Former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell unveiled the final report of his 20-month steroid investigation in Major League Baseball on Thursday.
Mitchell's 20-month investigation is said to conclude that as many as 60 professional baseball players used steroids. Various sources said that the individuals named in the report include 2005 National League Most Valuable Player Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox captain Jason Varitek, as well as Johnny Damon, Nomar Garciaparra, Miguel Tejada and Kerry Wood, and among others.
The report is said to point the finger at Major League Baseball and the league's Players Association union for creating what is being called "a serious drug culture within baseball, from top to bottom."
Free agent Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte of the New York Yankees, Miguel Tejada of the Houston Astros, Eric Gagne of the Milwaukee Brewers and Paul Lo Duca of the Washington Nationals were among the most prominent former and current All-Stars to be mentioned in the lengthy report.
Mitchell, a former federal prosecutor, is a director of the Boston Red Sox, and was chairman of The Walt Disney Co., the parent of ESPN, at the time Selig established the committee on March 30, 2006, charging it with leaving "no stone unturned" in its quest to determine what happened in baseball's so-called steroid era.
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