Roger Clemens posted a video Sunday repeating his denials of the steroids use alleged against him in the Mitchell Report. He also said he would be interviewed for a future episode of “60 Minutes,” but a spokesman for CBS said nothing has been finalized.
According to MLB.com, Andy Pettitte has admitted to using human growth hormone twice during the 2002 season.”If what I did was an error in judgment on my part, I apologize,” Pettitte said Saturday in a statement released by his agent.”I accept responsibility for those two days.”
This is a list of the players named in the Mitchell report. For the most part, only active players’ names are included, as players like Josias Manzanillo, Matt Franco, and Mo Vaughn don’t matter to your ’08 fantasy team (unless you play some wacky we-draft-one-player-from-1997 league…). I have included my opinion on
Here are players mentioned in the Mitchell Report and on what page they are mentioned. At 400+ pages, this should save everyone alot of time as we digest the facts of this report. Enjoy.
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MLB.com is reporting that former Sen. George Mitchell has called a 2 p.m. ET news conference for Thursday at the Grand Hyatt hotel to release the results of his committee’s 20-month investigation into the use of performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball.
Commissioner Bud Selig will react to the report during a 4:30 p.m. news conference at the nearby Waldorf Astoria Hotel. MLB.com will carry both news conferences live. The report itself will be posted at MLB.com shortly after it is released.
How did we get here?
After turning a blind eye to baseballs hidden secret (performance enhancing drugs) for the better part of 20 years, the public had seen enough. On March 30, 2006 Commissioner Bud Selig announced he had authorized an investigation into reported steroid use by Major League Baseball players associated with the Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative (BALCO).
Feeling the mounting pressure created by the revelations in the best selling book Game of Shadows (excerpts from the book appeared in Sports Illustrated in March 2006), it was time for a former Senate majority leader to throw his weight around. Selig made it clear Senator Mitchell and his team of investigators would have complete autonomy in their investigation. But how did we get here? What events led up to the need for this investigation?