Adam David Riggs (born October 4, 1972) is a former

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. He played parts of four years in

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, but is better known for the four seasons he spent with the

Tokyo Yakult Swallows The Tokyo Yakult Swallows () are a Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, they are one of two professional baseball teams based in Tokyo, the other being the Yom ...

of the Japanese

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. A native of

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, he attended

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and the

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Baseball career

Adam Riggs played for the

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for the 1993 and 1994 seasons. Drafted by the

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in the 22nd round of the 1994 Major League Baseball June Amateur Draft, Riggs made his

debut with the Dodgers on August 7, 1997. Riggs gained notoriety after a 2003 game with the

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in which he wore a uniform which featured the team name misspelled as "Angees", which appeared in

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, and was also nominated for a This Year in Baseball Award for Most Bizarre Moment in 2003. In 2005 he signed with the

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of Japan's

and played with them until July 2008.

Mitchell Report

On December 13, 2007, Riggs was included in the

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, in which it was alleged that he used steroids during his career. In the report,

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states that Riggs bought

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, and

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from him between July 10, 2003, to November 30, 2005. Photocopies of five checks from Riggs to Radomski are included in the report to substantiate Radomski's accusations. Radomski claims Riggs was referred to him by

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. Riggs declined to meet with the Mitchell investigators but provided a letter from his lawyer stating that he "never tested positive for improper substances". From 2005 to 2008, Riggs played in Japan where they conform with Olympic testing standards and never tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs while with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

References

External links

Japanese foreign batting stats
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