Feds Want To Talk To A-Rod In Probe Of HGH Doctor

Via the AP –

Yankees star Alex Rodriguez has been contacted by federal investigators regarding a Canadian doctor accused of selling an unapproved drug.

Rodriguez said Monday he was “aware” of the investigation and plans on cooperating with government officials who are looking into Dr. Anthony Galea. Rodriguez said a date for an interview has not been set.

“I can’t really get into that,” Rodriguez said. “I have to speak to those guys first. I’ve just got to wait for instructions.”

Galea is facing four charges in his country related to the drug known as Actovegin, which is extracted from calf’s blood and used for healing. His assistant also has been charged in the U.S. for having HGH and another drug while crossing the border in September.

A-Rod said the probe won’t have an affect on him because “this is about someone else.” He declined comment when asked if he has even been treated by Galea.

“I’m focused on baseball,” Rodriguez said.

New York general Brian Cashman was informed of the situation Monday, and added that he has not been told about any other Yankees’ players being involved.

“Not aware of any,” Cashman said.

The Yankees released a statement saying they had not been contacted about the matter.

“The Yankees never authorized Dr. Tony Galea to treat Alex Rodriguez, nor do we have any knowledge of any such treatment,” the statement said. “We will continue to monitor the situation.”

Cashman said the Yankees have not had any dealings with Galea. He declined comment on Rodriguez’s situation, saying “I don’t have much to comment off of.”

I doubt that anything will come out of this – in terms of impacting A-Rod. He’s doing the proper thing on cooperating. And, I’m sure he’ll get good counsel on how to answer questions, etc.

Part of me feels that if his name wasn’t “Alex Rodriguez” and if he wasn’t so high profile, A-Rod wouldn’t even get called into this whole thing.

I mean…if Dr. Mark Lindsay, who did A-Rod’s hip surgery, performed surgery on Morty Lipschitz, a 57-year old man from Columbus, Ohio, are the feds going to call Morty in to…because Lindsay has a connection to Galea? I’m guessing “probably not.”

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