Matthew Cerrone

News: No Active Mets on Mitchell Report
By Matthew Cerrone - Dec 13, 2007 9:13 am

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 purchasedwhich 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.

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Comment by MacD81
2007-12-13 09:17:41

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.

Comment by stellar
2007-12-13 09:21:53

You, sir, are not alone.

 
 
Comment by Rawjah Clemens Is In Jawgies Bawx
2007-12-13 10:36:06

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

Comment by beltransmole
2007-12-13 10:38:07

Is this from the AP wire?

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Comment by Steinhardt
2007-12-13 10:38:52

Ramon Castro is on the Mets 40 man…conflicting reports

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Comment by Rawjah Clemens Is In Jawgies Bawx
2007-12-13 10:42:31

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.

 
 
Comment by gomets6091
2007-12-13 10:44:07

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?

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Comment by Peter
2007-12-13 10:45:24

Abraham Nunez???

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Comment by Rawjah Clemens Is In Jawgies Bawx
2007-12-13 10:59:50

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.”

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Comment by cyclone
2007-12-13 11:02:03

I love seeing Andy Petite up there.

 
Comment by cyclone
2007-12-13 11:04:14

Wow Pujols, too? I feel like I hit the lottery!

 
Comment by Rawjah Clemens Is In Jawgies Bawx
2007-12-13 11:08:31

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?

 
Comment by cyclone
2007-12-13 11:12:23

Well, it looks real enough…I mean, some of those guys really suck, so they must have gotten a bad batch of roids.

 
Comment by Cousinjoey
2007-12-13 12:06:21

Whose Maurice Vaugh?

 
 
 
 
Comment by eltruth
2007-12-13 09:17:51

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…

Comment by Steve In Tampa
2007-12-13 09:20:05

They were never legal, they just weren’t banned substances….

Comment by beltransmole
2007-12-13 09:24:34

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?

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Comment by Hit The Weights Zeile
2007-12-13 09:29:59

hundleys will probably be on the list as far as mets go i think.

 
Comment by Gregg
2007-12-13 09:30:29

Pete Rose.

 
Comment by Mister Koo
2007-12-13 09:30:39

Rogah Clemens could be in it.

 
Comment by Lightweis
2007-12-13 09:32:36

Oh my Gahd!!!! Nawt Rogah!!

 
Comment by napes22
2007-12-13 09:37:29

Rogah Clemens has yoosed stehroids..this is a sayed day for Yankee fans!

 
Comment by Rawjah Clemens Is In Jawgies Bawx
2007-12-13 09:44:04

Rawjah!

 
Comment by beltransmole
2007-12-13 09:49:50

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!

 
Comment by Hit The Weights Zeile
2007-12-13 09:54:46

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).

 
Comment by bonatom
2007-12-13 10:25:48

CORRECTION… When McGuire used Andro.. it was legal everywhere.. I was taking it!! It was sold at GNC!

 
Comment by napes22
2007-12-13 10:28:16

NEWSFLASH: Metsblog reader “bonatom” is the latest person to be listed in the Mitchell Report.

 
Comment by beltransmole
2007-12-13 10:36:06

Bonatom is suspended from reading Metsblog for 15 days!

 
Comment by eltruth
2007-12-13 11:01:00

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?

 
 
 
 
Comment by VCarver
2007-12-13 09:22:03

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!

Comment by franco45
2007-12-13 09:27:27

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.

Comment by coldentoshea76
2007-12-13 09:35:09

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.

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Comment by NYMetz6986
2007-12-13 09:30:01

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.

Comment by gameball
2007-12-13 10:38:34

Joe Orsulak juiced?? Noooooo!

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Comment by Peter
2007-12-13 10:48:05

I always liked Orsulak . . .

 
 
Comment by dave27
2007-12-13 10:43:52

Actually the 94 team was pretty scrappy - tied for 2nd when the strike hit!

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Comment by cyclone
2007-12-13 11:05:10

Weren’t they like 27 games out though?

 
 
 
Comment by cyclone
2007-12-13 09:33:44

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.

 
 
Comment by Steve In Tampa
2007-12-13 09:22:21 </