I’m Lynn Lumpkin CRWENewswire Sports Commentator. This is the Sports Corner.

Former New York Yankee Randy Velarde testified Wednesday that he bought a human growth hormone from Barry Bonds’ personal trainer during the 2002 season, making him the fourth major leaguer to admit drug use during Bonds’ perjury trial.
Velarde revealed the HGH gave him more “endurance and strength” and that personal trainer Greg Anderson helped him inject the performance-enhancing drug.

The 48-year-old Velarde was the latest athlete to testify about wanting to work with Anderson because of his connection to Bonds, the home-run king who experienced a surge in hitting power after he teamed up with the trainer.

Several more former baseball players are expected to talk about their link to Anderson at the trial, now in its second week. Anderson himself is in jail on contempt of court charges for refusing to testify.

Velarde, who hit 100 home runs and batted .276 over a 16-year career, spent less than 15 minutes on the witness stand and testified that he never took two of the designer steroids that prosecutors claim Bonds knowingly used after getting them from Anderson.

With baseball players being some of the highest paid athletes in the world, it’s not hard to understand why they would go above and beyond for amazing performances, but where is the line gonna be drawn?

I’m Lynn Lumpkin CRWENewswire Sports Commentator.