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Article: Amphetamine use stirs debate in baseball: Debate accelerates over prevalence of amphetamine use by baseball players.
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- The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
- Article date:
- June 25, 2006
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Byline: Childs Walker
Jun. 25--Former Orioles Jim Traber and Mickey Tettleton had just picked up their sons from football camp when the details of Jason Grimsley's affidavit on drugs in baseball crackled over the car radio.
As they listened to Grimsley's description of leaded (laced with amphetamines) and unleaded (regular) coffee in major league clubhouses, the old teammates laughed and laughed.
"That was giving away a secret of the clubhouse," said Traber, who played parts of four seasons for the Orioles. "But yeah, I knew about it."
Traber is now 44 and host of a sports talk show in Oklahoma City. He's not afraid to say that he ...