[TheKilo]

Originally Posted by 26 to 6

Where did I say it was a definitive report? I've taken the same stance as you since it was released. Go back to the Mitchell thread, which I started and posted in frequently, and find a place where I said that. I challenge you to do so.

I quoted you because of what you said, not that I was singling you out for what I said later in my post. My apologies for any misunderstanding.

If Pettitte is such a man of honor, why couldn't he be as up front as a guy like FP Santangelo was?

In an emotional two-hour radio appearance, the seven-year major league veteran, who last played with the Oakland A's in 2001, confessed to using human growth hormone, explained how and why he did it and publicly apologized to his two kids, his ex-wife, his parents and listeners. He talked about the difficulty he had in explaining it all to his children, and the concern he had that his son, F.P. Jr., would be teased Friday in middle school.

Santangelo absorbed it all, telling listeners, "I made this bed and now I have to lie in it."

After the show, he received numerous phone calls from media outlets eager to make him into some sort of hero for telling the truth. It's a role he says he's entirely uncomfortable with.

"I don't want to be this out-front crusader guy," Santangelo told ESPN.com. "I did something absolutely wrong. I shouldn't be made a hero. I made a bad decision against everything I believe.

"I admitted it and I faced the music. And if by me being embarrassed helps generations to come not have to make the difficult decisions that I had to make, then it's good that this all came out. But I don't want to be Mr. Public Speaker and go talk to every high school in the world. Through my radio show, I just hope to get the word out about how bad this stuff is."