Dallas Green, the former pitcher and Phillies manager, said \"you couldn't miss\" red juice in the clubhouse during his playing days in the 1960s, and greenies were openly talked about when he managed during the next three decades.

In his upcoming book, Clearing the Bases, Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt writes that greenies were \"widely available in major league clubhouses\" during his playing days. He recently admitted to the New York Times that he took them \"a couple times.\"

The current Phillie estimated that \"half the position players in baseball did it almost every day.\"

And him?

\"Every day,\" he said.

For how many years?

\"Several,\" he said.

How did he get them?

\"From other players,\" he said. \"There are ways.\"  

(Greenies) help loosen you up. ... It speeds you up for the game, it lessens your appetite. That's what happens. I know a guy who played 10 years in the big leagues. He tested positive and they sent him to rehab because he was losing so much weight. He was addicted to them.

I don't think it's cheating. It's like the corked-bat situation. When Sammy (Sosa) got caught with it, we all laughed. People (outside baseball) made a big deal about it. A line you hear in baseball, standing around the batting cage, is, \"If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'.\"

You feel like you're wired for the game (on greenies). It makes the game go by faster. I got too jittery using them — you're swinging even before the pitcher throws the pitch.

I've even seen guys who use Ritalin sometimes. You see it more with pitchers than hitters. When you see guys like Roger Clemens throwing a bat at somebody, it makes you think.

I wish testing had happened five years ago. I know pitchers who rely on it who aren't going to be the same.