The New York Times-20080126-Knoblauch Wait Continues

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Knoblauch Wait Continues

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The mother of the former Yankees player Chuck Knoblauch said Friday that she believed he would cooperate with a Congressional committee investigating the use of steroids in baseball.

I think I know my son well enough to know that he's not going to let this pass, Linda Knoblauch said from her home in West Houston.

On Tuesday, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform subpoenaed Knoblauch after he failed to respond to an invitation to give a deposition and to testify before Congress about his suspected use of human growth hormone and to offer insights into his former teammate Roger Clemens.

Federal marshals trying to serve Knoblauch with the subpoena have not found him. The order requires him to give a deposition to the committee Tuesday.

Knoblauch, who is believed to be on vacation, originally was scheduled to appear for a deposition or transcribed interview Thursday. He was to be followed by four other witnesses: Clemens; pitcher Andy Pettitte; Brian McNamee, the former personal trainer who says he injected Knoblauch, Clemens and Andy Pettitte with performance-enhancing substances; and Kirk Radomski, the former Mets clubhouse attendant who has admitted distributing the substances.

All have also been asked to appear at a Feb. 13 hearing before the House oversight committee. In the Mitchell report on the use of performance-enhancing substances in baseball, McNamee said he acquired human growth hormone for Knoblauch from Radomski in 2001 and injected Knoblauch with H.G.H.

Knoblauch has spoken publicly only once since the release of the Mitchell report. In an interview with The New York Times on Jan. 10, he said he was not angry about being named in the report, though he did not acknowledge using H.G.H. He also said he intended to attend the Feb. 13 hearing but had not been contacted.