LOTD: Troy Glaus Among Confirmed Steroid Users in New York Times Article
If anyone is surprised by this story I would just like to say welcome back to the United States. Next time you leave for an entire decade, be sure to browse to a US-based website sometime.
In a New York Times article posted this weekend, Troy Glaus is among a handful of players that have now been confirmed as former steroid users. Joining Troy Glaus in the article are Todd Greene, Scott Schoeneweis, and Ismael Valdez. I don’t think that these names will surprise anyone (they certainly did not surprise me), but I do think this is the first official confirmation beyond the Mitchell Report for any of the guys named in the article.
And while I am generally sick of steroid stories, I have to admit that this New York Times article was a relatively interesting read, with the story of Troy Glaus’ steroid use the most in-depth and compelling. Here is an excerpt and your Link of the Day:
LOTD: Troy Glaus, Others Balanced Risk-Reward of Using Steroids — (New York Times)
Found via: Report: Glaus Used Steriods in ‘03, ‘04 — (Eli’s MLB Rumors)
It was in 2003 that Glaus, a four-time All-Star and the most valuable player of the 2002 World Series, went on the disabled list for the first time in his career. He injured his right shoulder while trying to field a bunt in July and a month later received a diagnosis of a partly torn rotator cuff and fraying labrum. He missed the rest of the season.
Frustrated with his rehabilitation, Glaus contacted Scruggs, whose only request was for a blood sample to see whether Glaus’s testosterone levels were low enough to warrant a prescription for steroids. Medical files seized from Scruggs’s office show the steroids were sent before Scruggs reviewed Glaus’s blood test.
Asked by the investigators whether he was concerned that Scruggs did not ask to see him, Glaus was quoted in the report as saying: “I just wanted to get better, it didn’t alarm me. I just wanted to get better and play.â€
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Starting in November 2003 and for the next three months, Glaus injected himself once every four days with the steroids nandrolone and testosterone, the investigators say he told them.
“It worked, and I was getting better,†Glaus is quoted saying.
So, in conclusion, Troy Glaus and the others mentioned in the NY Times article now join the infamous list of baseball’s cheating liars:
And some other links before I get back to “real” work this afternoon:
The now infamous 2009 Masters boob grab — (Bob’s Blitz)
Stock Down: The Problem Children of the NFL Draft — (The Big Lead)
Dead goat found hanging at Wrigley Field — (Total Pro Sports)
Eric Karros really does have ridiculously strange hair — (Bugs and Cranks)
Sergio Garcia is a whiny bitch — (The Legend of Cecilio Guante)
Mets to Open Citi Field with Sass — (Hugging Harold Reynolds)
Overused. Unerrated. Rant. On. The. NFL – (Sparty and Friends)
2009 Hot Ladies Tournament — (Sharapova’s Thigh)
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Get over the “lying cheaters” line
it’s pathetic how easily people feel they must be politically correct and chastise the users of performance enhancers…….and say these same upset people were told in the middle of the 90’s home run race that mcgwire/ sosa juiced they would either a/ not be WILLING to believe
b/ not CARE
I don’t care and i think these athletes or anyone thinking rationally would say …GEE they have the option to take something that would HELP get them over injury’s…..recover better from normal wear and tear (especially pitchers) and give a already decent hitter the possible edge to make him a powerful slugger….Why would they say no?! baseball’s testing policy was looking the other way so they could put a better product on the field and recoup $$$ after the strike……C’mon enough demonization like it’s the thing you must write about…….these guys are human and all sports writers must have no skeletons in their own closets or be hypocrite’s in their own write….either that or all saints.
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