Affidavit implicates Canseco, Dykstra, others

The affidavit was taken by Jeff Novitzky, an IRS Special Agent.

San Francisco, CA  - Former Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Jason Grimsley named Geronimo Berroa, Jose Canseco, Glenallen Hill and Lenny Dykstra as players he had knowledge of taking anabolic steroids, according to a federal agent’s affidavit that was unsealed Thursday.

Grimsley admitted taking illegal performance-enhancing drugs, according to an affidavit that was taken by Jeff Novitzky, an IRS Special Agent.

Also according to the affidavit, dated May 31, 2006, Grimsley stated that former major leaguer and teammate Pete Incaviglia always had a supply of amphetamines. Grimsley also described a conversation he had in 2005 with former Baltimore teammates Sammy Sosa, Miguel Tejada and Rafael Palmeiro.

Grimsley stated the topic of conversation among the four was how they were going to play the following baseball season when the league banned the use of amphetamines and began testing for them.

Grimsley also said former players Allen Watson and David Segui used performance-enhancing drugs. Grimsley noted Segui said he obtained human growth hormone (HGH) from a doctor in Florida and said “if you are going to do this, you should do it right.”

Grimsley, who was suspended from MLB in June 2006 for violation of the league’s drug program, also said he knew former major leaguer Chuck Knoblauch used HGH from the same source he obtained his from.

Grimsley also said that former New York Yankees strength coach Brian McNamee once referred him to an amphetamine source, according to the affidavit. After that, Grimsley said he secured amphetamines, anabolic steroids and HGH from McNamee’s referred source.

Berroa, Watson and Incaviglia were not mentioned in the Mitchell Report last week, but the other players noted by Grimsley were detailed in the 409-page document investigating steroids in baseball.

According to the affidavit, Grimsley illegally received a U.S. Postal parcel package containing two kits of HGH on April 19, 2006 at his residence in Scottsdale, Arizona. There was a controlled delivery and search warrant operation conducted by the IRS, Food and Drug Administration, the FBI, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. However, instead of searching Grimsley’s residency, the pitcher was offered to cooperate with the federal investigation. Grimsley agreed and later made extensive statements and even contacted his supplier of HGH in a recorded phone call.

However, according to the affidavit, after one week of cooperating with agents, Grimsley turned the other way and said he no longer wanted to go along with the investigation.

During the time he was interviewed by Nowitzky, Grimsley stated that he purchased the anabolic steroid Deca-Durabolin shortly after undergoing shoulder surgery in 2000. Grimsley said he purchased the steroid because of its healing abilities. Grimsley also said he purchased the drug Clenbuterol to raise his body temperature and increase metabolism. Grimsley also stated that since MLB started testing for steroids and amphetamines, the only drug that he used was HGH.

Grimsley also identified, in his words, “Latin players,” as a major source of amphetamines within baseball, according to the affidavit. He stated he got amphetamines from “Latin players” whenever he needed them and said that “Latin players” had boxes of them.

Grimsley also said amphetamines also came from players on California teams because they could easily go into Mexico and get them, according to the affidavit. Grimsley stated that while he played for the Angels (1996) an unidentified individual who sold bats and gloves would come around the clubhouse with a supply of two-toned green amphetamines, or “greenies.”

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