SFC: Byrd ordered HGH

[farmerjerome]

I didn't see a thread on this, so:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/10/21/MNN6SSC8F.DTL

Paul Byrd, the veteran pitcher who has helped the Cleveland Indians reach the brink of the World Series, bought nearly $25,000 worth of human growth hormone and syringes from a Florida anti-aging clinic that was targeted by law enforcement for illegally distributing performance-enhancing drugs, business records show.

Byrd made 13 purchases from the Palm Beach Rejuvenation Center between August 2002 and January 2005, according to the records. During those years, he pitched for the Kansas City Royals, the Atlanta Braves and the Los Angeles Angels.

Paying with a credit card, Byrd spent $24,850 to buy more than 1,000 vials of growth hormone, an injectable prescription drug with muscle-building properties, and hundreds of syringes.

The records reviewed by The Chronicle included Byrd's purchase and shipping orders, payment data and other information, including his birth date and Social Security number. The records were provided by a confidential news source, who said the orders were consistent with an athlete's personal use of growth hormone.




Seriously, did he buy it with his credit card?

 

[Chef]

Ruh-roh.

This should end interestingly.

 

[imjustagirl2]

IJAG =

 

[wickedwritah]

MLB leaked this now so the Indians would be totally finished off! It's a damn conspiracy!

 

[imjustagirl2]

NOW so the Indians would implode? You've SEEN the past two games.


We're well past implosion.

 

[wickedwritah]

Fixed.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

"The records were provided by a confidential news source, who said the orders were consistent with an athlete's personal use of growth hormone."

.
The crusade goes on.
I'm enobled.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

The drug would appear to have had limited effect on Byrd's physique, except for making him look about 20 years older than 36.

 

[LiveStrong]

Sounds like every team is going to have to deal with some allegations once Mitchell's investigation results are released later this year.

 

[wickedwritah]

Yeah, wouldn't be surprised if Old Man Schill (who looked 50 on the mound last night) gets implicated, myself.

 

[Chuck~Taylor]

Ok seriously, am I the only one who thinks this is crazy? It's like every 2 weeks, another MLB'er is outted on steriods now. Now I know baseball has gone through a lot of things(Sox scandal, strike) and has come back strong, but this is just amazing to me. At what point do fans just say "What kind of sport am I watching over here?".
It's getting to the point where I wouldn't even be surprised to see if A-Rod was doing this stuff.

 

[Guy_Incognito]

As a Yankees fan, this is getting pretty annoying after the whole Rogers thing last year. (ducking from irrelevant Giambi responses).

 

[wickedwritah]

As a Yankees fan, this is getting pretty annoying after the whole Rogers thing last year. (ducking from irrelevant Giambi responses).

How are the Giambi responses irrelevant?

 

[Guy_Incognito]

As a Yankees fan, this is getting pretty annoying after the whole Rogers thing last year. (ducking from irrelevant Giambi responses).

,

How are the Giambi responses irrelevant?

because we have no reason to believe he was cheating any timenear either series and was no factor in them. Byrd &Rogers were crucial parts of it.

 

[CollegeJournalist]

Ok seriously, am I the only one who thinks this is crazy? It's like every 2 weeks, another MLB'er is outted on steriods now. Now I know baseball has gone through a lot of things(Sox scandal, strike) and has come back strong, but this is just amazing to me. At what point do fans just say "What kind of sport am I watching over here?".
It's getting to the point where I wouldn't even be surprised to see if A-Rod was doing this stuff.

What's amazing to me is that Rodney Harrison and Shawne Merriman, two star players, get caught doing steroids, and no one -- not the fans, not the media, not the players, not the coaches -- bats an eye.

But if Paul Byrd, who the average baseball fan couldn't pick out of a lineup, gets caught, it's national news.

All because, according to ESPN, we're all supposed to worship the NFL and despise any Major League Baseball that's not played on Sunday nights.

 

[CollegeJournalist]

If true, this would be a HUGE story for me. Byrd has been one of the more successful hometown kids recently.

 

[wickedwritah]

CJ, you contradicted yourself in back-to-back posts.

And to say there was no hue and cry over Merriman and Harrison getting caught for 'roid/HGH use ... you got to be kidding me.

 

[LiveStrong]

Ok seriously, am I the only one who thinks this is crazy? It's like every 2 weeks, another MLB'er is outted on steriods now. Now I know baseball has gone through a lot of things(Sox scandal, strike) and has come back strong, but this is just amazing to me. At what point do fans just say "What kind of sport am I watching over here?".
It's getting to the point where I wouldn't even be surprised to see if A-Rod was doing this stuff.

There are very few athletes I'd be surprised to hear used PEDs. Why would A-Rod surprise anyone more than any other player?

 

[LiveStrong]

CJ, you contradicted yourself in back-to-back posts.

And to say there was no hue and cry over Merriman and Harrison getting caught for 'roid/HGH use ... you got to be kidding me.

I agree that there was a reaction to Merriman and Harrison, but there does seem to be a difference in people's minds between used PEDs in baseball vs. football.

 

[wickedwritah]

Of course. It's because the NFL dealt with its steroid outrage in the 1980s, Lyle Alzado, etc.