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Mitchell Report Delivers Bonds, Clemens, Tejada

Ex-senators faults players, management; urges independent tests

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 13, 2007 1:55 PM CST

(Newser) – George Mitchell’s long-awaited report on steroids in baseball dropped today, and it blamed both players and management for what it said could be the sport's biggest challenge since the 1919 Black Sox scandal. Every club had a player involved; Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Miguel Tejada were among inclusions. The ex-senator's report found some players had warning from higher-ups about tests.

Mitchell recommended creating an investigations department and consulting an independent authority for future tests, ESPN reports. He advised punishing previous offenses only for conduct “so serious that discipline is necessary to maintain the integrity of the game.” As expected, key informants were a Mets attendant and a Yankees trainer; receipts and money orders for anabolic steroids were obtained for proof.

Former senator George Mitchell delivers his remarks at the beginning of a New York news conference, Thursday Dec. 13, 2007, about his report on the illegal use of steroids in baseball. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Former senator George Mitchell delivers his remarks at the beginning of a New York news conference, Thursday Dec. 13, 2007, about his report on the illegal use of steroids in baseball. (AP Photo/Richard...   (Associated Press)
San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds hits his 758th career home run off Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Matt Morris during a baseball game in San Francisco, in this Aug. 10, 2007 file photo. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds hits his 758th career home run off Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Matt Morris during a baseball game in San Francisco, in this Aug. 10, 2007 file photo. (AP Photo/Marcio...   (Associated Press)
San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds reacts to flying out during the sixth inning of a baseball game in this July 8, 2007, file photo in St. Louis. Bonds went 0-for-3 and the Cardinals won the game, 7-0. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, file)
San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds reacts to flying out during the sixth inning of a baseball game in this July 8, 2007, file photo in St. Louis. Bonds went 0-for-3 and the Cardinals won the game, 7-0....   (Associated Press)
New York Yankees Andy Pettitte delivers a pitch in the first inning of the Yankees 3-2 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies in their spring training baseball game in Clearwater, Fla., in this March 17, 2007 file photo. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
New York Yankees Andy Pettitte delivers a pitch in the first inning of the Yankees 3-2 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies in their spring training baseball game in Clearwater, Fla., in this March 17, 2007...   (Associated Press)
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