BALCO chemist Patrick Arnold says David Ortiz's supplement tale feasible

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BALCO chemist says David Ortiz's supplement tale feasible
New York Daily News
Patrick Arnold, who did prison time for his role in the BALCO scandal, said it's possible Ortiz took 19-norandrostenedione, a supplement that contained the hard-core steroid nandrolone and which could be purchased legally in 2003.

"Yes, people back then did test positive because of supplements, and occasionally it was for nandrolone, which I think (Ortiz) is alluding to, but not verbatim," Arnold told the Daily News yesterday. "If he could say it was nandrolone, I'd say, 'OK, you may have a case.' In lieu of the fact there are no exact details (about what Ortiz took), the possibility of having a false positive from supplement use in 2003 is definitely plausible. We'll never learn if this is an excuse (for players) or a legitimate defense until we know more details about the substances in question."

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