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Awww, what a shame...
Mo Vaughn is admitting for the first time he did, in fact, take performance-enhancing drugs in an effort to extend his career.
The former AL MVP made the admission during an interview with The Athletic, telling the outlet that he injected himself with human growth hormone on his knee to help his recovery following an injury sustained in the 1999 season opener with the Anaheim Angels. Vaughn says he was chasing after a foul pop, but he fell down the steps to the Cleveland dugout. He injured his left ankle and knee.
"I was trying to do everything I could [to stay on the field]," Vaughn told the outlet. "I knew I had a bad, degenerative knee. I was shooting HGH in my knee. Whatever I could do to help the process."
The stunning admission comes nearly two decades after Vaughn was among the stars named in the 2007 Mitchell Report. In the report commissioned by then-MLB Commissioner Bud Selig to detail illegal use of steroids and PEDs by major league players, Vaughn is said to have made three separate purchases of HGH in 2001 from a New York Mets batboy and clubhouse employee. MLB banned the use of HGH in 2005.
Vaughn played most of his 12-year career with the Boston Red Sox before signing a then-$80 million contract with the Angels. He ended his career with the New York Mets. Vaughn was a three-time All-Star who hit 328 home runs. He won the AL MVP in 1995 with the Red Sox. He retired for good in 2003.
For many years it was believed Vaughn became estranged from the sport after he was named in the Mitchell Report, but the former slugged told The Athletic that wasn't the case. He stepped away from the sport, he said, because he was angry about his late-career injuries that prevented him from accomplishing more.
He told The Athletic that he fell in love with the sport again when his 12-year-old son, Lee, started playing.
Vaughn is the second player to open up about doping allegations recently. After he was welcomed back to the Chicago Cubs for the first time in 21 years, Sammy Sosa said he's hopeful but hardly optimistic about his chances getting elected into Baseball's Hall of Fame in spite of his ties to PED use.
"I believe in time," he told USA Today. "Nobody's perfect. Time will heal all wounds. I really believe that one day the door will be open for us."
Sosa and St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire captivated the world with their 1998 home run chase. But a dark cloud hangs over both players these days in their quest to to get into the Hall of Fame.
Sosa recently offered a vague apology to the Cubs fanbase before he was invited back to participate with the Cubs at spring training. While he has never admitted to using PEDs, Sosa said in his apology letter that mistakes were made.
"That's a very delicate route, you know what I mean?" Sosa told USA Today. "But come on, nobody was blind."
The former AL MVP made the admission during an interview with The Athletic, telling the outlet that he injected himself with human growth hormone on his knee to help his recovery following an injury sustained in the 1999 season opener with the Anaheim Angels. Vaughn says he was chasing after a foul pop, but he fell down the steps to the Cleveland dugout. He injured his left ankle and knee.
"I was trying to do everything I could [to stay on the field]," Vaughn told the outlet. "I knew I had a bad, degenerative knee. I was shooting HGH in my knee. Whatever I could do to help the process."
The stunning admission comes nearly two decades after Vaughn was among the stars named in the 2007 Mitchell Report. In the report commissioned by then-MLB Commissioner Bud Selig to detail illegal use of steroids and PEDs by major league players, Vaughn is said to have made three separate purchases of HGH in 2001 from a New York Mets batboy and clubhouse employee. MLB banned the use of HGH in 2005.
Vaughn played most of his 12-year career with the Boston Red Sox before signing a then-$80 million contract with the Angels. He ended his career with the New York Mets. Vaughn was a three-time All-Star who hit 328 home runs. He won the AL MVP in 1995 with the Red Sox. He retired for good in 2003.
For many years it was believed Vaughn became estranged from the sport after he was named in the Mitchell Report, but the former slugged told The Athletic that wasn't the case. He stepped away from the sport, he said, because he was angry about his late-career injuries that prevented him from accomplishing more.
He told The Athletic that he fell in love with the sport again when his 12-year-old son, Lee, started playing.
Vaughn is the second player to open up about doping allegations recently. After he was welcomed back to the Chicago Cubs for the first time in 21 years, Sammy Sosa said he's hopeful but hardly optimistic about his chances getting elected into Baseball's Hall of Fame in spite of his ties to PED use.
"I believe in time," he told USA Today. "Nobody's perfect. Time will heal all wounds. I really believe that one day the door will be open for us."
Sosa and St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire captivated the world with their 1998 home run chase. But a dark cloud hangs over both players these days in their quest to to get into the Hall of Fame.
Sosa recently offered a vague apology to the Cubs fanbase before he was invited back to participate with the Cubs at spring training. While he has never admitted to using PEDs, Sosa said in his apology letter that mistakes were made.
"That's a very delicate route, you know what I mean?" Sosa told USA Today. "But come on, nobody was blind."
captain stone
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Not real surprised, unfortunately.
