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News: A-Rod Reportedly Did Steroids

According to SI.com, four independent sources have claimed that Alex Rodriguez reportedly tested positive for steroids in 2003.
Selena Roberts and David Epstein write that, “in 2003, when he won the American League home run title and the AL Most Valuable Player award as a shortstop for the Texas Rangers, Alex Rodriguez tested positive for two [...]

News: Bonds Failed Steroid Test in 2001

According to a report from Reuters, U.S. prosecutors said free-agent OF Barry Bonds tested positive for steroids in November 2001, only one month after recording his record 73rd home run of the season.
…Update…11:42 pm…
According to the Associated Press, this report was the result of a typo in court papers filed by federal prosecutors.
…so, oops…keep [...]

Read: Steroid Stories from around the Web

According to ESPN, the U.S. Congress will hold a second round of hearings to investigate the use of steroids in Major League Baseball, while using information from yesterday’s Mitchell Report.
For a complete breakdown of the report, in Q&A fashion, check out the New York Times.
…actually, the Times Q&A, which is my favorite, regular feature they run, is [...]

News: Lo Duca and Hundley in Mitchell Report

Lenny Dykstra, Todd Hundley, Mark Carreon, Matt Franco, Todd Pratt, Mo Vaughn, Mike Stanton, Scott Schoeneweis and Paul Lo Duca, among others, are all mentioned in The Mitchell Report, which you can download at SNY.
In the section dealing with players who had been in contact with Kirk Randomski, the Report reads…

“Radomski has known Hundley since 1988, when Radomski [...]

Buzz: Clemens and Pettitte on Mitchell List

According to ESPN The Magazine’s Shaun Assael, Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte will be mentioned in the Mitchell Report, which will be released to the public later this afternoon.
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, i’m picking up some [...]

News: No Active Mets on Mitchell Report

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, [...]

Opinion: MLB and Steroids

According to the Baltimore Sun, David Segui admitted buying shipments of steroids from his friend, former New York Mets clubhouse attendant and admitted drug distributor, Kirk Radomski - and reiterated he used human growth hormone with a legal prescription from a Florida doctor.
Segui played for the Mets in 1994 and 1995, and retired from baseball in 2004.
Ramdomski [...]