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Print | Comments () Posted by Steve Silva, Globe Staff October 21, 2007 02:46 PM

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In an interview with Fox’s Ken Rosenthal, Indians pitcher Paul Byrd did not dispute a report in the San Francisco Chronicle that he received HGH.

Here are a couple of paragraphs from Rosenthal’s report:

Yes, Indians righthander Paul Byrd admits to taking human-growth hormone. In his upcoming book, "The Free Byrd Project," he even writes about resisting the temptation to use an increased dosage with the hope of throwing harder.
Byrd says he never hid his use of HGH because it was prescribed to him under a doctor's care. He paid for the substance with his own credit card. At one point, he had it sent in his name to the Braves' spring-training facility in Kissimmee, Fla. Byrd says he no longer takes HGH and has not taken it this season.