Commissioner Bud Selig has named former Sen. George Mitchell to head a full-scale investigation into the past use of performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball.
The announcement came at a press conference at the Commissioner's office on Thursday.
The probe was spurred by recent allegations made in a book that targets San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds and Gary Sheffield and Jason Giambi of the New York Yankees, among a number of other former Major Leaguers.
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In an interview with the New York Daily News, Gary Sheffield says that it was the failing health of Bobby Bonds that brought him into a close friendship with Barry.
"No one ever said anything about this (but) Barry's father was dying then," Sheffield said. "I was being a friend. I was there for him through tough times. Regardless of what was going on around him, I stayed there as a friend, took the abuse because of being a friend."
He paused then for a moment and shook his head.
"I could have left Barry," he continued. "I could have let him just drown in his own blood. But I didn't. I'm not that kind of person....As a man, I have to take all these shots that everybody comes at me with the steroids because I was there for him. If people want to attack, go ahead because you don't know. You don't know what kind of friend I am, what kind of person I am."
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Mike Mussina will have to pitch 2006 under lame duck status.
Mussina's agent, Arn Tellem, said he spoke with GM Brian Cashman recently about the veteran righthander's situation and is optimistic Mussina will return to the Bronx in 2007.
"I did talk to Cashman about (Mussina) and we're both committed to working out a deal," Tellem wrote in an E-mail, "but we're waiting until the end of the season."
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Yankees Mar 2006 Archive
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NY Times | Mar 28, 2006
When they break camp Thursday, the Yankees will leave Octavio Dotel behind with a good feeling about what they have seen.
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NY Times | Mar 27, 2006
On Sunday, Chien-Ming Wang, the starting pitcher, left with a bruised right kneecap in the third inning of the Yankees' 9-8 exhibition victory against the Detroit Tigers.
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Boston Herald | Mar 23, 2006
Home plate umpire Wally Bell warned both dugouts after three batters were hit by pitches within the seventh and eighth innings of New York?s 5-4 win over the Red Sox at Legends Field last night, but Sox manager Terry Francona wasn?t pleased with the way the Yankees went about gaining retaliation.
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NY Daily News | Mar 23, 2006
Gary Sheffield's claims that he never knowingly used steroids take a beating in the book that has already devastated Barry Bonds' assertions.
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Bergen Record | Mar 21, 2006
General manager Brian Cashman remains firm in that "we're not going to harass" Roger Clemens' camp with phone calls.
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NY Times | Mar 20, 2006
"If you ask me, I think he's going to keep pitching, but it has nothing to do with any conversation we had," Jeter said.
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AP | Mar 20, 2006
Al Leiter got one last out, then called it a career.
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NY Times | Mar 19, 2006
"I'm not allowed to be comfortable, and that's the reality of my situation. Just one more year of that, and then I don't have to do it no more."
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NY Post | Mar 18, 2006
"We have interest in him if he is interested," Cashman said yesterday just as he did in the offseason. "The ball is in his court. If he has interest, we have interest back."
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MLB.com | Mar 15, 2006
Aaron Small will likely open the season on the disabled list, as the Yankees right-hander strained his right hamstring while running on Tuesday.
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SI.com | Mar 15, 2006
"I spoke to Johnny yesterday,'' Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Wednesday. "He's not worried. He just needs to get it calmed down."
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NY Daily News | Mar 14, 2006
"How do you go from playing for the Yankees to playing for someone else?" said Yankees slugger Gary Sheffield.
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Newsday | Mar 14, 2006
Johnny Damon didn't start for the second straight World Baseball Classic game last night, and he might not start Thursday's second-round finale for Team USA, either.
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Democrat And Chronicle | Mar 13, 2006
Some people think Joe Girardi is getting on-the-job training as the new manager of the Florida Marlins prior to becoming manager of the New York Yankees.
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Boston Herald | Mar 11, 2006
Roger Clemens and Tom Hicks have seen a lot of each other in recent months. Hicks visited Clemens at his home in Houston before spring training.
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Reuters | Mar 8, 2006
Roger Clemens will not begin the 2006 season with any major-league team but will not rule out pitching later in the year.
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Boston Globe | Mar 7, 2006
Roger Clemens has been recruited heavily this off-season by the Red Sox, Rangers and Yankees, and a spot remains open for him with the Astors, but there's nothing more that any team can do.
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Philadelphia Daily News | Mar 4, 2006
"It's nice to see an owner care as much about winning as managers coaches and players," said Larry Bowa referring to his new boss.
