Chapter[ VII. Major League Baseball and the BALCO Investigation ]
Section[ B. 2. e. Jeremy Giambi ]
e. Jeremy Giambi
On March 12, 2005, Jeremy Giambi admitted to the Kansas City Star that he used
steroids while playing in Major League Baseball. “It’s something I did,” Giambi told the
newspaper. “I apologize. I made a mistake. I moved on. I kind of want it in the past.”348
347 “IU” is a measurement for the amount of a substance based on its biological activity.
The measure varies depending on the substance being measured.
348 Jeff Passan, Ex-Royal: Using steroids a mistake, Kan. City Star, Mar. 13, 2005, at C5.
With regard to his brother Jason’s then-recent press conference apology, Giambi also reportedly
told the reporter: “If you don’t know what he is apologizing for you must’ve been in a coma for
two years.” Id.
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We spoke with Ethan Stein, a former minor league player who played two seasons
with Jeremy Giambi, 1996 in Spokane and 1997 in Lansing, and frequently trained and had
occasional conversations with him in the weight room. Stein said that during one of those
conversations in 1996, Giambi admitted that both he and his brother used steroids and told Stein
that he could get him steroids. Stein responded that he was not interested. When Stein later saw
Giambi during spring training in 1997, his physique had changed dramatically. He noticed
increased muscular development, as well as hair loss and back acne.
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