NEW YORK (AP)—David Ortiz(notes) said he never knowingly used steroids and that over-the-counter supplements and vitamins likely caused him to land on a list of alleged drug users circulated by the federal government.

Major League Baseball and the players’ union said just because a player’s name was on the list didn’t mean he used steroids.

“I definitely was a little bit careless back in those days when I was buying supplements and vitamins over the counter—legal supplements, legal vitamins over the counter—but I never buy steroids or use steroids,” Ortiz said during a news conference that began about 3 1/2 hours before his Boston Red Sox played the New York Yankees.

“I never thought that buying supplements and vitamins, it was going to hurt anybody’s feelings.” (Boo-Hoo)

MAN UP ORTIZ, U LOSER!!! GO BRONX BOMBERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!