Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'georgemitchell'
January 11, 2008
Former Yankees second baseman Chuck Knoblauch, who became most famous for errant throws to first base -- one even hit Keith Olberman's mother -- found himself in the news in December when his name popped up in the Mitchell Report. Unlike Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens, Knoblauch remained silent until Thursday. He said he wasn't upset with the report but didn't deny using human growth hormone, a substance Pettitte has admitted taking but Clemens has......
Continue Reading "Knoblauch Ends Silence; Yanks Fan Sues Team"December 17, 2007
Alex Rodriguez went on 60 Minutes last night and firmly denied that he used steroids. When asked if he had ever used steroids, HGH or any other performance-enhancing drug A-Rod firmly stated “no” and then explained, "I've never felt overmatched on the baseball field. I've always been a very strong, dominant position. And I felt that if I did my work as I've done since I was, you know, a rookie back in Seattle, I......
Continue Reading "A-Rod Says He is Clean "December 13, 2007
The morning started with rumors of names mentioned in Senator George Mitchell's report to Major League Baseball, but not until this afternoon were any rumors substantiated. Stating in his report that “there is much about the illegal use of performance enhancing substances in baseball that I did not learn,” Mitchell proceeded to lay waste to the careers of many notable players, perhaps none more so than Roger Clemens. In the report Brian McNamee, Roger Clemens’......
Continue Reading "Baseball's Day Of Shame"December 13, 2007
He’s made his list, he’s checked it twice and now we are going to find out who has been naughty and not nice. Former Senator George Mitchell's report on the use of performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball comes out at 2pm today. And besides providing us with the most complete look at the use of performance-enhancing drugs to date, the Mitchell Report will also name names. While it is just speculation at this point,......
Continue Reading "He Knows What You've Injected"July 30, 2007
The next name up on Jose Canseco's mudslinging list is none other than Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez. In an interview Friday with Boston radio station WEEI, the former Oakland A's slugger and former Yankee said that he had the "other stuff on Alex Rodriguez," and that he plans on laying out the details in a book he's shopping to publishers now. When the radio-host asked if A-Rod was on steroids, Canseco said "Wait and......
Continue Reading "Jose Canseco Claims He Has Juice on A-Rod"June 22, 2007
Jason Giambi has decided to talk. The Yankees DH, who faced a Thursday deadline from Major League Baseball to cooperate with their steroid investigation, decided yesterday to cooperate with baseball's steroid investigator George Mitchell. Giambi will have the inauspicious title of being the first known active player in baseball to talk to Mitchell, the former Senate majority leader. After speaking yesterday with Bud Selig, the commissioner of baseball, Giambi released a statement announcing his cooperation.......
Continue Reading "The Juice is Loose: Giambi to Talk About 'Roids"June 19, 2007
The season series between the Mets and Yankees may be over, but the Brooklyn Cyclones and the Staten Island Yankees are just getting started. The two Class A Short-Season affiliates of the Mets and Yankees open their seasons today at Keyspan Park in Coney Island. While both teams were in the New York-Penn League playoffs last year, the Yankees had the best regular season record and they won the league championship last. The two......
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