Chapter[ IX. The Threat Posed By Internet Sales of Steroids and Human Growth
Hormone ]
Section[ B. Alleged Internet Purchases of Performance Enhancing Substances By Players in Major League Baseball ]
B. Alleged Internet Purchases of Performance Enhancing Substances By Players in Major League Baseball
Since the initial news reports of the raid by New York and Florida law enforcement officials on Signature Pharmacy and several rejuvenation centers, the names of
several current and former major league players have appeared in the media as alleged
purchasers of performance enhancing substances through these operations. These include
current major league players Rick Ankiel, Paul Byrd, Jay Gibbons, Troy Glaus, Jose Guillen,
Jerry Hairston, Jr., Gary Matthews, Jr., and Scott Schoeneweis, and former players David Bell,
Jose Canseco, Jason Grimsley, Darren Holmes, John Rocker, Ismael Valdez, Matt Williams, and
Steve Woodard.
The Commissioner’s Office conducted its own disciplinary interviews of the
players who were still active at the time of the reports about their alleged possession or use.
Players agreed to the interviews on the condition that the information they provided would not be
456 Brendan Lyons, Guilty Plea in Steroids Case, Albany Times Union, Mar. 21, 2007;
Indictment of Dr. Robert Carlson, et al., Albany County Court, New York, File No. 0616252,
Jan. 25, 2007; see also Brendan J. Lyons, Pro Athletes on the Stand?, Albany Times Union, Mar.
6, 2007, at A1.
457 Transcript of Eugene Bolton’s plea proceedings in Albany County Court, dated
Apr. 20, 2007.
458 Brendan J. Lyons, Steroid Plea Called Turning Point, Albany Times Union, July 25,
2007, at A1.
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shared with me by the Commissioner’s Office. Either directly or in some cases through the
Commissioner’s Office, I requested each of these 16 current and former players to meet with me
to respond to the allegations about them in these reports. Other than Canseco, whose lawyer
provided information in response to my inquiry, all of the players either declined or did not
respond to my invitation.
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