...this is getting stranger by the moment....
MLB, union address list
ESPN.com news services
Updated: August 8, 2009, 11:14 AM ET
NEW YORK -- At least eight players -- and possibly more -- on the 2003 list of 104 names seized by the government did not test positive for steroids, Major League Baseball said Saturday.
In statements ahead of a 12:30 p.m. ET news conference at Yankee Stadium, the commissioner's office and union general counsel Michael Weiner said the number of players on the list exceeds the number that the union and management agreed had tested positive.
"There are more names on the government list [104] than the maximum number of positives that were recorded under the 2003 program [96]," MLB said in a statement. "And, as the Mitchell report made clear, some of the 96 positives were contested by the union. Given the uncertainties inherent in the list, we urge the press and the public to use caution in reaching conclusions based on leaks of names, particularly from sources whose identities are not revealed."
Weiner said some positives could have been caused by then-legally available nutritional supplements and that some scientific questions remain regarding the 2003 survey tests.
[ame="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4385699"]David Ortiz of Boston Red Sox apologizes, says he never used or bought steroids - ESPN[/ame]
MLB, union address list
ESPN.com news services
Updated: August 8, 2009, 11:14 AM ET
NEW YORK -- At least eight players -- and possibly more -- on the 2003 list of 104 names seized by the government did not test positive for steroids, Major League Baseball said Saturday.
In statements ahead of a 12:30 p.m. ET news conference at Yankee Stadium, the commissioner's office and union general counsel Michael Weiner said the number of players on the list exceeds the number that the union and management agreed had tested positive.
"There are more names on the government list [104] than the maximum number of positives that were recorded under the 2003 program [96]," MLB said in a statement. "And, as the Mitchell report made clear, some of the 96 positives were contested by the union. Given the uncertainties inherent in the list, we urge the press and the public to use caution in reaching conclusions based on leaks of names, particularly from sources whose identities are not revealed."
Weiner said some positives could have been caused by then-legally available nutritional supplements and that some scientific questions remain regarding the 2003 survey tests.
[ame="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4385699"]David Ortiz of Boston Red Sox apologizes, says he never used or bought steroids - ESPN[/ame]
