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MLB responds to Schilling's PED comments
Sports Xchange
10:57 p.m. CST, February 8, 2013
The Boston Red Sox and Major League Baseball concluded in an investigation that the team's medical staff member, Mike Reinold, did not urge former starting pitcher Curt Schilling to use performance-enhancing drugs to treat a shoulder injury in 2008.
Schilling made the claims earlier this week. A source close to the investigation told ESPN Boston that those claims are "completely baseless."
Schilling said Wednesday on ESPN Radio that teammates suggested PEDs as a possible means to extend his career. Schilling officially retired in 2009 because of shoulder problems with a 216-146 career record.
"At the end of my career, in 2008 when I had gotten hurt, there was a conversation that I was involved in, in which it was brought to my attention that this is a potential path I might want to pursue," Schilling told ESPN Radio. .............(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/chi-mlb-schilling-ped-20130208,0,463413.story
