Jerry Hairston Jr. linked to steroids use

[polosprt009]

Not that the use of HGH did him any good, another interesting name linked to the steroid scandal...

 

Like Gary Matthews Jr., Jerry Hairston Jr. was sent HGH by Allied Pharmacy in 2004, SI.com reports.

Investigators told SI.com the drugs were sent to addresses in Maryland and Arizona that trace to Hairston, but the then Oriole denied ever taking anything illegal. "Not one time have I taken steroids or anything like that," he said. "I would never do anything like that to jeopardize my career or my family's name."

 

Sources:

http://rotoworld.com/content/playerpages/player_main.aspx?sport=MLB&id=2702

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/more/03/02/steroid.raid/index.html

[UMFan83]

If he used steroids, they didn't work well for us..

[NewUserName]

When are we going to finally come to the realization that steroid/HGH use is rampant in pro/college athletes. I have said before and will say again, until games are forfeited for using players that use, they will never stop the problem.

[Electron Blue]

Former Cubs linked (supposedly or definitively) to steroids:

 

Manny Alexander

Matt Lawton

Sammy Sosa

Jerry Hairston

Gary Matthews jr.

Mark Prior (according to Jack Mcdowell; this one's a stretch :))

 

am I missing anyone?

[BleedCubbieBlue81]

When are we going to finally come to the realization that steroid/HGH use is rampant in pro/college athletes. I have said before and will say again, until games are forfeited for using players that use, they will never stop the problem.

Or until there's a "one strike and your out" policy, giving out lifetime bans to anyone caught using.

[Wheelimus]

Maybe he just sold them. :o

[Texas Goat Farmer]

I think most MLB fans would, or will, be really surprised to learn of all the major league players who have used some form of steriod in their playing career.

 

I think nearly all of us that don't have our heads stuck in the sand, or say what's the big deal, have our own list of who we suspect.

 

It's sad, but MLB doesn't want to know for sure.

[NewUserName]

When are we going to finally come to the realization that steroid/HGH use is rampant in pro/college athletes. I have said before and will say again, until games are forfeited for using players that use, they will never stop the problem.

Or until there's a "one strike and your out" policy, giving out lifetime bans to anyone caught using.

 

I still think the teams should hold some sort of accountability. GMs and Managers certainly know some of what going on. Teammates who are clean probably know more than they are saying. If team games were on the line, there would be a lot more people trying to make sure the players are clean. Personnally I dont think most people in pro sports care. I think the only reasons that there is even testing and suspensions is for public relations.

[Fro]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/more/03/06/rx.trouble0312/1.html

 

More trouble from same investigation as Gary Matthews, Jr.

 

Rangers outfielder Jerry Hairston Jr. received Genotropin, human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) and Clomiphene Citrate in 2004. One of Hairston's prescriptions was written by "A. Almarashi." Investigators believe Almarashi is an alias for a Queens, N.Y., doctor stripped of her medical license in 1999. She is awaiting trial on multiple charges after allegedly writing bogus prescriptions for thousands of online customers she never examined. (Hairston, a third-generation major leaguer, emphatically denied any connection. "Not one time have I taken steroids or anything like that," he said last Thursday. "I would never do anything like that to jeopardize my career or my family's name.")

 

David Bell and John Rocker are two others named in the article. Guess Evander Hollyfield is another guy involved.

[goonys evil twin]

http://www.northsidebaseball.com/PremiumForum/viewtopic.php?t=38803

[CuseCubFan69]

Wow...a lot of sons of former MLB players.

[goonys evil twin]

Wow...a lot of sons of former MLB players.

 

They know what it takes to make it.

[CuseCubFan69]

Wow...a lot of sons of former MLB players.

 

They know what it takes to make it.

 

Boone was accused too wasn't he? I wonder if it's the pressure to succeed or the dad took a little edge maker too back in their day.

[Soul]

Hairston was part of a double-blind study, and he received the placebo. Either that or he has the natural baseball talent of my dog.

[Jehrico]

When are we going to finally come to the realization that steroid/HGH use is rampant in pro/college athletes. I have said before and will say again, until games are forfeited for using players that use, they will never stop the problem.

I hate that line of thinking. In the military, we call it mass punishment. Mass punishment is form of leadership for the incompetent...the leader can't effectively influence his all of his subordinates into proper behavior, so he punishes everyone and hopes the offenders peers can influence the proper behavior. It is a substitute for a lack of leadership, and the wrong people pay for it. Should Derreck Lee give up his batting title a couple of years ago because we had that guy from the Yankees for awhile that got caught after we traded him? That's just one example. I believe in the strong-handed approach. Shoot the first offender in the face, and watch everyone else fall in line. If the current penal and testing systems do not deter steroids use, then the testing and penal systems need to get tougher until they do. If it takes weekly testing, a season-long ban on the first offense and a lifetime ban for a second offense, so be it.

[Post Count Padder]

No link, but just said on ESPN News that John Rocker and David Bell were on the customer list.