SAN DIEGO — San Diego Padres mascot, the Chicken, has tested positive for illegal performance-enhancing drugs. In a press conference on Wednesday with Padres General Manager Kevin Towers the San Diego chicken gave a tearful apology to his fans.
"I was wrong for doing that stuff," the Chicken told reporters on Wednesday before his mascoteering duties prior a game. "What we should have done a long time ago was stand up — mascots, ownership, everybody — and said: 'We made a mistake.'
"We should have apologized back then and made sure we had a rule in place and gone forward. … Steroids and all of that was a part of history. But it was a topic that everybody wanted to avoid. Nobody wanted to talk about it."
The chicken said Wednesday he's thankful for Major League Baseball’s (MLB) steroid and amphetamine testing program that was revised before last season. MLB does not test for HGH, but the chicken said he does not use the drug, either illegally or with a doctor's prescription.
"Unfortunately, (the rumors) are going to be a part of it. But that's OK. I'm probably tested more than anybody else. I'm not hiding anything," said the chicken. "That stuff didn't help me make the crowd cheer louder. I don't care what people say, nothing is going to give you that gift of making a crowd appluad my pantomime hijinks or Charo the kissing bandits attempts to kiss me while I hump her leg on the first base line."
It was noted by San Diego Padres fans that the chicken's breasts of recent had appeared seemingly plumper and tender. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials are considering laying charges on the San Diego Chicken as US Federal regulations strictly prohibit the use of hormones or steroids in poultry.
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