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    Byrd Used HGH

    And for a good reason.

    Paul Byrd admits to using HGH, though he hasn't done during the season, because three different doctors diagnosed him as suffering from adult growth-hormone deficiency.
    Byrd said he was diagnosed with a tumor on his pituitary gland at the base of his brain, a condition that may have contributed to his deficiency, doctors told him. He paid for his HGH with his own credit card, and MLB was aware of his usage of the substance. "I have not taken any hormone apart from a doctor's care and supervision," Byrd said. "The Indians, my coaches and MLB have known that I have had a pituitary gland issue for some time and have assisted me in getting blood tests in different states. I am currently working with an endocrinologist and will have another MRI on my head after the season to make sure that the tumor hasn't grown."
    Why this had to come out during the ALCS I have no idea. The media is crooked as hell but this isn't a big deal becuase he told everyone that needed to know and he throws 86 mph.

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    Re: Byrd Used HGH

    If the MLB didn't know, I have a feeling they'd have already issued a statement denying what he said.

    So this seems like one of the few perfectly legal uses of HGH we've seen. Way to turn a non-story into some dumb conspiracy, media.

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    Re: Byrd Used HGH

    eh, a nonstory made into a story by those two jerkoffs.
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    Re: Byrd Used HGH

    Stupid media trying to create controversy where there is none.
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    Re: Byrd Used HGH

    still not a very good time when team is in a decisive game 7 to go to the World Series.


    That is unfortunate for the Byrd and the Indians.

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    Re: Byrd Used HGH

    Complete and utter nonfactor story, media trying to spin it in the Sox's favor, but I don't think MLB fans are stupid enough to make anything of this.
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    Re: Byrd Used HGH

    I agree!!


    Way to go media!!! lets report on something important, and not about a player's personal life!!

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    Where else but from the SF Chronicle. They said their reasoning for doing the story now was because they just got clearance to run it. What a crock of shit!! I guess they're closet Red Sox fans.

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    Re: Byrd Used HGH

    This is because the media doesn't want a non-NY/Boston team in it. So get the players of the Indians minds on something other than Game 7.

    If I were Eric Wedge and Mark Shapiro, I would decline any non-Cleveland media requests for interviews.
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    uummm.. I dont think that will happen, but I guess it never hurts to ask.

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