Chuck Knoblauch was one of three former Yankees that that Brian McNamee claimed to have injected with PEDs during his tenure as the team's trainer. So far, Andy Pettitte has remorsefully admitted to trying HGH while Roger Clemens has vociferously denied it. As for Knoblauch? He just doesn't care. From Thayer Evans of the New York Times:"I have nothing to defend," Knoblauch said. "I have nothing to hide at the same time."He wants so little to do with baseball, in fact, that he's fallen completely out of the public eye. Despite hearing reports that he's been invited to appear before Congress, he claims to be completely out of the loop regarding the details.
He described the Mitchell report as "crazy" and "interesting," and added that what actually bothered him about being mentioned in the report is that "I've got nothing to do with any of that, I mean, any baseball."
"And I don't want anything to do with baseball," he added.
"I read my name in the paper and see it on the news, but I haven't heard a word," Knoblauch said. "I'm supposed to be somewhere, but I haven't been told where to be."
Asked if he will talk to the committee, Knoblauch said: "Yeah, if I have to do that, then what are you going to do?"
For starts, perhaps returning phone calls: Philip Schiliro, the chief of staff of the Congressional committee requesting to see the players, claims to have left multiple messages. But in any case, should Knoblauch attend, he'll have more than just the Mitchell Report to answer for: in addition to McNamee ratting him out, former teammate Jason Grimsley told authorities back in 2006 that Knoblauch was an HGH user, although that affidavit was sealed until last month.
