Just like comedian Dennis Miller, I don't want to get off on a rant here but...
26 New York Yankees alumni-14 pitchers & 12 position players- have been implicated in the use of Performance-Enhancing Drugs [PEDs] Some denied using the drugs & others were reported to have used them before or after they played with the Yankees. The dates shown are the years they were Yankees. Before I start this rant, I just want to let the readers know that this is according to United States Senator George Mitchell's actual official report on MLB's Steroid Issue that focused on players who played during Major League Baseball's Steroid Era from 1993-2003 to...
First off, let's start with the pitchers, shall we?
Roger Clemens [1999-2003, 2007]
Former Yankee Trainer Brian McNamee said he injected Clemens with growth hormone & steroids. Clemens obviously denied using banned drugs & sued Brian McNamee for defamation.
Andy Pettitte [1995-2003, 2007]
McNamee said he injected Pettitte with Human Growth Hormone to deal with a shoulder inury. Unlike Clemens, Pettitte has acknowleged using the drugs.
Kevin Brown [2004-2005]
From 2001, when he was a Los Angeles Dodger, to 2004, when he was a Yankee, Brown bought human growth hormone and steroids from former Mets batboy and confessed steroid dealer Kirk Radomski
Mike Stanton [1997-2002, 2005] While a Yankee, Stanton met Radomski, Mitchell wrote. In 2003, after Stanton had joined the Mets, Radomski delivered growth hormone to him at Shea Stadium.
Denny Neagle [2000]
While a Yankee, Neagle met Radomski in a nightclub and bought growth hormone from him five or six times in four years
Jason Grimsley [1999-2000] Grimsley bought $35,000 worth of drugs from Radomski while on the Yankees and three other teams, Mitchell wrote. In the Yankees bullpen in 2000, Grimsley showed steroid pills to McNamee, Mitchell wrote.
Ricky Bones [1996] In 2000, when he was with the Florida [now Miami] Marlins, syringes and steroids were found in Bones' locker, Mitchell wrote. Bones said he got the drugs in Puerto Rico to treat a degenerative hip.
Dan Naulty [1999] While with the Minnesota Twins, Naulty bought steroids from dealers in gyms, but stopped using the drugs when he joined the Yankees, Mitchell wrote. In a first-person article in the New York Daily News, Naulty implied he continued to use steroids and growth hormone with the Yankees.
Todd Williams [2001] Radomski said he sold steroids to Williams in 2001.
Carlos Almanzar [2001] While with the Texas Rangers in 2005, he was suspended 10 days for failing a steroid test.
Felix Heredia [2003-04] While with the New York Mets in 2005, Heredia was suspended 10 days for failing a steroid test.
Darren Holmes [1998] Holmes told Sports Illustrated that in 2003, with the Braves, he bought growth hormone from an online pharmacy but never used it.
Josias Manzanillo [1995] Radomski said he injected Manzanillo with steroids on the Mets in 1994. Manzanillo said he bought steroids but never used them.
Now, time for the position players...
Bobby Estalella - Catcher [2001] Told the BALCO grand jury that in 2002, with the Colorado Rockies, he got growth hormone and BALCO steroids from Greg Anderson, Barry Bonds' trainer.
Jim Leyritz - Catcher [1990-1996, 1999-2000]. He told the New York Post he used growth hormone during spring training 2001 in a failed attempt to catch on with the Mets.
Jason Giambi - First baseman [2002-2007]
He told the BALCO grand jury he obtained growth hormone and BALCO steroids from Anderson in 2002 and 2003.
Hal Morris - First baseman, outfielder [1988-1989] While with the Reds in 1999, Morris bought steroids from Radomski, Mitchell wrote. Morris denied it.
Chuck Knoblauch - Infielder [1998-2001]
McNamee said he injected Knoblauch with growth hormone in 2001. Knoblauch also bought growth hormone from Grimsley, McNamee told Mitchell.
Randy Velarde - Infielder [2001] Obtained BALCO steroids from Anderson, the player's lawyer said. Drug agents saw Velarde in the BALCO parking lot in 2002, while he was on the Oakland A's.
Jose Canseco - Designated Hitter [2000]. The self-proclaimed steroid pioneer joined the Yankees for the 2000 pennant run.
Glenallen Hill - Outfielder [2000] Mitchell wrote that Hill bought human growth hormone from Radomski in 2000. Radomski said Hill, a Seattle Mariner in 1998, complained that growth hormone he had obtained in Seattle was ineffective. Hill told Mitchell he bought steroids from Radomski but never used the drugs.
Gary Sheffield - Outfielder [2004-2006]
Sheffield told the BALCO grand jury that at Bonds' instruction, he used BALCO steroids after the 2003 season, when he was about to sign with the Yankees. He said he didn't know the substances were steroids until later.
Matt Lawton - Outfielder [2005] Lawton was suspended 10 days for failing a steroid test in 2005.
Rondell White - Outfielder [2002] Radomski said he delivered drugs to White's New York apartment in 2002.
In other words, the New York Yankees World Series title of 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 & 2009 should all be "invalidated" or at least be marked with a big fat asterisk. The New York Yankees are not the most respected team or an institution of Baseball but what they really are is baseballs biggest disgrace and most corrupt team. The Yankee name should live in infamy and disgrace much like the Black Sox Scandal of 1919. Of course, that's just my opinion I could be wrong... [But I'm probably not!]
