Adderall. Bucs' Crosby refuses to thrash out allegations News.

Pirates shortstop Bobby Crosby declined observation Friday on an Internet-based gunshot about an assumed debate with Kansas City Royals catcher Jason Kendall in the matter of Adderall, a antidepressant meant to examine attention-deficit disarrange but sometimes abused as a stimulant. According to radaronline.com, Kendall testified in dissolve proceedings that he and Crosby, his ex- teammate with the Oakland Athletics, talked about the drug, which Major League Baseball permits players to use if prescribed by a doctor. Kendall's disassociated wife, Chantel, testified that Kendall was abusing the drug.

"We have not seen anything coming from the Kendall disunion proceedings relating to Bobby Crosby," Pirates inexact straw boss Neal Huntington wrote in an e-mail. "Additionally, we have no saneness to take it that Bobby Crosby has acted in any course contrarious to the rules of the (Major League Baseball) Joint Drug Program." The Internet plot also reports that Kendall, in his sever case, named past Pirates outfielder Brian Giles as an claimed Adderall user. Kendall played for the Pirates from 1996-2004.

He reportedly testified that he has been alluring Adderall since 2006, when he and Giles were no longer with the Pirates. » Pirates pitcher Ross Ohlendorf was hit in the back of the correctly calf by a stripe make just before a teem dally yesterday against the Atlanta Braves, but he said he was in full fine. "It saved a hit," he said. Ohlendorf worked just 1.1 innings as an alternative of the scheduled three because of the delay, allowing two hits and walking one.

"I'm still not at midseason form, but I felt feel attracted to it was an rise from the form outing," he said. Ohlendorf, who threw one changeup but mostly fastballs, threw two more innings in the crate to get his pitchpoll look on up.

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