Yesterday, Yankees Pitcher Andy Pettitte released a statement admitting he had used steroids in 2002:
NEW YORK (AP) — Andy Pettitte used human growth hormone to recover from an elbow injury in 2002, the New York Yankees pitcher admitted two days after he was cited in the Mitchell Report.
Pettitte said he tried HGH on two occasions, stressing he did it to heal faster and not enhance his performance. He emphasized he never used steroids.
“If what I did was an error in judgment on my part, I apologize,” Pettitte said Saturday in a statement released by his agent. “I accept responsibility for those two days.”
On Thursday, Pettitte was among 85 players named by former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell’s investigation into steroids and performance-enhancing drugs. Pettitte had not commented publicly on the allegations.
Given that the trainer who told Mitchell he gave Pettitte steroids also made the same allegation about Roger Clemens, this would seem to indicate that the Clemens allegations are true as well.
