petrel
10-02-2007, 09:02 AM
Report: Schoeneweis received steroids from Florida pharmacy
Oct. 2, 2007
CBSSports.com wire reports
NEW YORK -- Relief pitcher Scott Schoeneweis received six shipments of steroids in 2003 and 2004 from the Florida pharmacy under investigation for illegal distribution of performance-enhancing drugs, ESPN.com reported Monday.
Schoeneweis, then with the Chicago White Sox and now with the New York Mets, was prescribed the steroids by Ramon Scruggs of the New Hope Health Center in Tustin, Calif., the Web site said. Scruggs also wrote prescriptions for Toronto third baseman Troy Glaus.
The name of Schoeneweis, a survivor of testicular cancer, appears on packages sent to Comiskey Park in 2003 and 2004 by Signature Pharmacy, ESPN.com said, citing a source in Florida close to the investigation. Schoeneweis spent $1,160 and received testosterone and stanozolol, it said.
Scott Boras, Schoeneweis' agent, did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment.
The New York Daily News reported last month that St. Louis outfielder Rick Ankiel received human growth hormone from Signature in 2004, before baseball banned HGH. SI.com reported that Glaus received nandrolone and testosterone from Signature in 2003 and 2004, and that Baltimore outfielder Jay Gibbons received Genotropin (a brand name for synthetic HGH), testosterone and human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) from Signature from 2003-05.
Ankiel said any drugs he received in 2004 were prescribed by a licensed physician to help him recover from reconstructive elbow surgery. Glaus and Gibbons have not addressed the accusations.
Signature is at the center of an investigation by the Albany County district attorney's office in New York.
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Guillermo Mota failed a steroid test, too, but was signed by the Mets. I wonder if the Mets have decided that they need more "juice" to be competitive.
--Pet
Oct. 2, 2007
CBSSports.com wire reports
NEW YORK -- Relief pitcher Scott Schoeneweis received six shipments of steroids in 2003 and 2004 from the Florida pharmacy under investigation for illegal distribution of performance-enhancing drugs, ESPN.com reported Monday.
Schoeneweis, then with the Chicago White Sox and now with the New York Mets, was prescribed the steroids by Ramon Scruggs of the New Hope Health Center in Tustin, Calif., the Web site said. Scruggs also wrote prescriptions for Toronto third baseman Troy Glaus.
The name of Schoeneweis, a survivor of testicular cancer, appears on packages sent to Comiskey Park in 2003 and 2004 by Signature Pharmacy, ESPN.com said, citing a source in Florida close to the investigation. Schoeneweis spent $1,160 and received testosterone and stanozolol, it said.
Scott Boras, Schoeneweis' agent, did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment.
The New York Daily News reported last month that St. Louis outfielder Rick Ankiel received human growth hormone from Signature in 2004, before baseball banned HGH. SI.com reported that Glaus received nandrolone and testosterone from Signature in 2003 and 2004, and that Baltimore outfielder Jay Gibbons received Genotropin (a brand name for synthetic HGH), testosterone and human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) from Signature from 2003-05.
Ankiel said any drugs he received in 2004 were prescribed by a licensed physician to help him recover from reconstructive elbow surgery. Glaus and Gibbons have not addressed the accusations.
Signature is at the center of an investigation by the Albany County district attorney's office in New York.
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Guillermo Mota failed a steroid test, too, but was signed by the Mets. I wonder if the Mets have decided that they need more "juice" to be competitive.
--Pet