Former major-leaguer and current radio host Jack Clark was fired along with his co-host Kevin Slaten after making allegations about Albert Puljos and Justin Verlander and their involvement with performance enhancing drugs. Clark began working at WGNU-AM in St. Louis just last week.
He based his accusation on conversations he said he had with Chris Mihlfeld, Pujols’ former personal trainer, who worked with the Dodgers when Clark was the team’s hitting coach in 2000. Mihfeld denied that he told Clark that Pujols took PEDs, according to a report by ESPN.
“I haven’t even talked to Jack Clark in close to 10 years,” Mihlfeld told ESPN.com. “His statements are simply not true. I have known Albert Pujols since he was 18 years old, and he would never use illegal drugs in any way. I would bet my life on it and probably drop dead on the spot if I found out he has. As before, once again both Albert and myself have been accused of doing something we didn’t do.”
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the company issued a statement saying it had “terminated its relationship with Jack Clark and Kevin Slaten. As independent contractors, we want to make it clear that the opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions of InsideSTL. Also as independent contractors, InsideSTL did not have editorial control over the show’s content.”
Both Pujols and Verlander have denied that accusations and each are considering lawsuits. “I am currently in the process of taking legal action against Jack Clark and his employers at WGNU 920AM,” Pujols said in a statement released Friday.
