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Pettitte Admits Using HGH

Yanks pitcher says he used it twice to heal from injury

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 15, 2007 5:26 PM CST
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(Newser) – Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte, one of the bigger names cited in the Mitchell report on doping in baseball, admitted today that he used human growth hormone, the AP reports. Pettitte says he used HGH twice in 2002 to speed his recovery from an elbow injury. "I accept responsibility for those two days," he said.

"If what I did was an error in judgment on my part, I apologize," Pettitte wrote in a statement. He said he asked his trainer, whom he shared with Roger Clemens, for HGH because he thought he would heal more quickly. “Two days out of my entire career, when I was injured and on the disabled list,” he said. “I wasn’t looking for an edge. I was looking to heal.”

New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens, and Andy Pettitte, right, watch the sixth inning during a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays Wednesday night Sept. 26, 2007 in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens, and Andy Pettitte, right, watch the sixth inning during a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays Wednesday night Sept. 26, 2007 in St. Petersburg, Fla....   (Associated Press)
New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte comes onto the field after warming up before beating the Baltimore Orioles for his 200th career victory in New York in this Sept. 19, 2007 file photo. Pettitte declined his US$16 million option to return to the Yankees, still uncertain whether he wants to...
New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte comes onto the field after warming up before beating the Baltimore Orioles for his 200th career victory in New York in this Sept. 19, 2007 file photo. Pettitte declined...   (Associated Press)
New York Yankees' Andy Pettitte pitches against the Cleveland Indians in the second inning of Game 2 the American League Division baseball series, in this Oct. 5, 2007 file photo in Cleveland. Pettitte declined his US$16 million option to return to the Yankees, Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, still uncertain whether...
New York Yankees' Andy Pettitte pitches against the Cleveland Indians in the second inning of Game 2 the American League Division baseball series, in this Oct. 5, 2007 file photo in Cleveland. Pettitte...   (Associated Press)
New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte delivers a pitch against the Boston Red Sox during the first inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston. in this June 3, 2007 file photo. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte delivers a pitch against the Boston Red Sox during the first inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston. in this June 3, 2007 file photo. (AP Photo/Winslow...   (Associated Press)
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