Mitchell Report

Mariners

No current players on list

Jose Guillen, Ryan Franklin, Ron Villone and nine other players who spent at least some time with the Seattle Mariners were named in the report. No current M’s were listed in the report

Some of the dozen ex-Mariners mentioned were barely with the team, such as infielder Manny Alexander and pitchers Josias Manzanillo and Jim Parque. Others named were David Segui, Glenallen Hill, Ismael Valdes, Todd Williams, David Bell and Fernando Vina.

Barry Bonds

Looks like he had advance warning

Barry Bonds and his supporters often pointed to the fact that the home run king never flunked a drug test administered by baseball.

The report suggests why: It appears Bonds received advanced warning of two tests in 2003.

The report cites a San Francisco Chronicle report that it had obtained a tape recording of Bonds’ personal trainer Greg Anderson boasting he received advanced notice of the testing.

The provider

From batboy to steroid seller

Former New York Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges that he dealt steroids to professional baseball players for a decade.

Radomski has not spoken out publicly about the investigation as he awaits sentencing, but he outlined his steroid dealing to pro ballplayers during four meetings with Mitchell.

Radomski worked for the Mets as a batboy and then clubhouse attendant for a decade beginning in 1985. He later used the contacts he made while with the Mets to go into business selling steroids and other drugs to ballplayers.

The government

Congress wants new hearing

Two congressmen at the forefront of Capitol Hill’s involvement in the steroids issue asked George Mitchell, baseball commissioner Bud Selig and union head Donald Fehr to testify at a House committee hearing next week.

California Democrat Henry Waxman and Virginia Republican Tom Davis want to know “whether the Mitchell report’s recommendations will be adopted and whether additional measures are needed,” they said.