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

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BALCO chemist says David Ortiz's supplement tale feasible
[SIZE=-1]New York Daily News[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]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. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=-1]"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." [/SIZE]

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