Report: Giambi: 'Apologize for steroids'

Arlington, Va. -- New York Yankee Jason Giambi says baseball should apologize about the steroid issue.

The slugger told Friday's USA Today he probably has been tested for illegal performance-enhancing drugs more often than anyone else and baseball should have apologized years ago for a "widespread" drug problem.

"I was wrong for doing that stuff," he told the paper. "What we should have done a long time ago was stand up -- players, ownership, everybody -- and said: 'We made a mistake.' That stuff didn't help me hit home runs. I don't care what people say, nothing is going to give you that gift of hitting a baseball."

That newspaper said Giambi told a grand jury investigating BALCO in December 2003 he used steroids and human growth hormone, and added he is thankful the sport revised its steroid and amphetamine testing program.

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