Less than a month before the season starts, and former Phillies third baseman David Bell still doesn't have a job. Now, it seems, Bell has an even bigger problems.
An ongoing SI.com report has uncovered that Bell received six packages of human chorionic gonadotropin, HCG for short, at a Philadelphia address last April, when he played for the Phillies. The cost was $128.80, and the drug was prescribed in conjunction with an Arizona anti-aging facility. Bell told SI.com that he received the drug "for a medical condition," but he declined to disclose the condition.
Before we jump to conclusions, allow for the possibility that Bell had a medical condition (his ongoing back problem, perhaps?) that required HCG. Also, from what I can tell, HCG can be used as a fertility drug. Bell and his wife, Kristi, had their first child in the offseason.
A few notes from the Phillies' game today in Bradenton against the Pirates: Camden native and Caesar-Rodney High grad Ian Snell, the Pirates' top starter, struck out seven but allowed three runs in three innings of the Phillies' 11-10 victory. ... 3B Greg Dobbs went 0-for-2 but drew two walks and scored two runs. Dobbs, vying for one of the last two bench spots, is batting .438 this spring. ... LF Pat Burrell, still nursing a stiff back, didn't play.
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Maybe he wants to keep his youthful appearance.
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