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...February 13, three players named in the report - former New York Yankee teammates Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, and Chuck Knoblauch - plus two key sources for Mitchell, ex-New York Mets clubhouse employee Kirk Radomski and personal trainer Brian McNamee, are scheduled to testify before the House committee. This round of testimony was originally scheduled for Jan. 16, but the committee pushed it back to give Congress more time to prepare by, among other things, deposing the players under oath (feverish negotiations are already under way between the players' attorneys and Washington to figure out exactly how that will...
...admits he lied to Mitchell, in no way does it disprove, or even really damage, the rest of the report. After all, McNamee contributed just three names to the document: Pettitte, who has already confirmed the accusations against him; Clemens; and Knoblauch, who has stayed quiet (both McNamee and Radomski named pitcher Jason Grimsley, who has admitted to using steroids, and David Justice, who denied it). And McNamee's battle with Clemens has absolutely no bearing on the dozens of players whom Radomski named. If McNamee lied about Clemens, sure, it's a hole in the report...
...judging by the report, Mitchell didn't have much success until baseball hit a home run in April, when Kirk Radomski, a clubhouse attendant for the New York Mets between 1995 and 2005, pleaded guilty to providing anabolic steroids and human growth hormone to dozens of players and their associates. In exchange for what presumably will be a lighter sentence - he faces up to 25 years - Radomski agreed to cooperate with Mitchell's investigation. The Radomski probe also connected Mitchell's team to Clemens' trainer, McNamee. Cohen notes that it's certainly "unusual" for a private actor like Major League...
...steroid use, or else they could be subjecting themselves to the same kinds of much more serious perjury charges facing Barry Bonds. "What your going to see is a huge public relations war," says Shapiro. "High-profile agents, publicists issuing denials, saying everything was hearsay, whatever." Players named by Radomski can certainly try to attack his credibility - he's working with the Feds in plea deal, and players could argue he has an incentive to make stuff...
...Mitchell said, the report offers no real closure to the steroid era. "There are really more unknowns than knowns," says former Los Angeles Dodgers general manager Fred Claire. Who did they miss? Who's breathing a bit easier today? This report was based largely on two sources, McNamee and Radomski, involved in a single steroid distribution ring, which accounts for the large concentration of players in just a few organizations. It's safe to assume that the steroids problem was much, much more widespread than shown in this report. Mitchell himself admits his document is not comprehensive, and certain suspected...