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Active Player Proved He Was Clean, Escaped Mitchell Report

Posted Dec 14, 07 5:10 PM CST in Sports 

(Newser) – An unnamed player who was found to have purchased anabolic steroids managed to keep his name out of George Mitchell's scathing 400-page report on drug abuse in baseball, the New York Times reports after interviewing the former senator. Contacted by Mitchell's investigative team, the player and his lawyer provided evidence that, though he'd purchased the drugs, he never used them.

The player provided "substantial and corroborated evidence" he got rid of the drugs he'd purchased from former Mets employee Kirk Radomski, Mitchell said today. Meanwhile, Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman has urged MLB to implement a drug-testing program even stricter than one recommended by Mitchell's; under Waxman's plan, players' blood and urine samples would be held for human growth hormone testing.

Source New York Times

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Baseball fans, from left, Kyle Hanlon. Jordan Burns and Kevin Howes watch a news coverage of the Mitchell Report at the sports shop at Dodger Stadium, Thursday Dec. 13, 2007 in Los Angeles. The report...   (Associated Press)
Former senator George Mitchell calls on a reporter during a New York news conference, Thursday Dec. 13, 2007, about his report on the illegal use of steroids in baseball. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)   (Associated Press)
Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell is interviewed by the Associated Press, in New York Friday Dec. 14, 2007. "Those who have illegally used these substances range from players whose major league...   (Associated Press)
Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell is interviewed by the Associated Press, in New York Friday Dec. 14, 2007. "Those who have illegally used these substances range from players whose major league...   (Associated Press)
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