Indians starter Paul Byrd outed for HGH use between 2002-2005

[ExtremeGamer]

Re: Indians starter Paul Byrd outed for HGH use between 2002-2005

Too bad the TV and radio transmissions are off by a few seconds because i'd suggest listening to the ESPN radio call. It's what i've done the last couple games.

That's how I heard the last game, listened to the Boston announcers on XM. Ironically, they were 100X less bias than the Fox announcers.

[Dipstick]

Re: Indians starter Paul Byrd outed for HGH use between 2002-2005

Amazing timing, I'm sure Fox and MLB is happy, it's obvious they want Boston to move on. I doubt I'm even watching tonight's game, just feels fixed.

Yeah,I wonder how long they'd been sitting on this one.

[GBrushTWood]

Re: Indians starter Paul Byrd outed for HGH use between 2002-2005

It sounds like there wasn't an attempt to gain competitive advantage from using these drugs. I'm not sure anybody can call this guy a cheater or whatever derogatory terms you would use for a performance enhancing drug abuser.

If a guy has a tumor and a doctor says he needs to take this medication, and it wasn't even banned by MLB at the time, there should be no problem.

The only sketchy part is his dentist prescribing the medication..

[pinnacleguy2]

Re: Indians starter Paul Byrd outed for HGH use between 2002-2005

Over the next few years we are going to be seeing lists of players who were taking this ****.

[bjf1377]

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Just to throw one more conspiracy out there: George Mitchell (the guy investigating the steroids and stuff) is a director in the Red Sox front office.

http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/team/front_office.jsp?c_id=bos

[Aggies7]

Re: Indians starter Paul Byrd outed for HGH use between 2002-2005

Just to throw one more conspiracy out there: George Mitchell (the guy investigating the steroids and stuff) is a director in the Red Sox front office.

http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/team/fr...e.jsp?c_id=bos

I thought Mitchell's investigation was going to reveal a bunch of big name players, when is that expected?

[Psyblast]

Re: Indians starter Paul Byrd outed for HGH use between 2002-2005

I thought Mitchell's investigation was going to reveal a bunch of big name players, when is that expected?

Sometime between Halloween and the end of the year.

[Aggies7]

Re: Indians starter Paul Byrd outed for HGH use between 2002-2005

Sometime between Halloween and the end of the year.

Then was this a leak? if not how did this get out?

[Psyblast]

Re: Indians starter Paul Byrd outed for HGH use between 2002-2005

Then was this a leak? if not how did this get out?

Unless I totally missed something, this wasn't information supplied by Mitchell. The article is by the writers of Game of Shadows.

[Aggies7]

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Unless I totally missed something, this wasn't information supplied by Mitchell. The article is by the writers of Game of Shadows.

Good deal, I think your right, I was reading the post before mine, I thought he stated this was part of the Mitchell investigation, but he didnt. Sorry

[Stu]

Re: Indians starter Paul Byrd outed for HGH use between 2002-2005

Still seems like we haven't heard the whole story but this is interesting...

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playof...jim&id=3073796

Cleveland general manager Mark Shapiro said he had no knowledge of "any of this" until the pitcher told him about it Friday. Shapiro declined to comment specifically on whether the club knew about a pituitary problem with Byrd, citing medical confidentiality, but said, "Friday was the first time I was aware of anything."

MLB spokesman Pat Courtney also said the league had no prior knowledge of any HGH use by the pitcher. Courtney further said that Byrd was not given a therapeutic use exemption for HGH, that no player has been given such an exemption and that he was not aware whether an HGH exemption was even possible.

[poster]

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Still seems like we haven't heard the whole story but this is interesting...

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playof...jim&id=3073796

Interesting indeed. I might be wrong, but I don't believe him. I have been lied to too many times to believe anyone's steriod, HGH story. When there is 100% proof that he is telling the truth then I will believe him.