Knoblauch Never Saw Benefits from HGH

Despite admitting to taking HGH from 2000 while with the Yankees through the end of his career in 2002 with the Royals, Chuck Knoblauch doesn't think he actually received any physical benefits. So why did he continue to take it? Because he was desperate, at first to correct his throwing problems and then to extend his career.

While talking to Congressional investigators in his deposition (PDF) earlier this month, Knoblauch was asked if he ever experienced any negative reactions to the substance. From page 40:

No. No. And hopefully, as I sit today, a father, hopefully I am not affected. I just don't think there is enough long-term information out about it. And then at the end of the day, it didn't do anything. You know. And that's the point that people need to know, this stuff is not doing anything for anybody. So that's why I appreciate what you guys are doing again.

Knoblauch isn't alone is saying that HGH doesn't really do anything to help ballplayers -- four doctors testified as much in front of Congress earlier this week. Perhaps there was a placebo effect, or perhaps it only worked in conjunction with steroids, but more and more people are confirming that HGH alone is relatively useless -- which makes it all the more ironic should anyone end up actually doing jail time for perjuring themselves by denying ever touching the stuff.