Gary Matthews Allegedly Named in Steroid Bust

Gary Matthews, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim CF, is implicated in a steroid bust that took place in a downtown Orlando pharmacy, the Seattle Post reported today.

Via With Leather comes this report from Steroid Nation, who have taken a variety of stories, including the Seattle Post's original report and the Albany Times Union's recap of the bust and aggregated the information.

I'll let Post take it from here:

A downtown pharmacy here was raided by a law enforcement task force on Tuesday, apparently as a result of a large New York state grand jury investigation into Internet drug sales.

The unusual inquiry, led by Albany County's district attorney, has taken New York narcotics agents and a federal task force deep inside a maze of shadowy pharmacies and Web sites that have reaped millions of dollars in profit by allegedly exploiting federal and state prescription laws, according to court records.

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The customers include Los Angeles Angels centerfielder Gary Matthews Jr., according to sources with knowledge of the investigation.

Sources also said New York Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement investigators recently interviewed a top physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers about his alleged purchase last year of roughly $150,000 of testosterone and human growth hormone.

So there you have it. Add Gary Matthews to the burgeoning and depressing list of players implicated in steroid use. We'll have much more on this, including reaction, in the near future.