Chapter[ VII. Major League Baseball and the BALCO Investigation ]
Section[ B. 2. Players’ Links to Performance Enhancing Substances - a. Marvin Benard ]
2. Players’ Links to Performance Enhancing Substances
a. Marvin Benard
Dusty Baker was the manager of the San Francisco Giants in 2003 when the news
of the BALCO raids broke. Baker advised my investigators in an interview that he was close to
Marvin Benard and was “completely shocked” when he became aware of the allegations that
Benard used steroids.
337 See Memorandum to Major League Clubs from Commissioner Selig and Sandy
Alderson dated February 20, 2004 regarding Clubhouse Security.
338 Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams, Bonds working with Anderson, S.F. Chron.,
Apr. 9, 2005, at D1.
339 See Plea Agreement, United States v. Greg Anderson, CR 04-0044-SI (N.D. Cal.),
at 1.
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After Baker learned of the allegations, he asked Benard if they were true.
According to Baker, Benard admitted he had used steroids previously but said that he had
stopped. Baker did not report Benard’s admission to anyone in Giants management or the
Commissioner’s Office.
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