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Schoeneweis received steroids

Beenso Oct 01 2007 08:50 PM

If anyone even gives a shit... Scott Schoeneweis, the veteran New York Mets reliever and a survivor of testiticular cancer, received six steroid shipments from Signature Pharmacy while playing for the Chicago White Sox in 2003 and 2004, ESPN has learned. According to a source in Florida close to the ongoing investigation of Signature, Schoeneweis' name appears on packages that were sent to Comiskey Park while the White Sox were battling to win the AL Central title in 2003. Two more shipments arrived at the stadium in 2004, months before Schoeneweis underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left elbow. The doctor who prescribed the drugs, Ramon Scruggs of the New Hope Health Center in Tustin, Calif., also wrote prescriptions for Toronto third baseman Troy Glaus. Scruggs has since been suspended by California's state medical board on charges that he "prescribed approximately 6,073 prescriptions of dangerous drugs or controlled substances over the Internet without a good faith examination of the patients." After the 2004 season, Schoeneweis was traded to Toronto, where he had an up-and-down two years. The Cincinnati Reds signed him in 2006 and a strong finish convinced the Mets to offer him a $10.8 million, three-year deal. The 33-year-old Schoeneweis pitched 59 innings with a 5.03 ERA this year and was part of the bullpen collapse that caused the Mets to miss the postseason after having a seven game lead in September. An aide to his agent, Scott Boras, was not able to make Schoeneweis available for an interview Monday, when the Mets cleaned out their lockers. In a February interview with the New York Post, Schoeneweis, a New Jersey native, opened up about his bout with testicular cancer. He said he was diagnosed before his sophomore year at Duke in 1994 -- nine years before, according to the source, Schoeneweis received his first shipment from Signature. Talking to the Post, Schoeneweis said surgery eliminated the tumor, but that his doctors wanted him to take an additional six months of chemotherapy. Since he didn't want to risk his sophomore season, he said his doctors "gave me the six months worth of chemo in three months." As Schoeneweis told reporter Mark Hale, he was so weak afterward that he couldn't open a refrigerator door. After losing 20 pounds, Schoeneweis rallied to make the team again, but he suffered an elbow injury that required Tommy John surgery. He returned for a successful senior season and in 1996 pitched for the U.S. National Team. The source who reviewed the invoices said that Schoeneweis spent $1,160 on the steroids. The packages he received on May 23 and June 25, 2003, contained 10 milliliter bottles of both testosterone and stanozolol. The package sent on Sept. 3 had double the dose of stanozolol -- the same drug that caused Rafael Palmiero to be suspended for 10 games in 2005 after it showed up in his urine. The last three shipments -- on Nov. 18, 2003, and April 15 and June 24, 2004 -- contained one 10 ml bottle of testosterone. Gary Wadler, a physician and member of the World Anti-Doping Agency, said that while it might make sense for someone with hormone deficiencies to take testosterone, he had never heard of anyone taking stanozolol to help with the affliction. "It's not an approved use, as far as I'm aware of," he said. The disclosure about Schoeneweis is the latest to emerge from a year-long probe into Signature being conducted by Albany, N.Y., district attorney David Soares. Last month, Sports Illustrated reported that Baltimore outfielder Jay Gibbons received shipments of steroids and growth hormone from the pharmacy between 2003 and 2005. Gibbons met with MLB officials on Sept. 17, afterward telling reporters he was "happy to answer all of their questions." He did not elaborate. Soares is accusing Signature's owners, Stan and Naomi Loomis, of running a prescription mill in which doctors furnished prescriptions online for as little as $25 each without ever meeting patients. The married pharmacists are charged with unlawfully distributing steroids and other drugs. Another 21 people have been indicted and 10 have pleaded guilty, including five doctors.

Valadius Oct 01 2007 09:00 PM

Jesus Christ. No fucking wonder. Terminate his contract.

Valadius Oct 01 2007 09:05 PM

Found a story from last month that now is quite hilarious: ]Scott Schoeneweis nearly dropped his sandwich Friday when told that Troy Glaus allegedly received shipments of performance-enhancing steroids, as reported that same afternoon by SI.com. Schoeneweis was Glaus' teammate on the Angels during part of the time in question, from September 2003 to September 2004, and also as recently as last season with the Blue Jays. "Glaus? Troy Glaus?" a surprised Schoeneweis said. "Until he comes out and admits himself that it actually was going on, I will not believe it." They were on to him.

Edgy DC Oct 01 2007 09:09 PM

Good catch. I'm pretty sure terminating the contract is impossible, though. Caveat emptor.

metirish Oct 01 2007 09:11 PM

Schoeneweis has some balls , him and Mota have "stuff" to talk about next season.

Edgy DC Oct 01 2007 09:12 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 01 2007 09:13 PM

metirish wrote: Schoeneweis has some balls... Is that meant as a joke?

Zvon Oct 01 2007 09:12 PM

...amazin'.

metirish Oct 01 2007 09:14 PM

Edgy DC wrote: ="metirish"]Schoeneweis has some balls... Is that meant as a joke? Nope sorry, I say that a lot.

A Boy Named Seo Oct 01 2007 09:24 PM

="metirish"] ="Edgy DC"] ="metirish"]Schoeneweis has some balls... Is that meant as a joke? Nope sorry, I say that a lot. Still, sending the junk directly to the stadium was ballsy.

DocTee Oct 01 2007 09:26 PM

If only he would have used them.

Edgy DC Oct 01 2007 09:28 PM

The most sobering part of that article is the number 6,073.

Rockin' Doc Oct 01 2007 09:28 PM

DocTee - "If only he would have used them." Tahnks for the laugh. The least he could have done is give them to Mota.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 02 2007 04:35 AM

Edgy DC wrote: The most sobering part of that article is the number 6,073. Approximately 6,073.

Valadius Oct 02 2007 11:09 AM

Scotty Steroid-weis has a hissy fit: ]Report: Schoeneweis denies steroid report October 2, 2007 NEW YORK (Ticker) - New York Mets reliever Scott Schoeneweis has denied a report which claims he received six shipments of steroids from the Signature Pharmacy in Florida in 2003, according to the New York Daily News. Schoeneweis told the Daily News he was unaware of the allegations and insisted they were unfounded. "I don't even know what that is," said Schoeneweis when asked of the report. "Steroids in Florida? I never received anything from Florida. I'm not going to comment. I never even heard of it." "We have no knowledge of the situation. We have no comment," Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz said. ESPN The Magazine reported on Monday that Schoeneweis received six steroid shipments from Signature Pharmacy, the subject of an ongoing investigation by Albany, New York district attorney David Soares, while playing for the Chicago White Sox from 2003-04. According to a source in Florida close to the ongoing investigation of Signature, Schoeneweis' name appeared on packages that were sent to Comiskey Park while he was with the White Sox in 2003. Two more shipments arrived at the stadium in 2004, months before Schoeneweis, a testicular cancer survivor, underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left elbow. The doctor who prescribed the drugs, Ramon Scruggs, also wrote prescriptions for Toronto third baseman Troy Glaus, according to the report. Scruggs has since been suspended by California's state medical board on charges that he "prescribed approximately 6,073 prescriptions of dangerous drugs or controlled substances over the Internet without a good faith examination of the patients." Last month, Sports Illustrated reported that Baltimore Orioles outfielder Jay Gibbons received shipments of steroids and growth hormones from the Signature pharmacy between 2003 and 2005. Gibbons met with MLB officials on September 17, afterward telling reporters he was "happy to answer all of their questions," but he did not elaborate on the situation. Soares is accusing Signature's owners, Stan and Naomi Loomis, of running a prescription mill in which doctors furnished prescriptions online for as little as $25 each without ever meeting patients. The married pharmacists are charged with unlawfully distributing steroids and other drugs. Another 21 people have been indicted and 10 have pleaded guilty, including five doctors.

Grote15 Oct 02 2007 06:51 PM

Edgy DC wrote: ="metirish"]Schoeneweis has some balls... Is that meant as a joke? I'm sorry..but I see some humor in this...

metirish Oct 02 2007 07:03 PM

Yes unintentional humour , anwyay he denies the story, of course.

Valadius Oct 11 2007 08:26 PM

Schoeneweis might be suspended for steroids: [url]http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Al51ZneY_asoWX31vNMqCwARvLYF?slug=ap-steroids&prov=ap&type=lgns[/url]

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 11 2007 08:28 PM

STEROID AMNESTY NOW!!!! Seriously. This is so much dog-and-pony.

soupcan Oct 11 2007 08:39 PM

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: STEROID AMNESTY NOW!!!! Seriously. This is so much dog-and-pony. 'Tis true. By the time this steroid crap is all said and done there are going to be so many guys linked in one way or another that it'll just be impossible to sanction all of them. Amnesty, classify it as 'the steroid era', whatever. Just enough already.

Centerfield Oct 12 2007 09:03 AM

Suspensions are without pay right? I hope it's for two years.

Edgy DC Oct 18 2007 09:16 AM

"Salacious"! We kind of let this October 12 story pass, perhaps under steroid revealation fatigue, but we're getting a promise here of somebody's black book being published. Sources: Forthcoming Mitchell report will be 'huge story' By Buster Olney ESPN The Magazine Mitchell Commission Plans to Name Players Since former Senator George Mitchell launched his investigation into baseball's steroid past 18 months ago, the big questions have been whether the final report would name names, and how many names would be named, and how important the names would be. Some officials came away from a 30-team Major League Baseball conference call held mid-day Friday with the understanding that the forthcoming Mitchell report would include many names; names which have so far not been disclosed publicly; and the names of well-known players. According to those familiar with the conference call, Tom Carlucci, a lawyer for MLB, told the team representatives on the conference call that the report is going to be "salacious." Said one source familiar with what was said on the conference call, "This is going to be enormous ... it's going to be a huge story when these names come out." Carlucci, part of the San Francisco-based firm of Foley and Lardner, indicated on the call, according to sources, that the report would come down sometime between the conclusion of the World Series and the beginning of the new year. MLB vice president Rob Manfred downplayed the significance of what was said on the call, saying that Carlucci is not even in a position to know specifically what has been generated by the Mitchell investigation. What Carlucci told the clubs, Manfred said, was that for their planning purposes, they should assume that the number of players who will be named will be "more than a handful." "No one except Senator Mitchell's people know for sure whether there's going to be names named and how many names are involved and who those names are," Manfred said. Mitchell issued a statement that did not go into specifics. "The investigation has not been completed, and no decisions have been made about any aspect of the report," he said. There were questions from club officials about whether individual teams would be given an opportunity to review the report for accuracy, according to sources, and the response was that teams will probably not be allowed to respond to the Mitchell report before its release. Don Fehr, the executive director of the Players Association, said that he had no idea what was said on the conference call, but added, "It is my understanding that no such decisions have been made, of written conclusions, or anything like that... There's only one person who knows the answers to that." Fehr was referring, of course, to George Mitchell. There has been great concern among some agents, players and management officials about the implications of guilt that will be attached to any name contained within the report. They also have questions about the standards of proof the Mitchell investigators will apply before a player's name is included in the report. The consensus among them is that Mitchell and his investigators are in a position to broadly define those standards for themselves. "If Senator Mitchell has a list of players who were on the mailing list of a pharmaceutical company," said one agent, "I don't know what can stop him from putting that in his report." Commissioner Bud Selig, meanwhile, said he wasn't worried about Mitchell's findings. "None of us know what's in that thing," Selig said at the NL championship series in Phoenix. "There's nothing to be afraid of. Whatever comes out comes out. I have no concern." Albany County District Attorney David Soares, whose own investigation aimed to shut down a major supply line of illegal prescription drugs and "was never about cleaning up sports," has met with representatives from the Mitchell Commission. The New York Times reported last month that the names of 10 more baseball players turned up on a list of clients at the Florida pharmacy at the center of Soares' investigation into illegal steroid sales. Heather Orth, a spokeswoman for Soares, said Thursday she was not sure exactly what information had been turned over to Major League Baseball but said the DA's office has not given the league a list of players. Buster Olney is a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine. Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.

TransMonk Oct 18 2007 09:34 AM

I'm not sure I'd use the word "salacious" to describe a list of men accused of using steroids that may be revealed to the public. I've always understood that word to have some underlying sexual tone...as in lewd, obscene, lustful, wanton, pornographic, etc. It's awesome that ESPN tells us in their headline that the story behind this big story is going to be the upcoming big story.

Edgy DC Oct 18 2007 09:39 AM

Hyperbole courtesy of Tom Carlucci:

TransMonk Oct 18 2007 09:53 AM

CF for the Falcons of Lackawanna College Tom Carlucci: http://www.lackawanna.edu/athletics/baseballroster.html