The Official Mitchell Report Thread

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Unsealed Radomski affidavit reveals names of Sid Fernandez, others

As the Jason Grimsley affidavit was being unsealed in Arizona on Thursday, showing that the former journeyman pitcher did not name Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte as drug users, the equally notorious Kirk Radomski affidavit was being unsealed in New York, revealing several lesser names not included in the Mitchell report last week.

According to the Radomski affidavit, obtained exclusively by ESPN, the former Mets clubhouse attendant received a $3,500 check from former New York Mets All-Star Sid Fernandez, written in February 2005, six years after Fernandez last tried to pitch professionally.

The file, unsealed in the U.S. District Court in Central Islip, N.Y., late Thursday, does not specify what Fernandez's check bought. Fernandez did not return a call to his Hawaii home Thursday night.

The Radomski affidavit was filed under seal in Dec. 2005, when IRS investigator Jeff Novitzky, the lead agent on the BALCO distribution case, sought a search warrant for Radomski's home in Manorville, N.Y. Radomski's name and the existence of the affidavit didn't come to light until April 2007, when Radomski pleaded guilty to distributing steroids. At the time, a version of the search warrant affidavit was released, but with numerous sections of the document redacted. Radomski is set to be sentenced Feb. 8.

Federal prosecutors asked the judges to unseal the files, saying they no longer needed to protect the information as part of their ongoing investigation into performance-enhancing drug distribution.

The most tantalizing section of the redacted Radomski affidavit included 23 blacked-out lines of information obscuring the names of his clients. As part of Radomski's plea agreement, he cooperated with former Sen. George Mitchell's investigation into baseball's doping history. Most of the names found in the unsealed affidavit appeared in Mitchell's report.

The names not used by Mitchell were not exceptional. Besides Fernandez, whose last major league appearance was a single start for the Houston Astros in April 1997, the only names that appear in the affidavit but not the Mitchell report are Ryan Schurman, whose professional career ended in 2002 and never rose above Double-A, and Rick Holyfield, another journeyman minor leaguer.

Many of the 23 entries were repeats: Only 13 different names are listed, including Grimsley, Adam Piatt, Adam Riggs, Jerry Hairston Jr., David Segui, Jim Parque (there is one reference to an "Adam Parque"), Denny Neagle, Larry Bigbie and Rondell White.

Brian McNamee, the personal trainer who named names to Mitchell, is listed as having written four checks for a total of $7,500, and is identified as "former NY Yankee employee, personal fitness trainer for Roger Clemens & Andy Pettitte."

Also, in a section detailing Radomski's phone records, the affidavit says Radomski called Pete Rose Jr. numerous times in 2001, "which occurred during the time frame when Rose Jr. pleaded guilty to distributing performance-enhancing drugs."

Rose Jr. pleaded guilty in 2005 to distributing GBL, a drug that converts to the drug GHB in the body, in 2001. GHB, known as "the date-rape drug," is sometimes used by dopers to help them sleep.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3164232

 

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NEW YORK -- Roger Clemens' lawyers are investigating accusations in the Mitchell Report that say the star pitcher used steroids and human growth hormone.

Clemens was the biggest name in this month's report by former Senate majority leader George Mitchell that detailed widespread use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. The seven-time Cy Young Award winner has repeatedly denied using steroids or HGH.

"On Roger's behalf, we are investigating the allegations about him contained in the Mitchell Report," Clemens' attorney, Rusty Hardin, said Wednesday in a statement. "To our surprise, we have identified several people who logic dictates the Mitchell team should have talked to but did not. That's troubling. We are asking questions and we encourage the news media to do the same."

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3168534

 

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Clemens 'swears' in interview he's never used banned substances

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3179745

Roger Clemens says he was injected with "Lidocaine and B-12" and not steroids or human growth hormone by former trainer Brian McNamee, according to a portion of an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" released Thursday.

"Lidocaine and B-12. It's for my joints, and B-12 I still take today," Clemens told Mike Wallace in the interview, which is scheduled to be shown Sunday night. It is Clemens' first interview since the release of the Mitchell report in December.

According to CBS, Clemens calls the accusation that he used steroids and HGH "ridiculous" and says he "never" used any banned substances. The interview was conducted last Friday.

Wallace asked Clemens if he swears he didn't used banned substances. "Swear," Clemens responds.

Lidocaine is a local anesthetic that can be used by dentists and in minor surgery. It also is available as part of ointments used to treat skin inflammation.

Clemens is scheduled to hold a news conference on Monday, the day after the interview is broadcast.

On Thursday, The New York Times reported that a lawyer for McNamee said he wouuld sue Clemens if he accuses McNamee of lying in the interview.

"He's got a chance to protect himself," Richard D. Emery, a New York-based lawyer who specializes in libel and defamation actions, told The Times. "We're not going to sue him if he doesn't do it. But if he does it, we're going to sue him."

Clemens' lawyer, Rusty Hardin, told The Times his client has nothing to hide.

Sounds kinda fishy to me. This sounds like the Bonds defense of I didn't know what was being injected. Why would Clemens not go to a doctor for these injections.

 

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Ok here is Andy Pettitte's deposition.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3243793