Sure glad Guillen is GONE! Looks like the ROIDS didnt help him too much at rfk...
what a jerk
FOXSports.com, Updated 53 minutes ago
Veteran outfielder Jose Guillen and two other retired Major League Baseball players have been linked to purchases of performance-enhancing drugs from the Palm Beach Rejuvenation Center, targeted in a law-enforcement investigation of suspected illegal drug sales, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Matt Williams bought $11,600 worth of growth hormone, steroids and other drugs in 2002, when he was playing for the Arizona Diamondbacks, according to the records. In a phone interview Monday, Williams told the newspaper a doctor advised him to try growth hormone to heal a serious ankle injury suffered early in 2002.
Journeyman pitcher Ismael Valdez bought $11,300 worth of performance-enhancing drugs in 2002 after he was traded from the Texas Rangers to the Seattle Mariners, the records show. Guillen, an 11-year veteran who played for the Mariners last season, ordered more than $19,000 worth of drugs from the center between May 2002 and June 2005, according to the records.
On May 1, 2002, while he was playing for the Diamondbacks, Guillen placed his first order with the Florida center, paying $2,180 worth of growth hormone, the steroids testosterone cypionate and nandrolone and syringes, the records show. The drugs were shipped to a Phoenix address. Guillen was with the playoff-bound Oakland A's on Sept. 19, 2003, when he used a credit card to order $2,083 worth of Genotropin, a brand name for human growth hormone, along with the steroids testosterone propionate and stanozolol and syringes and needles, to be shipped to him at the Oakland Coliseum, records show.
Guillen didn't respond to requests for comment left with his agent and business manager. Valdez's former agent didn't return phone calls or an e-mail message.
Some prescriptions for the three were written by a Florida dentist whose license later was suspended for fraud and incompetence, records show. The same dentist wrote prescriptions for Paul Byrd, the Cleveland Indians pitcher previously identified as buying nearly $25,000 worth of growth hormone through the same anti-aging clinic.
The players' orders were detailed in records provided to the newspaper by a source who said their purchases were consistent with an athlete's personal use of the drugs. The records included payment data and the buyers' birthdates and Social Security numbers.
Guillen, 31, has played for eight teams during 11 seasons in the majors, batting .267 with 166 home runs. In 2007, he hit .290 with 23 home runs and 99 runs batted in for Seattle.
The Palm Beach Rejuvenation Center was targeted by the Albany, N.Y., district attorney for illegal sales of drugs, including steroids and HGH, and was raided by state law enforcement agencies Feb. 27. Authorities have accused doctors associated with several clinics and pharmacies of writing fraudulent prescriptions. Thus far, 10 people have pleaded guilty to felony drug and fraud charges.
Williams was on pace to break Roger Maris' single-season home run record for the Giants in 1994, but a labor dispute ended the season in August and he finished with 43 home runs. During his next-to-last season in Arizona, records show, Williams placed two orders with the Palm Beach Rejuvenation Center. On March 9, 2002, he ordered $5,693 of testosterone cypionate, growth hormone, clomiphene, Novarel and syringes. On May 8, Williams ordered $6,000 of testosterone cypionate, nandrolone, clomiphene, Novarel and syringes, according to the records. The drugs were sent to a Scottsdale business office Williams long has used as a mailing address. Williams' prescriptions were written by the same dentist who prescribed growth hormone for Byrd and Guillen.
Injuries limited Williams to just 60 games in 2002, and he hit .260 with 12 home runs and 40 RBIs. He retired the following June after playing in just 43 games.
On Sept. 7, 2002, about a month after he was traded from Texas to Seattle, records indicate Valdez used a credit card to buy nearly $2,500 worth of growth hormone through the Palm Beach Rejuvenation Center. The invoice listed the primary shipping address as 1000 Ball Park Way, Arlington, Texas — the Rangers' stadium.
Ten days later, Valdez spent $2,337.50 on Novarel, Clomid — a brand name for clomiphene — and Arimidex. Arimidex is prescribed for breast cancer, but experts say it is taken by male steroid users to counter side effects such as the growth of breast tissue. The drugs were shipped to the Seattle address.
