Chapter[ VII. Major League Baseball and the BALCO Investigation ]
Section[ B. 2. c. Bobby Estalella ]
c. Bobby Estalella
In Game of Shadows, the authors wrote that in 2002 Bobby Estalella, a former
player with the San Francisco Giants who was then with the Colorado Rockies, called Greg
Anderson seeking help to recover from shoulder surgery. Estalella had met Anderson when he
was playing with the Giants and had agreed to blood and urine tests for mineral deficiencies.
Anderson reportedly sent Estalella a “workout program and drug schedule” under which
Estalella would use human growth hormone, the “clear,” the “cream,” and the female fertility
drug Clomid, in rotation.343
343 Mark Fainaru-Wada & Lance Williams, Game of Shadows 142-43 (Gotham Books
2006).
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Estalella’s apparent use of performance enhancing substances was noticed by club
officials. After the 2003 season, the Los Angeles Dodgers considered signing Estalella as a free
agent. During a three-day meeting of Dodgers officials in late October 2003, assessments were
made of many players, including the possible use of steroids by some players. Ellen Harrigan,
an administrator in the Dodgers’ scouting department, kept detailed notes of the discussion.
Among the comments she recorded was an observation by one of the participants that Estalella
was a “poster boy for the chemicals.”344
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