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Marlon Byrd Teams Up With Victor Conte

Found June 25, 2009 on FanHouse:
PLAYERS: Marlon Byrd
TEAMS: Texas Rangers

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by Josh AlperFiled under: Rangers, AL West, MLB PEDsYou might think that baseball players would stay as far away from Victor Conte as possible. The BALCO founder's name is synonymous with illegal drugs, see Barry Bonds and Marion Jones, but Marlon Byrd of the Texas Rangers isn't put off in the least. He openly admits that Conte advises him and is proudly featured as a client of Conte's new company, Scientific Nutrition for Advanced Conditioning, on their website. There's no reason to believe that the supplements Byrd gets from Conte fall afoul of baseball's drug policy since he's never failed a drug test. Not that he bothered finding out what's in the pills and potions he gets from Conte.Marlon Byrd Teams Up With Victor Conte originally appeared on Fanhouse MLB Blog on Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:15:00 EDT . Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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