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 More Red Sox NewsRed Sox LinksDan Duquette said on Monday that the Red Sox "never" encouraged players to use steroids during his time as the team's general manager. Duquette was in the front office from 1994-2002, and his comments came in response to something Lou Merloni said on Comcast SportsNet over the weekend. Merloni said that during a spring-training meeting in 2001, an unidentified doctor spoke to the players on behalf of the organization told them that "if you're going to take steroids, one cycle won't hurt you, abusing it will." Duquette held nothing back in denying Merloni's claims. "The club policy was abstinence. The club policy was abstinence," Duquette said Monday on WEEI. "And that was Major League Baseball's policy. That was communicated first. Beyond that, if a player made a choice, I thought it was important that they understand what the risks were." |
