Friday, December 21, 2007

Clemens and Pettitte were not in Jason Grimsley's affidavit

From AP writer Ronald Blum:

Jose Canseco, Lenny Dykstra and Rafael Palmeiro were among nine players accused of doping by former major league pitcher Jason Grimsley in a federal agent's affidavit unsealed Thursday.

Roger Clemens wasn't one of them, despite a published report last year that singled him out. He was, however, prominently mentioned in last week's Mitchell Report on doping, but has denied ever using performance-enhancing drugs.

Grimsley accused Canseco, Dykstra, Glenallen Hill and Geronimo Berroa of taking steroids. He also accused Chuck Knoblauch of using human growth hormone; David Segui and Allen Watson of using performance-enhancing drugs; and Palmeiro and Pete Incaviglia of taking amphetamines, according to IRS Special Agent Jeff Novitzky's sworn statement.

There was also another article about this today in Newsday.

I really hope all the allegations about Clemens and steroids are not true, but we all know they probably are. Although this may help his cause a little bit.

It turns out that Andy Pettitte, who's name was in the October 2006 Los Angeles Times article along with Roger Clemens, was also not actually mentioned by Grimsley in the affidavit.

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