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The Mitchell Report – Players Cited

The Mitchell Report, released earlier today, has created an intense fervor of activity in the blogosphere. As I was checking blogs today, I must have seen at least fifty posts from unique individuals dealing solely with the Mitchell Report. It’s quite fascinating. Biggest names on the list are probably Andy Pettitte, Miguel Tejada, Gary Mathews, Jr., and Roger Clemens; it remains to be seen how Bud Selig, major league baseball, and fans will react in the near future to this report. I’m going to be pretty boring and just reproduce all the players cited in the Mitchell Report. The following is taken from ESPN.com:

According to the Mitchell Commission report, here are players mentioned and how they are linked to performance enhancing substances:

Information Learned During this Investigation Concerning BALCO and Major League Baseball (8 players/ 3 active in MLB in 2007)
From the report: “I requested interviews of all the major league players who had been publicly implicated in the BALCO case.”

Information Regarding Purchases or Use of Performance Enhancing Substances by Players in Major League Baseball (53 players/ 18 active in MLB in 2007)
From the report: “The following discussion is organized in roughly chronological order. Records do not exist to document every transaction described by witnesses. [Kirk] Radomski stated that, with one exception noted below, the payments he received from professional baseball players were for performance enhancing substances, as opposed to personal training or other services, and this assertion was confirmed by those players who agreed to speak with us about their dealings with him.”

Alleged Internet Purchases of Performance Enhancing Substances By Players in Major League Baseball (16 players, 8 active in MLB in 2007)
From the report: “Since the initial news reports of the raid by New York and Florida law enforcement officials on Signature Pharmacy and several rejuvenation centers, the names of several current and former major league players have appeared in the media as alleged purchasers of performance enhancing substances through these operations. These include:”

~ by mlb2007playoffs on December 13, 2007.

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