December 16, 2007
Pettitte's Admission
Andy Pettitte admitted on Saturday that he used HGH:
"In 2002 I was injured. I had heard that human growth hormone could promote faster healing for my elbow," Pettitte said in the statement released to The Associated Press by agent Randy Hendricks.
"I felt an obligation to get back to my team as soon as possible. For this reason, and only this reason, for two days I tried human growth hormone. Though it was not against baseball rules, I was not comfortable with what I was doing, so I stopped.
"This is it -- two days out of my life; two days out of my entire career, when I was injured and on the disabled list," he said. "I wasn't looking for an edge. I was looking to heal."
That's pretty close to the story in the Mitchell report, pages 175-176. We'll see how fans react to this, but I'm guessing he'll get a pass.
However, by basically confirming McNamee's story, Pettitte makes the trainer look like a reliable source. That hurts Clemens case. Why would he tell the truth about Pettitte but lie about Clemens?
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Ridiculous coverage by ESPN and the like. Pettitte admits (very plausibly) what he admits and the teleprompter-readers have on their experts to continue to question whether or not he's "telling the truth." What if...what if...what if. Meanwhile our country is satiated with drugs and drug propaganda.
...those tv segments are (of course) brought to you by the ED drug that clears your skin and helps your sinuses and tastes like gin and moves your bowels and keeps that acid reflux in check.
...and at the end of the day our favorite baseball owners continue to give million dollar contracts to the whole lot of "cheaters" without much concern.
Since I think human growth hormone should be allowed for this (since it doesn't seem to enhance performance), this doesn't bother me at all. If it's bad for kids, put an age limit on its use.
