Documents sent to House panel

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Documents about Rafael Palmeiro’s failed drug test were turned over to Congress by Major League Baseball on Friday, information that will be used to determine whether to pursue a perjury charge against the Baltimore Orioles slugger.

The House Government Reform Committee wants to know whether Palmeiro lied in March when he testified under oath that he had never used steroids.

He was suspended for 10 days by baseball on Aug. 1 after a positive steroids test. The next day, Palmeiro agreed in a telephone conversation with Government Reform Committee chairman Tom Davis, R-Va., to let baseball release information requested by the panel.

Cameron having surgery

Mike Cameron was to undergo facial surgery Friday night, one day after his frightening outfield collision with New York Mets teammate Carlos Beltran.

Cameron was scheduled to be operated on in San Diego, where he is expected to remain for at least four more days. Beltran was expected to miss New York’s three-game weekend series with the Los Angeles Dodgers because of a concussion and a small fracture in his cheekbone.

“Former major league infielder Wilson Delgado was suspended for 30 games, the second time he’s been penalized this season for violating the minor league drug policy.

Delgado, playing in the Florida organization, was suspended for 15 games in May under the steroids policy.

“Giants outfielder Moises Alou was placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to Aug. 3 with a strained right hamstring

“Ivan Rodriguez was late getting back to the Tigers and manager Alan Trammell acknowledged he was “disappointed.”

Rodriguez completed a four-game suspension Thursday and was supposed to rejoin the Tigers for a three-game series in Kansas City.

Trammell said he was told that Rodriguez’s flight had been delayed and that the catcher had been conducting personal business in Colombia.