The Mitchell Report - List of Players Included

Bagwell
Clemens
Kyle
Pettitte
Caminiti
Tejada
Everett

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Note the presence of one Jeff Bagwell.

*Disclaimer*
These don't necessarily mean they used steriods, just that their names are in the 300+ page report somewhere.

Listening to Mitchell now, it's clear to me players who want to use HGH and water based steroids  can escape being caught by drug testing.

Not being named in the Report is not proof of nonuse.

Marvin Benard
Barry Bonds
Bobby Estalella
Jason Giambi
Jeremy Giambi
Benito Santiago
Gary Sheffield
Randy Velarde
Lenny Dykstra
David Segui
Larry Bigbie
Brian Roberts
Jack Cust
Tim Laker
Josias Manzanillo
Todd Hundley
Mark Carreon
Hal Morris
Matt Franco
Rondell White
Roger Clemens - ex Astro
Andy Pettitte - ex Astro
Chuck Knoblauch
Jason Grimsley
Gregg Zaun - ex Astro
David Justice
F.P. Santangelo
Glenallen Hill
Mo Vaughn
Denny Neagle
Ron Villone
Ryan Franklin
Chris Donnels
Todd Williams
Phil Hiatt
Todd Pratt
Kevin Young
Mike Lansing
Cody McKay
Kent Mercker
Adam Piatt
Miguel Tejada
Jason Christiansen
Mike Stanton
Stephen Randolph - Current Astro
Jerry Hairston, Jr
Paul Lo Duca
Bart Miadich
Fernando Vina
Kevin Brown
Eric Gagne
Mike Bell
Matt Herges
Gary Bennett Jr
Jim Parque
Brendan Donnelly
Chad Allen
Jeff Williams
Howie Clark
Exavier "Nook" Logan
Rick Ankiel
David Bell
Paul Byrd
Jose Canseco
Jay Gibbons
Troy Glaus
Jason Grimsley
Jose Guillen
Darren Holmes
Gary Matthews, Jr
John Rocker
Scott Schoeneweis
Ismael Valdez
Matt Williams
Steve Woodard

That's real good work.

They are suspicious I'm sure.

On the other hand, Roger Clemens, Andy Pettite, Bary Bonds, and the Giambi brothers are hit hard.

I was surprised to see Matt Williams, David Justice and Troy Glaus.  Eric Gagne comes out looking bad.

Particulary onwers of these clubs:
Mets - Giants - Orioles- Diamondbacks  - Maybe Red Sox,  Yankees & Blue Jays.

Miguel Tejada Miguel Tejada is a shortstop who has played for two teams in Major League Baseball since 1997, the Oakland Athletics (7 seasons) and Baltimore Orioles (4 seasons). He was the American League Most Valuable Player in 2002. He played in every game from June 2, 2000 until June 21, 2007, the fifth longest streak of consecutive games played in Major League 202 Baseball history. Tejada has played in four All-Star games and was the Most Valuable Player of the 2005 All-Star game. In 2003, Adam Piatt's locker was located next to Tejada's in the Oakland Athletics clubhouse. According to Piatt, Tejada asked specifically if he had any steroids. Piatt believed that Tejada asked him because Piatt was in good shape and generally friendly with him. Piatt had several conversations with Tejada before a transaction occurred. Piatt admitted he had access to steroids and human growth hormone and agreed to obtain them for Tejada. Piatt recalled that he provided Tejada with testosterone or Deca-Durabolin, as well as human growth hormone. Piatt emphasized that he did not know whether Tejada actually used the substances. Piatt's bank provided two checks deposited into Piatt's account that had been written to him from Miguel Tejada. The checks are dated March 21, 2003 and are in the amounts of $3,100 and $3,200 respectively. Both are included in the Appendix; one is shown below. Separately, before our interviews of him, Piatt also spoke with federal agents by telephone. Piatt had his personal lawyer present for this call, as he did in his meetings with me 203 and my investigative staff. The federal agents later advised my staff that Piatt also informed them of Piatt's sales to Tejada during their telephone interview. Radomski recalled receiving a call from Piatt during which he said he needed extra testosterone because "one of the guys wanted some." In a later conversation, Piatt told Radomski that the testosterone was for his teammate, Miguel Tejada. Radomski never spoke, or sold performance enhancing substances, directly to Tejada. Radomski provided this information to me without knowledge that I had spoken to Piatt or that I was otherwise aware of Piatt's alleged sales to Tejada. Similarly, Piatt was unaware of any statements by Radomski on this subject when he was interviewed by my investigative staff. As discussed earlier in this report, Tejada was interviewed as part of a congressional investigation into whether Rafael Palmeiro had lied under oath about his use of performance enhancing substances during a March 17, 2005 congressional committee hearing.408 In that investigation, Palmeiro said he had received injectable, and legal, vitamin B12 from Tejada; Palmeiro said it was possible the vitamin B12 had been tainted and had been the reason for his positive test for steroids. Tejada admitted to investigators that he provided injectable vitamin B12 to Palmeiro and two other unidentified Orioles players during the 2005 season. The congressional report said that the Players Association had tested another vial of vitamin B12 provided by Tejada and it showed no signs of steroids.409 Tejada is also mentioned in two books on the subject. In Juicing the Game, the author Howard Bryant wrote that during the 2002 season, an airport security screener found a syringe in Tejada's briefcase. Tejada reportedly explained that he received a supply of vitamin 408 See supra at 103-06; see also H. Comm. on Gov't Reform, Report on Investigation Into Rafael Palmeiro's March 17, 2005 Testimony Before the Comm. on Gov't Reform, at 6 (109th Cong. 2005) ("Palmeiro Report"). 409 Palmeiro Report at 9-10, 25, 27. 204 B12 from the Dominican Republic that he administered to himself.410 Mickey Morabito, the director of team travel for the Oakland Athletics, confirmed the incident in an interview with my investigative staff. He acknowledged that he did not report the incident to anyone with the club or the Commissioner's Office. In his book Juiced, Jose Canseco wrote that, in 1997, when he and Tejada were teammates on the Athletics, they discussed the use of performance enhancing substances: I started giving him [Tejada] advice about steroids, and he seemed interested in what I was saying. Tejada and I had a secret weapon: We could speak in Spanish, which made it easier to talk about whatever he wanted, even if there were reporters around.411 Tejada denied that he had ever had any discussions with Canseco about steroids. He was further reported to say: "I work very hard to keep in shape and any suggestion that I use steroids, or any banned substance is insulting and not worth discussing further."412 In December 2005, Texas Rangers owner Thomas O. Hicks and general manager Jon Daniels engaged in an email exchange about possible trade discussions. In one email, Daniels stated that he had "some steroids concerns with Tejada," and cited Tejada's decreased productivity over the second half of the 2005 season.413 In order to provide Tejada with information about these allegations and to give him an opportunity to respond, I asked him to meet with me; he declined.

It'll be interesting to see how this gets handled.  Thatd be a lot of suspensions and a lot of hearings if he started doling out suspensions based on this report.  It seems like Mitchell wasn't looking for that reaction, but rather trying to paint a picture to use as motivation for future action.  I've never really formed a strong opinion about the steroid issue.  It's certainly wrong and I'm disappointed at every name in the report, but I'm not sure what the appropriate action is at this point though.  Who's punished most by a suspension to a player for actions several years ago while they were on a different club?  Maybe I'm just saying that cause I'd hate for us to have just traded for a guy that may be looking at a suspension.  Teams all around the league are in a similar situation where they may be punished for things that didn't happen under their watch.

I don't know.  It'll be interesting to see how all this plays out.  I'm sure it's going to be THE topic of discussion on every blog, web forum, radio talk show, TV sports program, etc. for some time now.  Let the ad nausium begin.

"It appears that Caminiti began
researching the possibility of using steroids as early as 1993 or 1994, when he discussed the
issue with one of his teammates on the Houston Astros." p. 74

Up to where I've read, the unnamed teammate has still been unnamed.

I wonder who the guy he didn't identify was.

As for the rest of the names, I'm just glad Biggio and Bagwell weren't on it. I already figured Tejada was going to be there, so it didn't really change my feelings there. I hated that trade yesterday(and I never get too worked up about trades!) and I still hate it today.

I am in the assumption that there were 2 or 3 "heads/sources" that got pressed into naming names. And the players that were named are not the only ones there truly are, they just lucked out their "source" was not pressed. And to that aspect the players named were unlucky they were.

Today is a great day for my idol Jeff Bagwell and his little buddy, our beloved Biggs.    

Like, Why wasn't Sammy Sosa on the list?

 Why wasn't Nomar Garciappara on the list?

or Why wasn't Jason Varitek on the list?

etc

USING DRUGS SAME AS DEAL WITH DEVIL

Published Sunday,May 31, 1998

DETROIT - Greetings, Birmingham. Hope all is well.

We finally had a good road trip. Even though we were 4-4 on it, we played well. That sounds stupid, but we must make baby steps around here.

This week's topic is a tough one to write. I enjoy the game so much that it hurts me to defame it, but as a somewhat member of the media, I believe it is my job to tell you the stuff that is uncomfortable for me as a player. I'm talking today about the use and abuse of steroids and uppers. In my time in the big leagues, I've never seen anyone take steroids. But I have seen teammates come to spring training 40 pounds heavier, then tell me: "Not me, man, I used creatine." Yeah, right! I don't know the exact number, but probably two or three players on every team take Ãroids.

More position players take them than pitchers. Steroids, I don't think, help arm speed.

Steroids have been around for a while. The short-term rewards for using steroids are huge, but the longterm effect can kill you.

A lot of the players who use steroids probably started in the minors. It probably happened like this: A player decides during the winter that his career isn't where he thinks it should be. He saw his buddy who is on Ãroids hit 30 homers in the minors and get to the show. He decides that getting to the majors is worth the risk.

His bench press goes up 60 pounds. He never feels tired. The next spring training, this kid comes in 45 pounds heavier and hitting bombs. Balls he hit to the warning track two years ago now leave the park. No one in the organization says one thing. You better believe the organization suspects something, but they don't say a word because this kid can help their team.

That year, this kid stays in the majors and hits 25 homers. The next winter he signs a five-year, $16 million deal and is financially set for the rest of his life.

Do you see the deal he has made with the devil? What would you do?

Uppers - also called greenies, beans, speed - are used far more than Ãroids. A lot of players do it. On some teams, I bet more than half do.

Let me paint you this picture: You have a night game in Los Angeles that goes extra innings. After the game you get on a plane bound for Chicago, where you have a doubleheader. You come in dragging. You're sore; you didn't sleep, and your buddy has these greenies. He says to try one because they help you concentrate and "lock you in." You take two and go out and play.

That night, you go 4-for-5 with two homers or throw eight innings of shutout ball. Then you wonder, "Is it me or did these really help?"

Because you are superstitious, you do it the next night. You play well again and decide to keep it going.

There is only one problem: You can't sleep at night because you are so worked up. So what do you do? You have a drink to help you sleep. You wake up the next day and feel sluggish, so you bean up again. Then you can't sleep, so you drink . . . Get the picture?

Ashamedly, I must admit I've used greenies twice. I didn't like the way it felt. I felt nervous and giddy. I get that way naturally, so I don't use them now.

Things go on in baseball that I'm not proud of. Remember this: These are not bad people who use steroids and uppers - just people making bad decisions.

From behind the seams, Todd Jones