Present and former players are on pins and needles Thursday, awaiting the “Mitchell Report” to be released. The report is supposed to name at least 60 players who have abused steroids in MLB. Two big names have already been released: New York Yankee pitchers Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte.
A former trainer for Roger Clemens provided information about Clemens’s steroid use to investigators for former Senator George Mitchell, who will release a report Thursday on steroids in baseball, two lawyers familiar with the investigation said.
The trainer, Brian McNamee, also provided information about steroid use by pitcher Andy Pettitte and first baseman David Segui, the lawyers said. McNamee spoke to Mitchell’s investigators under pressure from federal prosecutors investigating the use of steroids in baseball.
It’s kind of ironic how the first two names released (officially, at least) were pitchers. Everyone likes to talk about how the hitters are all juiced, but obviously this report will put things in perspective that it’s not just them. More to follow…
