BALTIMORE -- When it comes to Sammy Sosa, Rafael Palmeiro and other former Orioles linked to baseball's steroids scandal, current Baltimore players are clear: They don't want to talk about the past.
Investigators for former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell's probe are seeking information on ex-Orioles Sosa, Palmeiro, Jason Grimsley, David Segui, Fernando Tatis and Jerry Hairston Jr., according to reports.
The Orioles' clubhouse was uncharacteristically empty before Wednesday night's game against Tampa Bay. Players either planted themselves on couches -- which are off-limits to reporters -- or donned headphones in front of their lockers.
Manager Sam Perlozzo said he has not been contacted by those associated with the investigation.
"Nobody has asked me any questions about it and I really don't have anything to say," Perlozzo said. "We are going about our business like we always have. We can't worry about somebody else. Somebody else will take care of that."
Mike Flanagan, the team's executive vice president of baseball operations, declined comment.
At Yankee Stadium, Sosa said "no comment" before his Texas Rangers played New York.
Hairston, who also plays for the Rangers, again denied ever taking steroids.
"I'll just state what I said all spring training. It's just amazing my name has been brought up, but sometimes in life things are going to happen that you just can't control," he said. "I've never done anything illegal. Never have I taken steroids. That's all I can say. What else is there to say? I've passed every record, I mean I've passed every test, confidential, not confidential, there is."
"I stand by my name, I stand by my tests, I stand by my body. I've had it the same way the last nine years," he said. "Look at my baseball card, look at old video. It's just, it's amazing."
Hairston said he hasn't talked to a lawyer about his legal situation.
"It's amazing, in our society, you're guilty until you prove yourself innocent. How do you prove this? The only way I can prove it is my test results, and me."
"Like I said, no matter what I do, if I release my medical records, which is not going to show anything, I don't know what could be gained by that," he said. "If I don't give it -- then, 'Oh, he's guilty, he has something to hide.'"
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