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Post by JohnM on Feb 5, 2013 21:10:04 GMT -5
Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli named in Biogenesis records, report says
Source: NJ.com Time: Feb 6 1:42 AM ET
Alex Rodriguez is already under investigation for links to clinic
The ever-expanding web of the Biogenesis anti-aging clinic, which is being investigated by Major League Baseball for allegedly distributing performance-enhancing drugs to Alex Rodriguez and others, has ensnared another Yankee.
Catcher Francisco Cervelli was identified as a client of Biogenesis, according to records obtained by Yahoo Sports and reported on Tuesday. Also found in the records was Milwaukee outfielder Ryan Braun, the 2011 National League MVP, who successfully appealed a positive test for synthetic testosterone last offseason, and Baltimore infielder Danny Valencia.
MLB officials have reportedly traveled to Florida to meet with editors from the Miami New Times, the weekly newspaper that broke the news of Rodriguez’s latest alleged dalliance with steroids. League officials are seeking copies of the documents used by the newspaper, including the handwritten notes of Anthony Bosch, the 49-year-old nutritionist who ran the clinic.
The Yankees have declined to discuss the situation until MLB completes its investigation. Cervelli’s representatives could not be reached for comment on Tuesday evening.
Unlike the original six players identified by the New Times, the names of Cervelli, Braun and Valencia were not listed specifically as purchasers of performance-enhancing drugs in the records obtained by Yahoo. Even so, MLB officials could still seek suspensions for the trio if further evidence can be discovered tying them to PED use. A first-time offense results in a 50-game suspension.
A Triple-A castoff in 2012, Cervelli figures prominently into the Yankees plans for this season. The team intends to pair him with Chris Stewart as their catching platoon. Austin Romine, a former top prospect, is considered “on the outside looking in” of the competition, general manager Brian Cashman said on Monday night.
The initial story involving Rodriguez sparked a flurry of speculation about his future as a Yankee. The team does not want to pay the final $114 million on his contract, but no other alternative appears likely. Rodriguez hopes to remain a Yankee, and return around the All-Star break. He is rehabilitating from hip surgery in a form of seclusion; Cashman does not want to reveal Rodriguez’s whereabouts, to prevent “paparazzi” from following him.
Throughout the organization, there has been a code of silence regarding Rodriguez. At the Thurman Munson Dinner in Manhattan, CC Sabathia followed the lead of teammate Derek Jeter, who declined to discuss the situation earlier this week. “I’m going to take Jete’s stance on it, and wait until [Rodriguez] comments,” Sabathia said. “Just wait to see what happens.”
*** Down in Tampa, reliever Joba Chamberlain moved to diffuse any discussion of tension between he and new teammate Kevin Youkilis. Chamberlain said he received a text message from Youkilis recently, representing increased communication between the former foes. Chamberlain had left Youkilis a voicemail after Youkilis signed with the team, but did not hear back from him for several weeks.
Staff writer Jorge Castillo contributed to this report. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Post by tarheelbomberfan on Feb 5, 2013 21:20:24 GMT -5
MLB definitely needs to complete a thorough investigation and if it is indeed true, these players need to be made an example of. 50 games is not a deterrent. A lifetime ban would have much more teeth.
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Post by JohnM on Feb 5, 2013 21:23:54 GMT -5
@bnightengale: Braun says he is completely innoncent t.co/1AJ8Eln9
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Post by JohnM on Feb 5, 2013 21:59:47 GMT -5
Oh please they think we are stupid!
Milwaukee outfielder Ryan Braun admits relationship with Biogenesis director, but denies steroid use
Source: NJ.com Time: Feb 6 2:33 AM ET
Braun denies link to company tied to Rodriguez
Milwaukee outfielder Ryan Braun admitted to a tangential relationship with Miami-based nutritionist Anthony Bosch, the director of the Biogenesis clinic currently being investigated by Major League Baseball for allegedly selling performance-enhancing drugs to baseball players. But he denied purchasing PEDS, and said Bosch was only used as a consultant by his attorneys.
Braun was named in Biogenesis records obtained by Yahoo Sports, along with Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli and Baltimore infielder Danny Valencia. The Miami New Times originally published a report linking Alex Rodriguez and five others to Bosch. Braun is the first to admit knowing Bosch; Rodriguez has denied every having been a patient of Bosch’s.
Last winter, Braun successfully appealed a suspension after failing a test for synthetic testosterone during his MVP campaign in 2011. During that process, Braun said, Bosch entered his life.
"During the course of preparing for my successful appeal last year, my attorneys, who were previously familiar with Tony Bosch, used him as a consultant," Braun said in a statement. "More specifically, he answered questions about T/E ratio and possibilities of tampering with samples.
"There was a dispute over compensation for Bosch's work, which is why my lawyer and I are listed under 'moneys owed' and not on any other list. I have nothing to hide and have never had any other relationship with Bosch. I will fully cooperate with any inquiry into this matter."
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Post by JohnM on Feb 5, 2013 22:01:30 GMT -5
With all the reknowed sports medicine doctors they use this guy?
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Post by JohnM on Feb 5, 2013 22:15:14 GMT -5
I guess Yankee doctors are no good?
@jonheymancbs: Cervelli: "following my foot injury in march, 2011, i consulted w/ a # of experts, including biogenesis clinic for (cont.)
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Post by JohnM on Feb 5, 2013 22:16:18 GMT -5
Was GNC closed?
@jonheymancbs: (cont.) legal ways to aid my rehab & recovery. i purchased supplements i am certain were not prohibited by mlb.'' -- cervelli
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Post by FastEddie on Feb 5, 2013 22:43:04 GMT -5
I guess this explains Cisco's prodigious power output?
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Post by JohnM on Feb 5, 2013 22:46:01 GMT -5
Turns out Bosch isn't a Doctor. You pay $30K for his expert testimony? No wonder why MLB was ballistic when the Arbitrator got Braun off the hook.
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Post by tarheelbomberfan on Feb 6, 2013 14:22:55 GMT -5
What a complete joke these denials are! Where's Kennsaw Mountain Landis when you need him?
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Post by DavidL on Feb 6, 2013 14:36:49 GMT -5
Heck, Bart Giamatti would have gotten this cleaned up years ago.
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Post by JohnM on Feb 6, 2013 15:08:37 GMT -5
More names coming.
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Post by JohnM on Feb 6, 2013 15:08:58 GMT -5
Water board them.
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Post by JohnM on Feb 7, 2013 4:22:55 GMT -5
NY Daily News
It's time for Major League Baseball to put Ryan Braun, Alex Rodriguez and their accused peers in front of a grand jury, under oath, to get the truth
This is what Ryan Braun, who seems to be the most falsely accused guy since Jean Valjean in “Les Miserables,” says when his name turns up in the ledgers of a two-bit South Florida scammer and drug pusher named Anthony Bosch:
“During the course of preparing for my successful appeal last year, my attorneys, who were previously familiar with Tony Bosch, used him as a consultant. More specifically, he answered questions about (testosterone to epitestosterone ratios) and possibilities of tampering with samples.
“There was a dispute over compensation for Bosch’s work, which is why my lawyer and I are listed under ‘moneys owed’ and not on any other list. I have nothing to hide and have never had any other relationship with Bosch. I will fully cooperate with any inquiry into this matter.”
What a guy.
The appeal Braun is talking about came after he tested positive a year or so ago for testosterone, with record-breaking numbers still discussed around baseball the way tape-measure home runs are. He was given a suspension for 50 games and appealed and won the appeal, apparently because the arbitrator decided that because Braun’s samples were kept over the weekend at the collector’s house, the guy having missed the last weekend pickup for FedEx, they had somehow been compromised.
I say apparently because to this day we never saw the written decision from the arbitrator, Shyam Das, probably because Major League Baseball is embarrassed it ever let Das near this case in the first place.
In the aftermath of Braun beating the rap, there was the not-so-veiled suggestion from him and his lawyers and handlers and his crisis managers that his sample had somehow been tampered with. And, boy, that would have been some job for a collector, spiking a sample container, spiking both the A and B samples perfectly, resealing the samples so nobody would ever noticed they had been tampered with.
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Post by DavidL on Feb 7, 2013 8:08:38 GMT -5
I've got to say, Braun may be even more of a scumbag than ARod. And that takes some doing.
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Post by jimbue2 on Feb 7, 2013 16:29:16 GMT -5
but he can hit
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Post by tarheelbomberfan on Feb 7, 2013 17:04:10 GMT -5
Good point, JB. Braun can still hit the ball.
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Post by DavidL on Feb 7, 2013 19:19:32 GMT -5
And how much of Braun's hitting is from the juice? ARod was a much better hitter than Braun when he was 28 - how much was real and how much was Memorex?
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Post by Skinnyhead on Feb 7, 2013 19:32:41 GMT -5
Hey AB, eff Cervelli.
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Post by jimbue2 on Feb 7, 2013 19:38:44 GMT -5
arod has been juicing since day 1.......
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