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To: stockman_scott who wrote (52210)	6/8/2006 2:20:33 AM
From: Cactus Jack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104155

Scott, Our messages are crossing paths: Message 22523389 While I agree that Selig has been a joke in all of this, nothing will change until the Union (Donald Fehr) changes its tune, which doesn't seem likely. Anyone interested in this subject really needs to read "Juicing the Game" by Howard Bryant. The other dirty secret in baseball is amphetamine use, which has gone on for decades. From the Arizona Republic: azcentral.com Diamondbacks' Grimsley implicated in steroids probe Craig Harris, Joseph A. Reaves and Nick Piecoro The Arizona Republic Jun. 7, 2006 08:25 PM Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Jason Grimsley admitted taking illegal performance-enhancing drugs and said that amphetamines were used "like aspirin" in major league clubhouses, according to an affidavit filed by the lead federal investigator in baseball's steroid investigation. The affidavit, filed in U.S. District Court in Phoenix, said Grimsley agreed to cooperate with U.S. Internal Revenue Service agents after Grimsley received a package containing two kits of human growth hormone April 19 at his Scottsdale home . . . Thirteen special federal agents, including 10 from the IRS, searched Grimsley's home for nearly six hours Tuesday. They were seeking performance-enhancing drugs, financial records, address books and phone records, according to Mark Lessler, an IRS special agent. Lessler, a special agent for criminal investigation in the IRS Oakland, Calif., office, declined to say what was obtained, or why the government waited nearly seven weeks to search Grimsley's home after knowing the pitcher had been in possession of human growth hormone . . . Grimsley provided "extensive statements regarding his receipt and use of anabolic steroids, amphetamines and human growth hormone over the last several years," the affidavit said. Grimsley also provided "details about his knowledge of other Major League Baseball players" using illegal performance-enhancing drugs, including several close acquaintances. . . . Jeff Novitzky, the IRS special agent in charge of the BALCO case, filed the affidavit, which also said agents were anticipating the shipment of human growth hormones to Grimsley's home. In a two-hour interview with federal investigators on April 19, Grimsley told investigators: • Until last year, major league clubhouses had coffee pots labeled "leaded" and "unleaded" for the players, indicating coffee with amphetamines and without. He did not specify how many. • Latin players were a major source for the amphetamines within baseball. • Amphetamines also came from players on California teams that could easily go into Mexico and get them. Names of other players he suspected of using anabolic steroids or human growth hormone were redacted from the document. jpg