samples to be frozen until a reliable human growth hormone test is available. Both MLB Commissioner, Bud Selig, and Players Association president, Don Fehr, have said they will consider such a test when one becomes available. There is currently no commercially available/reliable test for human growth hormone, but one appears on the way soon. The World Anti-Doping Agency recently said that an effective blood test for hGH would be in place for the Beijing Olympics. Athletes…

At a hearing in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, Judge Susan Illston ruled that the indictment put forth by the government was vague and needed to be redrafted. In the course of the hearing the judge also ordered that the full transcript of Bonds’ 2003 grand jury testimony be unsealed. Judge Illston ruled that the indictment need not contain multiple statements that the government believes are lies for each of the 5 counts of perjury and obstruction of justice against Bonds. The indictment cited 19 different occasions where Bonds is accused of lying divided among the five counts. The…

Congress has officially requested that the Department of Justice investigate whether or not Roger Clemens lied under oath during his deposition dated Feb. 5, 2008 and the Congressional hearings on February 13, 2008 when he denied using performance-enhancing drugs. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Henry Waxman and ranking Republican Tom Davis sent a letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey, urging the investigation. Waxman also had committee Democrats compile an 18-page memo outlining reasons for the referral. The memo describes “seven sets of assertions made by Mr. Clemens in his testimony that appear to be contradicted by other evidence…

George Mitchell, Bud Selig and Donald Fehr testified before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee reviewing Major League Baseball’s performance enhancing drug problem. The hearing was held to discuss the findings in the Mitchell Report and MLB’s progress in fighting performance enhancing drugs since the last congressional hearings in 2005. The most surprising moment came early on when Rep. Henry Waxman said that he and Tom Davis asked the Justice Department to look into whether Tejada lied to investigators during questioning in connection to Palmeiro’s perjury case in 2005 when Tejada denied using or knowing or even hearing a…

Roger Clemens has filed a defamation suit against former trainer, Brian McNamee. The suit was filed on the same night that Clemens’ 60 Minutes interview aired. Leading up the airing of the 60 Minutes interview, lawyers for both Clemens and McNamee had said that each might file a lawsuit against the other. It appears Clemens has beat McNamee to the punch. As expected the suit (view PDF) basically says that the information McNamee provided to federal investigators and then Mitchell investigators, specifically the he injected Clemens with anabolic steroids and human growth hormone, is completely untrue. The suit lists 15…

In an interview with ESPN’s Mike Fish, former Seattle Mariners outfielder, Shane Monahan, admitted using anabolic steroids during his time in the major leagues. Monahan, who played parts of two seasons with the Mariners (1998 and 1999), was the classic example of a fringe player trying to stick in the major leagues. “I’ve been in minor league and major league clubhouses… I know the pressures and what goes on. Like I told my dad, it is coming from the perspective of a guy who had to fight for everything I got in the big leagues.” “I saw what kind of…

After calls to defend himself following the release of the Mitchell Report, Roger Clemens posted a video denial on his website, rogerclemensonline.com, via YouTube. Clemens says he is “almost numb” to the allegations that he used steroids and other performance enhancing drugs, and announced he would be doing an interview for 60 Minutes. “Let me be clear, the answer is no. I did not use steroids, or human growth hormone and I’ve never done so… I did not provide Brian McNamee with any drugs to inject in to my body. Brian McNamee did not inject steroids or Human Growth…

While Jason Grimsley’s affidavit was being unsealed by an Arizona court, Kirk Radomski’s affidavit was unsealed in New York court December 20. The names formerly redacted from the affidavit are mostly In line with those mentioned in the Mitchell report. The only names from the affidavit not in the Mitchell Report were that of former New York Mets pitcher, Sid Fernandez, and three career minor leaguers, Pete Rose Jr., Ryan Schurman and Rick Holyfield. Fernandez’s inclusion was of particular note. While the affidavit reportedly contained a check made out to Radomski from Fernandez for $3500, it was dated 2005. Fernandez…

The Jason Grimsley affidavit was unsealed in an Arizona court December 20. In October 2006 the Los Angeles Times listed what they believed to be 5 of the redacted names in Jeff Novitzky’s Search Warrant for Jason Grimsley’s Arizona home. The article claimed that Grimsley had stated that Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte used “athletic performance-enhancing drugs” and that Miguel Tejada, Brian Roberts and Jay Gibbons all “took anabolic steroids.” It turns out that nearly all of that was inaccurate. According to the Associated Press, instead Grimsley said Jose Canseco, Lenny Dykstra, Glenallen Hill and Geronimo Berroa were accused of…

The reaction to the Mitchell Report is pretty split. Some players have admitted to some or all of what’s in the report, others have completely denied the allegations. Alex Rodriguez even got roped into the discussion by Jose Canseco. Roger Clemens Clemens has yet to speak publicly, but through his lawyer, Rusty Hardin, Clemens has categorically denied that he has ever used any performance enhancing drugs. “Roger Clemens vehemently denies allegations in the Mitchell report that he used performance-enhancing steroids, and is outraged that his name is included in the report based on the uncorroborated allegations of a troubled man…