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  • Yanks' Giambi Reportedly Testified He Used Steroids

    Slugger Allegedly Says He Was Given Several Steroids by Bonds' Trainer

    SAN FRANCISCO (Dec. 2) -- New York Yankees slugger Jason Giambi injected himself with human growth hormone in 2003 and also used steroids for at least three seasons, according to his grand jury testimony reviewed by the San Francisco Chronicle.

    The testimony given in December 2003 to the federal grand jury investigating BALCO contradicts Giambi's public proclamations that he never used performance-enhancing drugs.

    Giambi described how he injected human growth hormone in his stomach, testosterone into his buttocks, rubbed an undetectable steroid knows as ''the cream'' on his body and placed drops of another, called ''the clear,'' under his tongue, the Chronicle reported on its Web site Wednesday night

    Giambi testified that he obtained several different steroids from Barry Bonds' personal trainer, Greg Anderson, who is one of four men indicted by the grand jury investigating the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative. He said he got the human growth hormone from a gym in Las Vegas.

    Anderson's attorney, Tony Serra, declined comment to the Chronicle, citing a court order.

    Anderson, BALCO founder Victor Conte, vice president James Valente and track coach Remi Korchemny all have pleaded not guilty to the charges, which include steroid distribution.

    On Wednesday, a federal judge said she would not immediately dismiss the charges in response to accusations that prosecutors illegally searched BALCO headquarters and Anderson's house and car. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston said she may conduct hearings into the matter in January.

    Giambi was among dozens of elite athletes - including Bonds, Gary Sheffield and track stars Tim Montgomery and Marion Jones - who answered the grand jury's questions last year. Bonds, Jones and Montgomery deny using illegal drugs, but Sheffield told Sports Illustrated and ESPN earlier this year that he used ''the cream'' and ''the clear'' from BALCO, which he said unknowingly to him contained illegal steroids.

    The Chronicle reported in October that on a 9-minute recording it had obtained, a speaker the paper identified as Anderson is heard saying Bonds used an ''undetectable'' performance-enhancing drug during the 2003 season.

    Giambi met Anderson when the trainer joined Bonds on an All-Star tour in Japan in November 2002. Giambi said he wanted to know what Bonds' secret for success was.

    ''So I started to ask him: 'Hey, what are the things you're doing with Barry? He's an incredible player. I want to still be able to work out at that age and keep playing,''' Giambi testified, according to the Chronicle. ''And that's how the conversation first started.''

    After returning to the United States, Anderson told Giambi he could provide him with performance-enhancing drugs and suggested he stop taking the steroid Deca Durabolin that he obtained from the Las Vegas gym because it stays in the system too long, the paper reported. Giambi said he started using Deca Durabolin in 2001.

    Giambi said Anderson never told him that Bonds used performance-enhancing drugs.

    ''You know, I assumed because he's Barry's trainer - you know, Barry - but he never said one time, 'This is what Barry's taking, this is what Barry's doing,''' Giambi testified. ''He never gave up another name that he was dealing with or doing anything with.''

    Prosecutors confronted Giambi with a calendar seized from Anderson's home that detailed Giambi's schedule of drug use.

    Giambi said he didn't notice a ''huge difference'' in his performance after starting to use illegal drugs.

    Giambi came to spring training this year looking noticeably trimmer as baseball began a steroid-testing program that included punishments for the first time. Asked in February whether he had ever taken performance-enhancing drugs, Giambi said: ''Are you talking about steroids? No.''

    Giambi won the AL MVP in 2000 for Oakland and signed a $120 million, seven-year free-agent contract with the Yankees after the 2001 season. He hit 155 homers from 1999-2002 and batted over .300 each season, but injuries slowed him down the last two years.

    Bothered by a balky knee, Giambi hit just .250 in 2003. Giambi batted .208 and played in only 80 games last season, missing time because of a tumor, which the New York Daily News reported was in his pituitary gland. Medical experts told the Chronicle that Clomid, a drug Giambi said he thought Anderson had given him, can exacerbate a tumor of the pituitary gland.

    Giambi's younger brother, Jeremy, who last played in the majors with Boston in 2003, also testified that he used performance-enhancing drugs given to him by Anderson, according to the Chronicle.

  • #2
    Why am i not suprised. Giambi is a piece of shit and a lier, i hate him and whatever happens to him he deserves. Loser. GIAMBI YOU ARE A FRAUD!!!!!
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    • #3
      The funniest thing is the 17 million dollar a year contract the Yankees are stuck with for the next 4 years.

      It would be cheaper to have him whacked!!!

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      • #4
        "Giambi said he didn't notice a ''huge difference'' in his performance after starting to use illegal drugs."

        That quote above by Giambi is stupid. I mean if he didn't notice much difference then why the hell was he taking that crap? Simply, because it made him a lot stronger and gave him a lot more endurance.

        If I was the Yankees I would seek some restitution on his contract.

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        • #5
          Giambi

          MLB has known for years that guys were juicing. May be as high as 30-50%... If you ever saw Giambi with sleveless shirts on, you could tell. That's not natural muscle growth on anyone and I know about this stuff. The fact that it came out is just confirming what many have known for a while. He says he took them in 2003 but I would bet my bankroll it started before that. HGH and 'roids are what allowed him to sign the big Yankees deal. After a while, the body starts breaking down from that useage. This spring training when he stopped taking them, he was considerably thinner and less cut.

          It has been said by many professional athletes in the past, that "if there was a drug that would give you the desired results in your performance and allow you to play professionally, but take ten years off your life, would you take it anyway?" and almost all said YES.
          Lyle Alzado means nothing to these guys.
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          • #6
            Yeah BC, I agree ... Just another Sosa .. Lying, cheating, selfish bastards .. DimeBry, You are correct .. Frauds and liars ... It is ashame because they are truly hurting the game ...

            Cork in my bat?? Oh, it is the batboys fault cause that is my batting practice bat ... even though everyone who knows anything about baseball knows I use a heavier bat in batting practice ...

            I am going to leave and go home in the second inning on the final day of the season because my manager had me batting 5th instead of 3rd at the end of the season because I have more strikeouts than hits this year ...

            It is really sad ...

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            • #7
              You have to be joking!!!!!

              Report: Bonds tells grand jury he inadvertently used steroids
              December 3, 2004, at 02:43 AM ET


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              San Francisco, CA (Sports Network) - According to a published report, San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds admitted to using a clear substance and cream provided to him from his trainer, but said he didn't know they were steroids.

              The San Francisco Chronicle reports Bonds, a seven-time National League MVP, testified before a federal grand jury in December 2003 and that earlier that year he used both clear and cream substances provided by his personal strength trainer, Greg Anderson. According to the testimony obtained by the Chronicle, Bonds said he was told the substances were the nutritional supplement flaxseed oil and a rubbing balm for arthritis. The substances are similar to steroids described from the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, the center of a scandal.

              The report in Friday's edition of the Chronicle comes one day after the newspaper reported New York Yankees first baseman Jason Giambi claimed in his grand jury testimony that he took a human growth hormone in 2003 and also used steroids for at least three seasons. The Chronicle reported that Giambi testified in December 2003 that he obtained several different steroids from Anderson.

              According to the Chronicle, Bonds was confronted by federal prosecutors with documents that he used steroids and human growth hormones from 2001-2003. It was during the 2001 season that Bonds smashed the single- season home run mark with 73. During that three-year period, he belted 164 homers. Bonds has 703 career homers, 11 shy of Babe Ruth for second on the all- time list and 52 short of Hank Aaron's all-time mark.

              This past February Anderson was indicted on charges of money laundering and conspiracy to distribute steroids in relation to the BALCO case. Anderson's home was raided in September 2003 and federal investigators seized documents and suspected anabolic steroids.

              According to the Chronicle, court records show one of the documents showed Bonds was using banned drugs.

              In testimony cited by the Chronicle, two prosecutors presented Bonds with documents that detailed his use of undetectable steroids known as "the cream" and "the clear." In testimony reported in Thursday's newspaper, Giambi admitted to using the same substances, both of which are undetectable steroids. According to Friday's edition, Bonds was presented with documents dated from 2001-2003 that showed he also used human growth hormone (hGH), Depo- Testosterone, insulin and Clomid, which is a drug for female infertility and can be used to enhance the effect of testosterone.

              According to the newspaper, prosecutors told the grand jury among the documents were a lab test result that could pin Bonds to steroid use and apparently schedules of drug usage with billing information.

              The Chronicle reports Bonds said he had no knowledge of the drug calendars and other records that indicated he used performance-enhancing substances.

              In the transcript obtained by the Chronicle, Bonds said he never paid Anderson for steroids and "never knowingly used them." In the testimony Bonds said he paid Anderson $15,000 in 2003 for weight training.

              The newspaper reports Bonds, now 40-years-old, said he started using the cream and the clear substances to battle arthritis around a time when his father, former major leaguer Bobby Bonds, passed away on August 23, 2003.

              Bonds' attorney, Michael Rains, told the Chronicle he was upset at the leak of the secretive grand jury testimony and said he suspected the government was the source.

              BALCO, a nutrition and diet supplement company, is owned by Victor Conte.

              Conte is the subject of investigations by the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Drug Administration, the U.S. Attorney's Office and the San Mateo Narcotics Task Force for his involvement in money laundering, Medicare fraud and steroid trafficking.

              In an exclusive interview on ABC's 20/20, Conte said he "would guesstimate that more than 50 percent of the athletes are taking some form of anabolic steroids." During the interview, Conte also took a poke at baseball's relaxed policy on steroids saying, "I think they still believe there's, there's a Santa Claus. They're not in contact with reality. I mean the program that they put together is a joke." Conte also said he guessed more than 80 percent of baseball players are taking some sort of a stimulant before taking the field for each game.

              Coming off possibly the best season of his 19-year career, Bonds led the NL in 2004 with a .362 batting average. He also belted 45 homers and drove in 101 runs despite just 373 official at-bats. That's because he broke his own record by walking 232 times. His .812 slugging percentage was tops in the majors and his .609 on-base percentage and 120 intentional walks set single-season major league marks. He also scored 129 times, second most in the NL. Incredibly, Bonds had more intentional free passes than any other major league team. Over the last three years, Bonds has received 249 intentional passes.

              It was in late 2003 that baseball stars Bonds and Gary Sheffield and track standouts Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery testified before a federal grand jury in the BALCO case. Sheffield told Sports Illustrated earlier this year he admitted to using "the cream" and "the clear" although he didn't know they were steroids.

              In his interview with 20/20, Conte said Jones, who won five medals at the 2000 Olympic Games, injected performance-enhancing drugs right in front of him.

              He said Jones "didn't like to inject in the stomach area. She would do it in her quad. The front part of her leg." Baseball commissioner Bud Selig issued a statement on Thursday regarding the article on Giambi.

              "This once again demonstrates the need to implement a tougher and more effective major league drug-testing program," Selig said. "I have instructed Rob Manfred, Executive Vice President of Labor Relations, to look into this situation and to continue working with the Major League Baseball Players' Association to have a drug-testing program that mirrors the very effective policy we currently have in the minor leagues. I will leave no stone unturned in accomplishing our goal of zero tolerance by the start of spring training and am confident we will achieve this goal." Major League Baseball's policy of testing and identifying players went into effect this past season. While the NFL announces suspensions for violations of the league's substance abuse policy, a player who tests positive for steroids in baseball doesn't have to be suspended. That is up to Selig. Players who are suspended will have their names published, but ones who are only fined could remain anonymous. In fact, there is no measurable penalty for first-time offenders, only treatment. It would take a fifth offense to reach a possible one-year suspension. Also there's no year-round random testing.

              In the current collective bargaining agreement, which expires in 2006, the union and owners can sit down and agree to modify any issue, even the drug- testing policy.

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