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Senator George Mitchell’s 20-month steroids investigation will be released at 2 pm today at a news conference in New York City.
MLB commissioner Bud Selig will hold a follow-up news conference around 4:30 pm.
The list of players who are referenced in the report will be posted on MLB.com at 2 pm.
According to Bob Klapisch in the Bergen Record, citing ‘an industry official,’ no Mets from their current 40-man roster are named in the report. However, ‘several prominent Yankees will be named, writes Klapisch.
…this is going to be an awkward and embarrassing day for MLB, to say the least…frankly, i sense that most fans don’t really care, at least to the extent that attendance will suffer…
…i mean, it’s hardly news at this point that baseball players did steroids during the last 10 or so years…
…personally, i’m far more interested in the report’s recommendations about how to keep this from ever happening again…i’m also eager to see what role, if any, the league and the teams played in all of this…
…that said, i am a bit curious to see how MLB treats the active players who are listed, because there will not be proof that any player actually used the drugs, or failed a test, the report will only show that they were ordered or purchased…which will make punishment a bit tricky…
At his blog for Newsday, Ken Davidoff lists five questions he would like to ask Mitchell and Selig while traveling around New York between press conferences today.
I would have figured Show’s name would have come up.
Jeter’s name being on that list would warm my heart on this cold winter day. Yes, I’m that petty.
You, sir, are not alone.
Will Clemens do?
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/2007/12/13/2007-12-13_report_clemens_named_in_mitchell_report.html
JUST GOT THIS ACROSS THE MY WIRE AT WORK, HAVE NO IDEA IF IT’S RIGHT…ONLY LOOKS TO BE ABOUT HALF, BUT HERE YOU GO:
“Brady Anderson, Manny Alexander, Rick Ankiel, Jeff Bagwell, Bar ry Bonds, Aaron Boone, Rafaeil Bettancourt, Bret Boone, Milton B radley, David Bell, Dante Bichette, Albert Belle, Paul Byrd, Wil Cordero, Ken Caminiti, Mike Cameron, Ramon Castro, Jose and Ozz ie Canseco, Roger Clemens, Paxton Crawford, Wilson Delgado, Lenn y Dykstra, Johnny Damon, Carl Everett, Kyle Farnsoworth, Ryan Fr anklin, Troy Glaus, Rich Garces, Jason Grimsley, Troy Glaus, Jua n Gonzalez, Eric Gagne, Nomar Garciaparra, Jason Giambi, Jeremy Giambi, jackkindregan (9:54:45 AM) : Jose Guillen, Jay Gibbons, Juan Gon zalez, Clay Hensley, Jerry Hairston, Felix Heredia, Jr., Darren Holmes, Wally Joyner, Darryl Kile, Matt Lawton, Raul Mondesi, Ma rk McGwire, Guillermo Mota, Robert Machado, Damian Moss, Abraham
Is this from the AP wire?
Ramon Castro is on the Mets 40 man…conflicting reports
as i said, i have no idea where this is coming from. it just came across my screen and it seemed fairly legit (i mean, manny alexander?), so i thought i’d let you in on it.
Darryl Kile’s name jumps out at me. I wonder if that has anything to do with why he passed away in the middle of a season?
Abraham Nunez???
continuation….
Jose Guillen, Jay Gibbons, Juan Gonzalez, Clay Hensley, Jerry Ha irston, Felix Heredia, Jr., Darren Holmes, Wally Joyner, Darryl Kile, Matt Lawton, Raul Mondesi, Mark McGwire, Guillermo Mota, R obert Machado, Damian Moss, Abraham Nunez, Trot Nixon, Jose Offe rman, Andy Pettitte, Mark Prior, Neifi Perez, Rafael Palmiero, A lbert Pujols, Brian Roberts, Juan Rincon, John Rocker, Pudge Rod riguez, Sammy Sosa, Scott Schoenweiis, David Segui, Alex Sanchez , Gary Sheffield, Miguel Tejada, Julian Tavarez,Fernando Tatis, Maurice Vaughn, IJason Varitek, Ismael Valdez, Matt Williams and Kerry Wood.”
I love seeing Andy Petite up there.
Wow Pujols, too? I feel like I hit the lottery!
don’t get your hopes up…i repeat…this is an unconfirmed list. but if it’s real, the mets dodged a bullet.
and john rocker is on it. roid rage?
Well, it looks real enough…I mean, some of those guys really suck, so they must have gotten a bad batch of roids.
Whose Maurice Vaugh?
well, weren’t steriods “legal” in baseball during the period in question? I doubt anything substantial in the way of penalties will come from it…
They were never legal, they just weren’t banned substances….
Exactly…remember when McGwire pursued the single season home run record? He used Andro…At the time, the suppliment was legal (in baseball). In a way it’s a sham…to an extent. Nevertheless, I am intrigued at who appears on the list! We know who will appear (i.e., Bonds, Giambi, Caminiti etc). But who do you least likely suspect?
hundleys will probably be on the list as far as mets go i think.
Pete Rose.
Rogah Clemens could be in it.
Oh my Gahd!!!! Nawt Rogah!!
Rogah Clemens has yoosed stehroids..this is a sayed day for Yankee fans!
Rawjah!
Rawjah may have used an illegal substance…But question…Do you think this will be a fair assessment? Remember, Senator Mitchell has ties to the Red Sox. And…I feel David Ortiz used some illegal substances. If a Red Sox player is not named then this whole inquiry and investigation is a SHAM!
i think theyll put in some lesser name red sox guys like troy oleary or something to appease those conspiracy theorists. i would be surprised if any one really important to the red sox success shows up (schilling, manny, tek, ortiz).
CORRECTION… When McGuire used Andro.. it was legal everywhere.. I was taking it!! It was sold at GNC!
NEWSFLASH: Metsblog reader “bonatom” is the latest person to be listed in the Mitchell Report.
Bonatom is suspended from reading Metsblog for 15 days!
that’s why I had “legal” in quotes. It wasn’t banned in baseball, but it was illegal in the real world. Pretty presumptuous of baseball, no?
Eddie Coleman on the FAN said last night that Piazza was not in the report either. I’m really glad as that would have been crushing.
Some will say he could have juiced anyway. True. However, he’s escaped Balco, Grimsley, Radomski, Canseco, the Florida pharmacy raids, and now Mitchell. No one he’s ever known has ever even whispered about him. You got to give him the benefit of the doubt. I believe he was clean.
God is a Mets fan today!
It makes no sense that Piazza would be on the list. If he was going to be on the list, we would have definitely accepted salary arbitration, so he could have a contract in hand for the release of the report.
It’s widely assumed that he didn’t accept arbitration because of an under-the-table deal with the A’s- that he would let them get a draft pick for him in exchange for them not trading him to Minnesota or other similarly interested teams late in the year last season.
That’s great news…i was a little worried lately eventhough i didn’t think he was at all when he was playing…as long as he isnt and no current mets are then i’m happy…guys who i do think might be are obviously segui, prob hundley, maybe kent, payton, cendeno, ordonez…it’ll be funny if a bunch of guys from that 94 team are on it considering how bad they were…like segui, hundley, bonilla, kent, and guys like joe orsulak hah.
Joe Orsulak juiced?? Noooooo!
I always liked Orsulak . . .
Actually the 94 team was pretty scrappy - tied for 2nd when the strike hit!
Weren’t they like 27 games out though?
That is one great bit of news to hear if it is true. Piazza is the one guy I was hoping would not show up on that list.