Among those named in former Senator George Mitchell’s explosive report detailing the habitual and frequent use of steroids among the sport’s brightest stars, are Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte.
The most stunning revelations within the report pertain to Cy Young winner and future Hall of Famer, Roger Clemens. Mitchell acutely chronicles Clemens’ alleged use of performance-enhancers, based on testimony from his longtime friend and trainer, Brian McNamee. Clemens was targeted in nearly nine pages of the report, with 82 references by name.
McNamee told Mitchell that Clemens took performance-enhancing drugs during the 1998, 2000, and 2001 seasons. He testified that the drug Winstorl was administered in 1998, human growth hormone in 2000, and “Sustanon or Deca-Durabolin” in 2001.
Within the report’s pages, McNamee also admits to “injecting the drugs into Clemens’ buttocks on various occasions.”
Pettitte, according to the report, initially inquired about human growth hormone to McNamee during the 2001-02 off-season, to which McNamee said he discouraged him from using. Pettitte however, suffered an elbow injury early the following season, where he asked McNamee again about HGH.
The report then states that McNamee traveled to Tampa, where Pettitte was rehabilitating, and “injected Pettitte with human growth hormone that McNamee obtained from Radomski on two to four occasions.”
In it’s totality, the report names 88 players, both past and present, including seven MVP’s.
According to Newsday, “There are also no prominent Red Sox players mentioned in the report, which is at least somewhat curious because Mitchell refused to resign from his role as part of the Red Sox management team during this investigation. Mitchell denied giving any special treatment to the Red Sox because of his title.”
"There is no evidence of bias or special treatment to Red Sox in this report, or anybody else, because there isn't any," Mitchell said. "That had no effect."
Hmmm… makes me wonder…
Read the entire report here: http://files.mlb.com/mitchrpt.pdf
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