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Schoeneweis Is Reported To Have Received Steroids
First baseman Ryan Howard gets a beer bath during the Phillies' postgame celebration on Sunday after winning the National League East.
(By Tom Mihalek -- Associated Press)
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Relief pitcher Scott Schoeneweis received six shipments of steroids in 2003 and 2004 from the Florida pharmacy under investigation for illegal distribution of performance-enhancing drugs, ESPN.com reported last night.
Schoeneweis, then with the Chicago White Sox and now with the New York Mets, was prescribed the steroids by Ramon Scruggs of the New Hope Health Center in Tustin, Calif., the Web site said. Scruggs also wrote prescriptions for Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Troy Glaus.
The name of Schoeneweis, a survivor of testicular cancer, appears on packages sent to Comiskey Park in 2003 and 2004 by Signature Pharmacy, ESPN.com said, citing a source in Florida close to the investigation. Schoeneweis spent $1,160 and received testosterone and stanozolol, it said.
The New York Daily News reported last month that St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Rick Ankiel received human growth hormone from Signature in 2004, before baseball banned HGH. SI.com reported that Glaus received nandrolone and testosterone from Signature in 2003 and 2004, and that Baltimore Orioles outfielder Jay Gibbons received Genotropin (a brand name for synthetic HGH), testosterone and human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) from Signature from 2003 to '05. . . .
Daisuke Matsuzaka will follow Josh Beckett in Boston's postseason rotation against the Angels, leaving Curt Schilling for Game 3 in Anaheim.
The Red Sox decided to have Schilling pitch on Sunday instead of Friday to give him two extra days of rest. If Boston's first-round series goes the full five games, Schilling would be in line to pitch the opener of the AL championship series . . .
Hideki Matsui, who had fluid drained from his right knee on Sunday, will likely be a designated hitter when the New York Yankees open the playoffs on Thursday at Cleveland.
Yankees Manager Joe Torre said that Johnny Damon could start in left field and that right-handed rookie Shelley Duncan could play against Indians left-hander C.C. Sabathia in Game 1.
-- From News Services
