While many of us have been pondering the impact the Mitchell Report will have on free agency, the latest report of baseball players using steroids has been filed. Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams, who also broke the news of Paul Byrd receiving HGH and co-wrote Game of Shadows, say that current player Jose Guillen, as well as former players Matt Williams, and Ismael Valdez, all bought performance-enhancing drugs. Fainaru-Wada and Williams base their report on business records for the Palm Beach Rejuvenation Center. Chew on these quotes provided by Fainaru-Wada and Williams for a moment:In February, [Jose Guillen] was quoted by ESPN The Magazine as saying he had been approached about using steroids earlier in his career but had declined."That is something I never considered in my life," Guillen is quoted as saying. "You're ruining your whole career. You're ruining your reputation. This really is hurting baseball right now, the image of the game."
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Since retiring, Williams has publicly questioned the performance-enhancing value of steroids for baseball players. In April 2004, while the BALCO steroids scandal was beginning to unfold, Williams said he hoped Giants outfielder Barry Bonds would be exonerated in the case, and he downplayed the impact the drugs might have on a player's power hitting.
