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Feds ask probation for Miguel Tejada
[SIZE=-1]New York Daily News[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Tejada was questioned in 2005 by congressional investigators who were trying to determine if his former teammate with the Baltimore Orioles, Rafael Palmeiro, should have been charged for lying to Congress. Palmeiro famously denied using steroids at a March17, 2005, congressional hearing - and then tested positive for a steroid two months later.
Tejada told the investigators that he had never discussed performance-enhancing drugs with other players. He was identified as a client of Kirk Radomski, the former Mets clubhouse attendant who told former Sen. George Mitchell that he had supplied steroids and human growth hormone to dozens of ballplayers.
Tejada was not charged with lying about his own steroid use, but about his conversations with another player about steroids and human growth hormone. That player, Adam Piatt, contradicted Tejada's 2005 statements that he had no knowledge of drug use in baseball. Piatt told investigators that Tejada had asked him if he had access to steroids in 2003 and that he purchased performance-enhancing drugs for Tejada from Radomski. . ...[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]New York Daily News[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Tejada was questioned in 2005 by congressional investigators who were trying to determine if his former teammate with the Baltimore Orioles, Rafael Palmeiro, should have been charged for lying to Congress. Palmeiro famously denied using steroids at a March17, 2005, congressional hearing - and then tested positive for a steroid two months later.
Tejada told the investigators that he had never discussed performance-enhancing drugs with other players. He was identified as a client of Kirk Radomski, the former Mets clubhouse attendant who told former Sen. George Mitchell that he had supplied steroids and human growth hormone to dozens of ballplayers.
Tejada was not charged with lying about his own steroid use, but about his conversations with another player about steroids and human growth hormone. That player, Adam Piatt, contradicted Tejada's 2005 statements that he had no knowledge of drug use in baseball. Piatt told investigators that Tejada had asked him if he had access to steroids in 2003 and that he purchased performance-enhancing drugs for Tejada from Radomski. . ...[/SIZE]
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