Right Wing Champ: Roger Clemens, Andy Petite, Named In MLB Steroid Probe

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Roger Clemens, Andy Petite, Named In MLB Steroid Probe

Baseball, as we know it, is about to change at 2pm today. The Mitchell report is being released. The Mitchell report is the 20 month investigation by former senator George Mitchell attempting to uncover steroid abuse by Major League Baseball players. Sources are saying that NY Yankees pitchers Andy Petite and future hall of famer Roger Clemens* is included in this report. I really hope no Cleveland Indians players are included. I will be extremely disappointed.

Judgment day arrived for baseball's steroids era, with the Mitchell report set to be released and posted on the Internet for all to see.
The first name to emerge Thursday was seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens.
ESPN.com reported that Brian McNamee, a former trainer for the Yankees and Clemens, said information he gave Mitchell on supplying the pitcher with steroids is in the report. The Web site, citing an unidentified source close to the trainer, said McNamee told investigators he supplied Clemens with steroids.
Randy Hendricks, Clemens' agent, did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
Mitchell's report exposes a "serious drug culture within baseball, from top to bottom," fingers MVPs and All-Stars and calls for beefed-up testing by an outside agency to clean up the game, The Associated Press learned.
The report by former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell will include names of 60 to 80 players linked to performance-enhancing substances and plenty more information that exposes "deep problems" afflicting the sport, one of two sources with knowledge of the findings told the AP. Both sources said the report would not address amphetamines.
The two sources were familiar with discussions that led to the final draft but did not want to be identified because it was confidential until its scheduled release. They said the full report, which they had not read, totaled 304 pages plus exhibits.

***UPDATE 12/13/07 2:05PM***

The Mitchell Report has been released. (.PDF file) It's 300+ pages and I don't have time to read all of it now, but I will list the few that I come across while skimming the report.

The bigger names included in the report:

Roger Clemens	Andy Petite	Barry Bonds	Mark McGwire
Miguel Tejada	Gary Sheffield	Paul LoDuca	Kevin Young
Mike Lansing	Jason Christiansen	Mike Stanton	Fernando Vina
Kevin Brown	Eric Gagne	Lenny Dykstra	David Segui
Brian Roberts	Todd Hundley	Mark Carreon	Rondell White
Chuck Knoblauch	Jason Grimsley	Greg Zaun	David Justice
Mo Vaughn	Denny Neagle	Ron Villone

Others mentioned:

Hal Morris	Matt Franco	Todd Williams	Phil Hiatt
Todd Pratt	Cody McKay	Kent Mercker	Adam Piatt
Stephen Randolph	Jerry Hairston	Adam Riggs	Bart Miadich
Mike Bell	Matt Herges	Gary Bennett	Jim Parque
Brenden Donnelly	Chad Allen	Jeff Allen	Howie Clark
Exavier Logan	Larry Bigbie	Jack Cust	Tim Laker
Josias Manzanillo	F.P. Santangelo	Glenallen Hill	Ryan Franklin