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Ex-Yankee: Jeter Used Steroids, HGH
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NEW YORK - A day after the last home opener at the House that Ruth Built was washed out, the New York Yankees were hit with a much bigger bombshell: a former player says that shortstop Derek Jeter, took steroids and other performance-enhancing substances.
The source of the allegations is ex-Yankee pitcher Dan Naulty, who was named in the Mitchell Report, and has since admitted his use of steroids. Naulty has been outspoken in his statements that steroid use was rampant in the major leagues during the time that he pitched. Naulty appeared in 33 games for the Yankees' World Series-winning squad in 1999.
According to Naulty, Bonds was a regular user of steroids as well as human growth hormone (HGH), a substance that former Yankee Andy Pettitte has admitted to using once.
When asked why he had remained silent until this point, Naulty said that despite the steroid use, he "respected Bonds a lot, especially the way he plays the game," and did not want to tarnish the Yankee great's legacy. But upon further reflection, he decided that "the truth was going to come out one way or another, and it might as well be now. It's just not fair that he gets a free pass and the spotlight is on Barry Bonds."
Jeter is hardly the first Yankee to be tainted by allegations of steroid use. Clemens, Pettitte,A-Rod and Jason Giambi, as well as several lesser players, were all named in the Mitchell Report. But if proven, these allegations would almost certainly be the most significant ones yet to rock baseball.
Neither general manager Brian Cashman nor manager Joe Girardi would comment on the allegations.
