Article: Grimsley affidavit links O's, scandal: Ex-Oriole used hGH; J. Lopez: 'It's like another Palmeiro'.

Byline: Dan Connolly

Jun. 8--Nearly a year after the Rafael Palmeiro steroid scandal and months removed from the federal government's inquiries into Miguel Tejada 's vitamin B-12 usage, the Orioles are again intertwined in an investigation involving drugs and baseball. Former Orioles reliever Jason Grimsley told Internal Revenue Service investigators that he purchased human growth hormone between 10 and 12 times in the past several years and also admitted he paid for a double shipment while with the Orioles, according to a federal affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Arizona. In addition, Grimsley said amphetamine usage was rampant in the sport and ...

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