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Probe Gets New Baseball Steroid Evidence

Documents from former Mets clubhouse worker ties players to drugs

By Doug Sweeney, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 17, 2007 4:38 AM CDT

(Newser) – A former Mets clubhouse attendant has turned over documentation allegedly detailing players' use of performance-enhancers to George Mitchell’s investigation of steroids in baseball. In April the attendant pleaded guilty to providing major leaguers with performance-enhancing drugs from 1995-2005. Now Mitchell has received the paperwork... Read full story »

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