The scandal is about to take a new, more explosive turn.
Pitcher Jason Grimsley of the Arizona Diamondbacks has been released from the team after a federal raid on his home. He is part of an expanding probe into illegal drug use in baseball.
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According to court documents, Grimsley failed a league drug test in 2003. Authorities said when he was cooperating, he admitted to using human growth hormone, amphetamines and steroids.
He added that amphetamine use was prevalent in pro baseball and that it was placed in coffee in clubhouses -- marked "leaded" or "unleaded" to indicate which pots contained the drugs -- Novitsky wrote.
The Republic reported that Latino players were cited by Grimsley in the court documents as a major source of amphetamines, as were major-leaguers on California teams who could easily travel to Mexico to buy the drugs.
The newspaper reported that the affidavit, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Phoenix, said that Grimsley took delivery of two kits containing human growth hormone at his home on April 19.
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Grims should ask for a refund. The stuff didn't work. He sucked when he was with the Royals. Used to boo him as loud as anyone but one day I was setting just a couple of rows behind his wife and saw her start crying when the boos started.
My Royals will contimue to suck as a team as long as David Glass owns them and his son is president of the club.