ajc: Jordan Schafer aware of ‘label’ following HGH test result (RR)

Chilling, worth another look at Schafer’s scarlet letters.

“It’s not what it seems,” Schafer told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in an exclusive interview at the team’s spring training complex. “It’s different, but I really can’t comment. I have to just let people think (what they will) and move on, and people will see by the way I play when I come back it was nothing like that. I’m the same player I’ve always been. It has nothing to do with any of that.”

..."I know I have that label right now and people have a lot of questions about me, but hopefully by the way they see I come back and play that it’s an unfair label,” Schafer said.

When asked if he used HGH, Schafer said: “I can’t comment.”

He also wouldn’t indicate whether he was appealing the suspension or pursuing legal action.

“It might come out one day but as far as right now, it sucks, but I’m stuck in a spot where I have to say no comment and move on,” Schafer said.

But if the truth works in his favor, why not reveal it? “It’s a lot more complicated than people think,” he said.