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With spring training starting and in the wake of the Roger Clemens/Brian McNamee hearings, I thought it would be time to check to see how the 85 players named in the Mitchell Report reacted to being named in the report.
My search would not be called exhaustive. It would be called tedious. An exhaustive search would be twice as tedious, but it's a holiday weekend. Besides, I lost Kirk Radomski's phone number.
In many cases, the reaction is "none" which is either "I couldn't find anything specific or the player refused comment."
| Player Name | Reaction since report |
| Armando Rios | None |
| Marvin Benard | None |
| Barry Bonds | It's complicated |
| Bobby Estalella | Already said he used PEDs in grand jury testimony |
| Jason Giambi | Already said he used PEDs in grand jury testimony |
| Jeremy Giambi | Admitted use |
| Benito Santiago | None |
| Gary Sheffield | Already said he used PEDs, but unknowingly |
| Randy Velarde | Admitted use of PEDs according to his attorney |
| Lenny Dykstra | None |
| David Segui | Confesses about once a week |
| Larry Bigbie | Cooperative witness and has implicated several players |
| Brian Roberts | Admitted use |
| Jack Cust | Denied use |
| Tim Laker | Admitted use in report |
| Josias Manzanillo | Admitted purchasing steroids, but not using them |
| Todd Hundley | None |
| Mark Carreon | Admitted use to Arizona Star |
| Hal Morris | Denied use |
| Matt Franco | None |
| Roger Clemens | I believe someone misremembered |
| Andy Pettitte | Admitted use |
| Chuck Knoblauch | Admitted that Mitchell Report was correct regarding him |
| Jason Grimsley | Named lots of names |
| Gregg Zaun | Denied use, said check to Grimsley was for something else |
| David Justice | Denied use |
| F.P. Santangelo | Admitted use |
| Glenallen Hill | Admitted use |
| Mo Vaughn | None |
| Denny Neagle | None |
| Ron Villone | Said report contained "inaccuracies" |
| Ryan Franklin | None, but was suspended for use in 2005 |
| Chris Donnels | None |
| Phil Hiatt | None |
| Kevin Young | None |
| Mike Lansing | None |
| Cody McKay | None |
| Kent Mercker | Admitted use |
| Adam Piatt | Admitted use |
| Miguel Tejada | "No comment", but Feds may be investigating |
| Jason Christiansen | None |
| Mike Stanton | None |
| Stephen Randolph | Refused to admit or deny use |
| Jerry Hairston | Denied use before report was issued |
| Paul Lo Duca | Apologized without giving specifics |
| Adam Riggs | Says he has passed all drug tests in Japan, denied use |
| Bart Miadich | None |
| Fernando Vina | Admitted to HGH use, but not steroids |
| Kevin Brown | None |
| Eric Gagne | Apologized, but did not admit use |
| Mike Bell | Admitted use in Mitchell Report |
| Matt Herges | Apologized and admitted use |
| Gary Bennett | Admitted use |
| Jim Parque | Denied use |
| Brendan Donnelly | Denied use |
| Chad Allen | Admitted use in Mitchell Report |
| Nook Logan | None |
| Jeff Williams | None |
| Howie Clark | None |
| Mike Judd | None |
| Ricky Stone | None |
| Derrick Turnbow | Already suspended from international competition in 2003 |
| Wally Joyner | Admitted use |
| Rafael Palmeiro | Already suspended for positive test in 2005 |
| Paxton Crawford | Admitted use before report was issued |
| Ryan Jorgenson | Suspended in 2007 for failing drug test |
| Ricky Bones | Admitted use to treat degenerative hip condition |
| Ken Caminiti | Deceased; Admitted use in 2002 SI article |
| Rick Ankiel | Said he had prescription for HGH |
| David Bell | None |
| Paul Byrd | Said he had prescription for HGH |
| Jose Canseco | Has admitted use. A lot. |
| Jay Gibbons | Admitted use after suspension in December |
| Troy Glaus | Kind of, sort of, maybe admitting using HGH |
| Jose Guillen | Suspended for beginning of 2008 season |
| Darren Holmes | Bought PEDs, but did not use them |
| John Rocker | Admitted use |
| Scott Schoenweis | Denied use as positive test was result of cancer treatments |
| Ismael Valdez | None |
| Matt Williams | Admitted use before Mitchell Report came out |
| Steve Woodard | None |
| Dan Naulty | Admitted use in Mitchell Report |
| Rondell White | None |
| Todd Williams | None |
| Todd Pratt | None |
I checked in a lot of places online, but the bulk of the info came from the ESPN.com summary and this article from SFgate.com (which actually focuses on the Yankees, not the Giants.) If you know of any errors or information on any other player who has spoken on the record one way or the other about the Mitchell Report, I will make the change.
I have gotten neurotic between the spelling of either-ethier-damn.
http://tinyurl.com/22rkgo
Thanks, I'll make the change.
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