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Congress urged baseball to save samples: Lacking growth hormone test, MLB balked at request to store urine.

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| June 09, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Baltimore Sun. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Jeff Barker

Jun. 9--WASHINGTON--Months before former Oriole Jason Grimsley said he and other players were using human growth hormone, Congress was quietly pressuring baseball to save players' urine specimens so they could be analyzed when a test for the performance-boosting drug becomes available.

The idea was to make certain a deterrent existed so that players could not use the growth hormone with impunity while a screening procedure was still in development.

But Major League Baseball balked at the request, according to interviews with baseball officials and congressional staff.

After talking to scientists, baseball was left with questions about the "veracity" of samples stored for long periods,…

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