MLB Steroids Scandal: 50 Named in Mitchell Report
Updated: A much-awaited report on steroid use in Major League Baseball will be released tomorrow, and it reportedly will identify at least 50 current and former players who may have cheated on the game with steroids, stimulants and human growth hormone.
Apparently, former Sen. George Mitchell, a former federal prosecutor who now practices at DLA Piper (and chairs the megafirm’s “global board”), did all that baseball commissioner Bud Selig asked when he appointed him in 2006 to look into the issue—and perhaps even a bit more than anticipated. He compiled a report over more than 20 months that unnamed league officials characterized as harsh, according to the New York Times.
League lawyers are reviewing, but not editing, the report prior to release, to determine whether there have been collective bargaining agreement violations, reports USA Today.
Mitchell said earlier this year that he is trying to do two things, reports the N.Y. Daily News: “One, to provide as complete a picture as possible of events that occurred with respect to the use of performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball, and secondly to make recommendations that will enable Major League Baseball to learn from that and to increase the likelihood that they will not be used, that they will not be a significant factor in the future.”
Two ABAJournal.com articles posted more recently than this one provide additional details from the Mitchell report and a Dec. 13 press conference and further discuss Major League Baseball steroids issues. The latest also links to this National Post newspaper article listing players named in the Mitchell report.
Updated at 2:50 p.m., CST, Dec. 13, 2007.
