Former slugger Mo Vaughn told The Athletic that he used human growth hormone in an effort to extend his career, confirming for the first time information disclosed in 2007 in the Mitchell Report. “I was trying to do everything I could,

Mo Vaughn, a three-time All-Star first baseman and the 1995 American League Most Valuable Player Award winner, has admitted to The Athletic that he used human growth hormone in an attempt to extend his playing career.

Mo Vaughn won AL MVP in 1995, retired from MLB in 2003 and was named in the infamous Mitchell Report in 2007 after injecting HGH into his degenerative knee.