A Penguin in the Orchard

Grimsley’s Fallout

The fallout has already begun from the Jason Grimsley affair.

Redactions offer clues in Grimsley case [USA Today]

“Grimsley stated that ——, a former employee of the ——- and personal fitness trainer to several Major League Baseball players, once referred him to an amphetamine source,” the affidavit reads. “Grimsley stated that after this referral he secured amphetamines, anabolic steroids and human growth hormone from —— (the redacted trainer’s) referred source.”

That’s a quote from an anonymous blogger printed in today’s USA Today. The blanks leave a lot of questions. But the author of the USA Today article, Joseph A. Reaves, tries to fill in the details.

Pujols’ personal trainer, a guy Grimsley once credited with helping him recover rapidly from Tommy John surgery, is Chris Mihlfeld, a Kansas City-based strength and conditioning guru who also happens to be a former strength and conditioning coordinator for the Royals.

Just reading that paragraph, I feel physically ill.

It’s a bit troubling that USA Today saw fit to publish quotes from anonymous bloggers. So much for primary sources. This is even flimsier than the leaked grand jury testimony in which Barry Bonds admitted to using “the clear,” It’s pure speculation. But, it’s certainly evidence that the fallout of doubt and rumor and innuendo has begun.

I’m not sure how much more of this potential heartbreak I can take from my game.

[tags]Grimsley, HGH, Mihlfield, Pujols, Bonds, baseball, steorids, substances[/tags]