Alvaro Aristy (Jorge Leandro Guzman) signed with the Padres three years ago for a sum of $1 million but neither age, talent, or name have proven to be legitimate.

Dan Mullin, the vice president of Major League Baseball‘s department of investigations, remarked the MLB got a tip about Aristy’s identity in January 2010.

From Baseballamerica.com:

Randy Smith, Padres vice president of player development and international scouting, said the team was surprised to learn of Guzman’s fraud before spring training in 2010. “We had no reason to be suspicious,” Smith said. “From our information and him being cleared the first time, we were comfortable with MLB‘s investigation.”

MLB launched its department of investigations in 2008 in response to recommendations from the Mitchell Report, but Mullin’s team didn’t take over age and identity investigations of Latin American players until July 2009. Prior to that, teams contracted out background checks of Latin American players—including Guzman’s—to independent investigators, a system that team officials often complained was ineffective and at times outright corrupt.

This is the second time that player has been in the news for the wrong seasons. In July 2009, he was suspended for 50 games after he tested positive for a metabolite of Nandrolone, an anabolic steroid commonly sold as Deca Durabolin.

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Two House Democrats are urging Major League Baseball and the players union for implementing testing for human growth hormone and ban chewing tobacco by players in uniform and in public view.

Reps. Henry Waxman of California and Frank Pallone of New Jersey made those requests in a letter to Commissioner Bud Selig and Michael Weiner, executive director of the players union.

From Espn.go.com:

“These issues affect the integrity of the game, the health of your players, and most important, the health of teenagers who aspire to be like pro players,” the congressmen wrote.

The players union declined to comment on the letter. MLB did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Waxman and Pallone noted that Selig testified in 2008 that he would support an HGH test “when a valid, commercially available and practical test for HGH becomes reality,” and that Weiner’s predecessor, Donald Fehr, said at that hearing the union would “consider in good faith any valid and effective test which is developed.” Waxman chaired that hearing, held to discuss the Mitchell Report, which identified major league players it said had used steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs.

“The time to begin testing for HGH in baseball has arrived,” Waxman wrote, citing the use of blood testing for HGH in the Olympics.

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Longtime clubhouse manager of the Mets, Charlie Samuels, has been suspended after the team was notified of his association with a law-enforcement investigation into illegal gambling. This finding was disclosed by a lawyer briefed on the matter and a law-enforcement official.

The lawyer said that gambling is believed to be tied to football.

From bats.blogs.nytimes.com:

The revelation about Samuels is the second in six years that a Mets employee has been tied to a law-enforcement investigation into gambling. In 2005, a supervisor of groundskeepers for the Mets was indicted by the Queens district attorney on charges tied to his involvement as a bookmaker in a gambling ring. The supervisor, Dominic Valila, pleaded guilty to promoting gambling in the first degree. He was dismissed.

Kirk Radomski, the former Mets clubhouse attendant who provided federal investigators with the names of dozens of players to whom he sold steroids and human growth hormone, said in his 2009 book, “Bases Loaded,” that Samuels hired him in 1985.

Radomski worked for the Mets until 1995 and pleaded guilty in 2007 to selling performance-enhancing drugs. His information became the centerpiece of the Mitchell report, which linked dozens of current and former players to the use of performance-enhancing drugs.

The Mets said in a statement that Samuels had been suspended indefinitely without pay.

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Roger Clemens was denied the opportunity of resurrecting the explosive defamation suit he filed in Texas against Brian McNamee, his former trainer, in January of 2008. This was after Clemens learned about his former trainer accusing him of using performance enhancing drugs.

Clemens sued McNamee for statements appearing in report made by former Senator George Mitchell on use of performance enhancing drugs in baseball.

From NYdailynews.com:

Clemens sued McNamee for statements that McNamee made to former Senator George Mitchell, who used those statements in his report on performance-enhancing drug use in Major League Baseball, which accused the former Yankee of using steroids and human growth hormone. Also at issue in the suit were comments McNamee made in an interview with SI.com.

Two judges – Jerry Edwin Smith and W. Eugene Davis – voted to affirm the dismissal ruling, which U.S. District Court Judge Keith Ellison issued more than a year ago. The single dissenting vote was cast by Judge Catharina Haynes, who argued that McNamee’s repeated visits to Texas over the years he trained Clemens made Texas a suitable venue.

The decision might finally mean the end of the long-running complaint, which Clemens filed in conjunction with an appearance on “60 Minutes” attacking the Mitchell Report. McNamee has since filed his own defamation complaint against Clemens, a case that is situated in a federal court in Brooklyn.

Clemens will now be facing criminal charges because of grand jury investigations into statements made by Clemens before Congress is February 2008.

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Brian McNamee, the former trainer of Roger Clemens, said that a June 1998 barbeque at Jose Canseco’s house was one of the most pivotal moments in baseball career of Clemens as this was the time and place when he plunged deeper into use of steroids.

However, Canseco has been saying for two years that Clemens didn’t attended the shindig at his home in South Florida, which cast doubt on Clemens’s credibility and raising questions about the Mitchell Report on baseball and steroids.

From NYailynews.com:

The flip-flops about the party are another indication why Canseco, who met with the federal prosecutors leading the Clemens’ perjury investigation for five hours Wednesday, could be a wildcard for both the government and the former Yankee pitcher’s defense attorneys if Clemens is charged with lying to Congress when he told a House panel in February 2008 that he never used steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs.

Canseco is scheduled to appear on Thursday before the grand jury that will determine whether Clemens is indicted for perjury for his testimony during the hearing on the Mitchell Report.

Canseco has had several run-ins with the law and he’s been called a snitch by people he calls “haters” for outing Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro and other ballplayers as steroid users in his book “Juiced.”

It is worth noting here that Jose Canseco has never been sued for the allegations in this book and its follow-up version, “Vindicated“.

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Last Thursday, an emotional Gagne was carried by his Capitale teammates and fellow Quebecers off the field after Quebec Capitales’ triumph against the Worcester Tornadoes.

Gagne was so touched that more than 5,000 fans came to cheer him and to see his game.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Eric Serge Sagne is a former Major League Baseball player and is best known as the Los Angeles Dodgers’ closer.

He received numerous awards in his baseball career such as the 2003 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year, NL Rolaids Relief Man of the Year for 2003 and 2004, the 2003 NL Cy Young Award, and a three-time selection for the All Star and the 2007 World Series Champion.

However, in 2007, his name came out in the controversial baseball list of players in the Mitchell Report. Since then, the multi-awarded player suffered public scrutiny, not to mention, several elbow and shoulder injuries which led to his release from the Major League in 2008.

He decided to return home to Quebec, where he signed a contract with the Quebec Capitales as a starter pitcher / coach under the independent Can-Am league.

It proved to be a correct decision, as it was like chicken soup for his soul with all those fans accepting him and screaming out his name.

His wife, Valerie, was very grateful of the support showed by her husband’s fellow Quebecers. She even wrote a thank you letter addressed to a local reporter.

From Canada:

QUEBEC – Eric Gagne, Cy Young winner, fallen idol, stood on the mound at rickety old Quebec Municipal Stadium on Thursday night with tears rolling down his cheeks.

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US District Judge Keith P. Ellison dismissed the rest of Clemens’ case last August 28, 2009. This means that the case has been dismissed in Texas and Clemens could not refile in the said state. This leaves the case to be continued in New York.

Last January 2008, Roger Clemens sued his former personal trainer Brian McNamee after the trainer made a statement in the Mitchell report that he injected Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone for not less than 16 times in 1998, 2000 and 2001.

Not only did McNamee made the statement once but he also repeated it to Sports Illustrated’s website.  According to Clemens, the statements were untrue and defamatory.

McNamee responded by filing a case against Clemens for defamation on July 31, 2009. The case was filed in a federal court in Brooklyn, New York.

According to McNamee, Clemens issued an intense public relations offensive by refusing McNamee’s allegations in a nationally televised news conference in “60 minutes”.

In their legal battle in Brooklyn, Clemens is on defense side. Richard Emery, McNamee’s lawyer thinks that they have an advantage now that the case was moved to New York.

From Google Hosted News:

NEW YORK — The remainder of Roger Clemens‘ defamation suit against Brian McNamee in Texas has been dismissed, leaving the pair to fight their legal battle in New York.

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Steroids are commonly associated with bodybuilding. However, most people are not aware that common drug treatments used in various medical conditions are also a form of steroids.

Take for example in bone marrow stimulation. Anabolic steroids are used to increase red blood cell count. They are particularly useful in treating hypoplastic anemia, a type of anemia commonly seen among leukemia or kidney patients.

Another use of anabolic steroids is appetite stimulation. This effect may be attributed to the increase in metabolism rate of a person. Anabolic steroids are also useful in improving muscle mass. Patients with chronic diseases like cancer or AIDS usually experience loss of appetite and subsequent weight loss. They may also experience muscle wasting due to immobilization. There are numerous studies showing that these patients were given anabolic steroids and they showed positive results. Anabolic steroids work in these conditions by increasing the energy consumption through increase food intake.

In cases where there is stunned growth due to some pituitary disorders, testosterone works best by promoting signs of puberty.

Testosterone is also beneficial as a male contraceptive. Testosterone enanthate is given to decrease normal production of testosterone in a male’s body. It is slowly gaining popularity in the field of family planning. It is also proven reliable and is a reversible type of contraceptive method.

From Knol:

Steroids are meant for different purposes and are prescribed by doctors with several intentions. In the aspect of body building, they are used for muscle development. On the other hand, there are those steroids which are used in pain relieving when exercising. Medical use of steroids is very relative and there are different approaches in which it is adopted.

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After being urged by his uncle Dwight Gordon to sign in with the Mets, Gary Sheffield has a home team at last. Now there are questions if the Mets did the right thing of taking him in despite the knowledge that he has been linked to steroids. Though he claims he didn’t know that the cream he was using contained steroids.

With a new ballpark and a younger team the Mets are giving the impression that they are moving towards a fresh start. It is quite odd that they take in Sheffield when he is almost retirable, with a career going towards a decline, and a tarnished reputation.

From The Daily News:

But of course, those memories can always turn out to be really, really bad. That’s where we get to Sheffield, who is bound to make noise of one variety or another.

This is supposed to be a no-lose move, because the Mets are only paying Sheffield $400,000 and can cut him more easily than they mow the infield grass. Except that it isn’t. The Mets can lose a great deal. They can mess with the chemistry of this still-young team, and revisit dark places where only the Mitchell Report has gone before.

Jerry Manuel spoke frankly before the game Saturday about how he isn’t worried about nursing along Daniel Murphy or Fernando Tatis. “I’m not trying to develop or evolve,” Manuel said. “I’m trying to win a championship.”

The number of runs Sheffield makes or his good conduct will improve the Mets standing in the games. Trying to win the championships is a poor excuse. Mets sound desperate. Even if they can easily let him go at $400,000 once the Mitchell report is released to the public they will definitely lose the wholesome, family oriented image they are known for.

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From the news of Alex Rodriguez taking performance enhancing drugs, the spotlight now moves on to Miguel Tejada of the Houston Astros. Tejada is not a stranger to steroid-related headlines. Back in 2005, he was named by Rafael Palmeiro as the guy who supplied him with supplements that could probably explain why he had failed the drug test that season. Tejada has also been named by several other athletes and eventually became the subject of investigations and allegations. In 2005, Tejada testified in front of the Congress. Just a few days ago, right after A-Rod had admitted to taking performance enhancing drugs, Tejada was charged of lying under oath, and just yesterday, he finally admitted to these charges.

From Reuters:

Tejada, 34, admitted that during a 2005 congressional hearing he made the misrepresentations to congressional staff members when he said he never knew of any other player using steroids.

The plea by the Houston Astros shortstop is the latest public relations problem for Major League Baseball, which was hit earlier this week when New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez, the game’s highest-paid player, admitted he used performance-enhancing drugs from 2001 to 2003.

Tejada, the American League’s Most Valuable Player in 2002 while with the Oakland Athletics, pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor offense before U.S. Magistrate Judge Alan Kay as part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors.

The teary-eyed Tejada apologized to the United States, to his family and friends, and all those who had supported him. He says that he owns the country so much for taking him in and giving him the chance to play. As you can recall, Tejada is not a U.S. citizen just yet. He is still in the process of filing citizenship and a judge admitted that this incident might affect the outcome of that process. Other than that, Tejada is aware that he will be facing penalties such as serving a year in jail and paying a fine of $1000.

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