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In the past few days, George J. Mitchell has disagreed with parts of Kirk Radomski’s book on the steroid use of Major League Baseball players. Radomski’s book is entitled “Bases Loaded” and he discusses here Mitchell’s attempts to tie athletes with the use of performance enhancing drugs. The steroid distributor wrote that two days before the Mitchell Report was released, he was called in for a conference with the senator. Mitchell asked him about some athletes which he had “good information” on. These athletes had allegedly been using anabolic steroids but there was no second source to confirm it. Mitchell wanted Radomski to remember and make sure that nothing else can be added to the stories. Unfortunately, Radomski didn’t have firsthand knowledge on some of the players in question and therefore, those players were not included in the Mitchell Report.

Mitchell claims that the steroid dealer’s recall on that conference was not accurate. This is not the first time he has had a problem with what was written on Radomski’s book.

From The New York Times:

“At no time did we raise the names of specific players who had not previously been identified to us by Mr. Radomski, including in the Dec. 11, 2007, telephone call,” John Clarke, a spokesman for Mitchell, said in an e-mail message Tuesday night.

On Monday, Mitchell disputed a separate passage in the book in which Radomski describes being asked by Mitchell about five high-profile major leaguers who were not among his customers. Radomski writes that Mitchell had suspicions about the five players and had been told by baseball officials that some had tested positive for steroids.

Radomski says he told Mitchell he had no firsthand knowledge linking these five players to drug use, and ultimately, only one of them was named in the report. Mitchell, however, said Monday that at no time did he raise with Radomski the names of specific players who had not previously been identified by Radomski.

Radomski also wrote about the different characters he had sold performance enhancing drugs to. The publisher of the book, Hudson Street Press, chose not to comment on the ongoing dispute. The book will be released in stores next week.

Category: Anabolic Steroids | Tags: Bases Loaded, George Mitchell, Kirk Radomski, Major League Baseball, Mitchell Report, performance enhancing drugs, steroids