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Glaus tight-lipped about steroid investigation
Glaus tight-lipped about steroid investigation, By: Jeremy Sandler
September 09, 2007
ST. PETERSBURG, FL. -- Looking near tears and in a voice fraught with emotion, Troy Glaus on Saturday commented for the first time concerning his name being connected to multiple shipments of steroids by an Orlando-based pharmacy that is the subject of a criminal investigation.
Unlike St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Rick Ankiel, who after being linked to shipments of human growth hormone in a New York Daily News story immediately announced he had received all his treatment under a doctor's care, Glaus offered what amounted to an extended 'no comment.'
"I respect the fact that you guys have a job to do and I respect that you certainly have some questions," said Glaus, at Tropicana Field. "I am not going to comment on the story and I hope you respect that at this time."
The 31-year-old did not specify if he would address the subject in more detail at a later date.
Sources within the Blue Jays organization say Glaus is very shaken up by the affair.
SI.com revealed that between September of 2003 and May of 2004, he received multiple shipments of nandrolone and testosterone at a California address.
"I'm not going to comment on the story," he reiterated. "At this point, I'm just trying to get ready for a game and help our team get into the playoff run. That's it."
Blue Jays manager John Gibbons admitted to being shocked by the news of Glaus' being connected to steroids.
"It surprised me, it really did," said Gibbons.
The manager would not speculate what the impact of the news would have on Glaus and the team.
"Who knows how it's going to affect him?" asked Gibbons. "Hopefully it doesn't."
Gibbons also did not seem to think it inevitable that such a story would one day involve his clubhouse.
"I can't say it's happened a lot in baseball, but it's not uncommon now," said Gibbons. "Who was it, Gary Matthews Jr. earlier in the year? That died down quick."
How quickly the Glaus story goes away remains a question.
Already baseball's commissioner's office has requested to speak with both Glaus and Ankiel to "look into" the allegations, according to Rob Manfred, baseball's executive vice president for labour relations.
According to the SI.com report, prescriptions written in Glaus' name were obtained through a California-based anti-aging clinic called The New Hope Health Center.
The SI.com article named a Dr. Ramon Scruggs as the prescribing physician who the article said was on probation with the Medical Board of California as of March, 2007. The magazine story said Scruggs is also prohibited from prescribing drugs over the Internet.
Scruggs' name also surfaces on the web site elitefitness.com as the reviewer of a book called "Chemical Muscle Enhancement" by Author L. Rea.
"Author L. Rea has done the community of forward thinking physicians and health consumers a great service in publishing this; his latest tome dedicated to the arcane science of "Building the Perfect Beast,'" reads the review credited to a Dr. Ramon Scruggs identified as "noted hormone replacement physician and director of The New Hope Medical Center."
"Not only is the information accurate, but Rea's insights into steroid use, nutrition, training cycles and supplements are not simple pearls of wisdom. This man is brilliant.
"The light of that brilliance explodes cherished body building myths and provides many totally unique perspectives on the art of getting big without putting one's life in danger," the review goes on to say. "This is a must have addition to the library of the serious athlete or anyone who wants to live long and strong."
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