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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Pettitte says he used HGH supplied by father in 2004

Star witness strikes again!

Andy Pettitte has admitted to also using human growth hormone in 2004, saying it was supplied to him that time by his father, The Associated Press learned Wednesday.

After the Mitchell Report was released, Pettitte said he used HGH for two days in 2002. Last week, Pettitte was asked to discuss drug use in both a deposition and affidavit before a congressional committee.

“In that affidavit, Andy informed the committee that in addition to the two shots a day of HGH he took for two days in 2002, he also took HGH for a one-day period in 2004, shortly preceding season-ending elbow surgery,” his lawyer, Jay Reisinger, said in a statement.

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   1. Exploring Leftist Conservatism since 2008 (ark..) Posted: February 13, 2008 at 03:09 PM (#2689692)
Did Pettitte just rat out his own father?
   2. Chris Hansen, NBC Dateline Posted: February 13, 2008 at 03:13 PM (#2689698)
Pettite later broke down and confessed teary-eyed to downloading music from Napster, doing 45 in 25 mph zone, and tearing off the tags from his mattresses.
   3. flournoy Posted: February 13, 2008 at 03:20 PM (#2689705)
Apropos of nothing, it is perfectly legal to tear the tags off of your mattresses... those tags apply to retailers.

So Andy Pettitte never used steroids or hGH.

Well, okay, he used it for two days in 2002, only because he was injured.

Jeez, fine, all right, he also used it for one day in 2004, but only because he was injured again.

Either Pettitte is ridiculous, or he has no idea how steroids work.
   4. Devin has a deep burning passion for fuzzy socks Posted: February 13, 2008 at 03:23 PM (#2689709)
Torre got out of town just in time. Have fun, Mr. Girardi!
   5. Weekly Journalist_ Posted: February 13, 2008 at 03:26 PM (#2689713)
Either Pettitte is ridiculous, or he has no idea how steroids work.

What does Pettitte have to do with Steroids?

Seriously, they should leave HGH out of this nonsense. It is useless, does nothing, and confuses the issue.
   6. Charles S., consistent since he changed his mind Posted: February 13, 2008 at 03:40 PM (#2689730)
It is useless, does nothing, and confuses the issue.

I thought that was my job.
   7. Rich Posted: February 13, 2008 at 03:48 PM (#2689748)
Good for him. Reasonable people forgive those who admit their mistakes. Now we can move on and focus on winning #27.
   8. flournoy Posted: February 13, 2008 at 04:14 PM (#2689831)
What does Pettitte have to do with Steroids?

Seriously, they should leave HGH out of this nonsense. It is useless, does nothing, and confuses the issue.


I often inadvertently conflate the two because I generally don't care about the issue.
   9. Gambling Rent Czar Posted: February 13, 2008 at 04:26 PM (#2689851)
Seriously, they should leave HGH out of this nonsense. It is useless, does nothing, and confuses the issue


so true ..

in about 5-6 years all of these media types are going to look like fools for their public prosecution of athletes over hgh.
   10. "Catching Dianetics" by Dr. L. Ron Karkovice Posted: February 13, 2008 at 06:45 PM (#2690160)
Apropos of nothing, it is perfectly legal to tear the tags off of your mattresses... those tags apply to retailers.


I believe the above statement to be incorrect. After all, why would "Bad Temper" Mickey have been prosecuted for cutting tags off of matresses in "Pee Wee's Big Adventure". And don't use the "it was just a movie" excuse...That never works.
   11. Belfry Bob Posted: February 13, 2008 at 08:59 PM (#2690434)
"psst...hey, son...c'mere, look what I got" (Opens overcoat) "first one's free..."
   12. pkb33 Posted: February 14, 2008 at 02:42 AM (#2690659)
Nice timing on this release...even those obsessed with the steroid story won't spend 1/100th of the time on this as they would had it broke any other day this year.
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