Chapter[ VIII. Information Obtained Regarding Other Players’ Possession or Use of
Steroids and Human Growth Hormone ]
Section[ A. Background - 2. Radomski’s Employment with the New York Mets ]
2. Radomski’s Employment with the New York Mets
Growing up, Radomski lived near Charlie Samuels, the longtime equipment
manager for the New York Mets. In the early 1980s, Radomski began helping out around the
clubhouse in an informal capacity as a batboy. He was formally hired as a home clubhouse
attendant in 1987. He worked in the Mets clubhouse in various capacities until November 1994,
when he left because the team restructured the compensation of clubhouse staff and the pay was
less than the income he could earn as a personal trainer. His departure was not related to his
involvement with steroids, and Radomski stressed that Samuels never had any knowledge of that
involvement.
Radomski developed many friendships with players while he was working with
the Mets, especially after he began attending spring training in 1988. Around that time, he
became interested in weight training and began exercising regularly at a gym in the Bronx. In
the early 1990s, Radomski decided he wanted to become a competitive bodybuilder. He knew
the use of anabolic steroids was prevalent in that sport, and he did a great deal of research about
various types of steroids and their effects. He began using Winstrol and Deca-Durabolin in sixto-
eight-week cycles.
366 I refer in this report to Radomski’s “address book”; it is a collection of unbound
papers that list names, addresses, and telephone numbers.
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In 1993, when Radomski arrived at spring training significantly bigger, many
players noticed and asked him about his size and training program. He told them he was using
steroids as part of his training regimen. Even before then, players had consulted Radomski about
diet and weight training because it was obvious from his own habits and appearance that he was
knowledgeable about those subjects. He often prepared nutritional shakes in the clubhouse for
his own use as well as for Mets players who asked him to do so.
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