Sunday, August 02, 2009

Noose tightens on BoSox in steroid scandal

The Boston Globe is reporting that the Red Sox fired two security staff members last summer after an investigation into steroid use.

Jared Remy, the son of former Sox player and current television commentator Jerry Remy, and Nicholas Alex Cyr both The Globe they used steroids but denied knowledge of drug use by anoy of the team's players.

The Red Sox issued a statement saying they worked with Major League Baseball in investigating the staffers, but said that investigation is confidential.

"They didn't ask much at all; they wanted to make it disappear," Jared Remy told the newspaper.

The Globe report stats that state police confiscated a vial of steroids from Cyr's car just before last year's All-Star break. Cyr dimed out Remy and said he had bought the drugs him.

"I was never asked a question from anyone on the Red Sox -- not one," Remy said. "You would've thought they would've asked me something, you know?"

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