Former Major Leauge Baseball star reliever and one-time Long Island Ducks pitcher John Rocker has admitted taking Human Growth Hormone, according to this Associated Press story.
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=2930016
Rocker's agent told the Daily News that the pitcher took HGH for medical reasons as prescribed by a doctor following surgery. HGH since has been added to the banned substances list by the MLB.
Rocker pitched for the Ducks in 2005 and was highly ineffective. He also caused a stir by getting involved in a well-publicized dispute with a fan in Atlantic City.
The Atlantic League conducts drug testing, but results are kept very quiet, much the way the majors kept their results until recently.
DO NOT FORGET, Jose Canseco who sounded the alarm bell on steroids, once played for the Newark Bears. One of the players he indicted, former teammate Juan Gonzalez, played for the Ducks this past season.
If one of these big name players ever tested positive for HGH or any other supplement while in the league, can you imagine the mess? Cover it up or bring so much negative attention to a league overly concerned with its image?
I think they'd get rid of the player without a reason given. Kind of a "You go away and we won't say why" deal.
Just my thought though.
Update: Here is a more recent story on the Rocker situation.
update story
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=2930016
Rocker's agent told the Daily News that the pitcher took HGH for medical reasons as prescribed by a doctor following surgery. HGH since has been added to the banned substances list by the MLB.
Rocker pitched for the Ducks in 2005 and was highly ineffective. He also caused a stir by getting involved in a well-publicized dispute with a fan in Atlantic City.
The Atlantic League conducts drug testing, but results are kept very quiet, much the way the majors kept their results until recently.
DO NOT FORGET, Jose Canseco who sounded the alarm bell on steroids, once played for the Newark Bears. One of the players he indicted, former teammate Juan Gonzalez, played for the Ducks this past season.
If one of these big name players ever tested positive for HGH or any other supplement while in the league, can you imagine the mess? Cover it up or bring so much negative attention to a league overly concerned with its image?
I think they'd get rid of the player without a reason given. Kind of a "You go away and we won't say why" deal.
Just my thought though.
Update: Here is a more recent story on the Rocker situation.
update story
3 comments:
jeezus dunleavy, nobody, and i mean nobody cares about a never was jack off like j rocker. so what, he played in the majors and now he plays minor league ball, wow he has had a great carreer. he was bad news then and is still bad news. lets get back to hoops
Valid point, considering the national media overlooked this story entirely and gave it no coverage at all. Wait...they did cover it? And they covered it a lot?
Hmph. I suppose somebody cares...
Anon-a-moose is a big baseball fan, and doesn't much care for high school sports.
Keep posting these baseball stories, Anon-a-moose can't wait for the season to begin!
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