Yankees baulking at Andy Pettitte?

Epic Carnival - Pop Culture, Sports, Celebrities, Babes, ... found this 2/17/2008 on grg51.typepad.com [flag]

Did Andy Pettitte balk with the HGH use? Or do the Yankees now baulk at Pettitte's compensation? A baulk in baseball constitutes an illegal action and may be a procedural balk, or a punitive balk. It appears that Pettitte balked when he admitted last December that he used HGH twice. Now Pettitte admits he used the illegal PED more than he previously let on . Balk. ... [link]

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THE 'ROID REPORT FOR THE WEEK OF FEB. 10
Published 2/17/2008 by DCScrap at Epic Carnival - Pop Culture, Sports, Celebrities, Babes, Rumors, Innuendo
... However, Andy Pettitte suffered multiple aftershocks from the hearing. Pettitte admitted to more frequent HGH use than previously reported. Furthermore in breaking news, stories emerged that Pettitte received HGH from his father Tom, who acquired HGH from a local gym rat-dealer. Pettitte's father sufferers form severe cardiac disease; ironically HGH can cause heart disease in some patients. The New York Yankee brass seems none too happy with Pettitte; not only did the Yanks give a sore-elbowed, HGH-using pitcher a 16 million dollar contract, but they ...

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