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Chuck Knoblauch was one of three former Yankees that that Brian McNamee claimed to have injected with PEDs during his tenure as the team's trainer. So far, Andy Pettitte has remorsefully admitted to trying HGH while Roger Clemens has vociferously denied it. As for Knoblauch? He just doesn't care. From Thayer Evans of the New York Times:

"I have nothing to defend," Knoblauch said. "I have nothing to hide at the same time."

He described the Mitchell report as "crazy" and "interesting," and added that what actually bothered him about being mentioned in the report is that "I've got nothing to do with any of that, I mean, any baseball."

"And I don't want anything to do with baseball," he added.

He wants so little to do with baseball, in fact, that he's fallen completely out of the public eye. Despite hearing reports that he's been invited to appear before Congress, he claims to be completely out of the loop regarding the details.

So, if you were under the impression the Jason Grimsley affidavit was officially on blast for all to see, you were only half right. It was released back in the summer of '06, but let us not forget, there were still some names blacked out. And, darn it, if we've learned anything about this whole PED baseball mess, it's that we want names and lots of them.

Today, the document was unsealed with no blacked out names to speak of, and here's what we got:

Jose Canseco, Lenny Dykstra, Glenallen Hill and Geronimo Berroa were accused of using steroids by former major league pitcher Jason Grimsley in a federal agent's affidavit unsealed Thursday.

Grimsley also accused Chuck Knoblauch of using human growth hormone; David Segui and Allen Watson of using performance-enhancing drugs; and Rafael Palmeiro and Pete Incaviglia of taking amphetamines, according to IRS Special Agent Jeff Novitzky's sworn statement.

All but Incaviglia, Berroa and Watson were mentioned last week in the Mitchell Report on doping in baseball.

Whoa, no way ... Jose Canseco? I guess no one is safe from the terrors of steroids. At any rate, nothing overly shocking or astounding here. What is of interest, though, is how Roger Clemens' name was allegedly in this thing according to the L.A. Times, but his name never surfaced. I suppose that has to do with Brian McNamee being mentioned by Grimsley as referer for PEDs.

So yes: it looks as if the Grimsley chapter is all read and closed. Don't worry though, there's plenty more to come.

While Roger Clemens and his lawyer are busy vehemently denying that Clemens has ever used steroids, Roger's buddy Andy Pettitte has chosen to take a different route. Pettitte has come out and admitted he's used HGH on two seperate occasions.

Andy Pettitte used human growth hormone to recover from an elbow injury in 2002, the New York Yankees pitcher said two days after he was cited in the Mitchell Report.

Pettitte said he tried HGH on two occasions.

"If what I did was an error in judgment on my part, I apologize," Pettitte said Saturday in a statement released by his agent. "I accept responsibility for those two days."

What the hell is going on here!? An athlete is not only copping to having done something illegal, he's apologizing for it too? Wow.

What a refreshing change of events.

What this does make me wonder though is how Clemens feels about Pettitte's admission of taking HGH. Considering the two are close friends and are linked together in both the Mitchell Report and in Jason Grimsley's affidavit, would that make it safe to assume that Clemens used HGH with Pettitte?

What I can tell you is that Pettitte won't face the same scrutiny that Clemens is about to receive and Barry Bonds has faced for years now that he's admitted it and apologized for it. This is a forgiving society we live in, you just have to ask for it if you're planning on getting it.

Read FanHouse's full coverage of the Mitchell Report.

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David Segui's name appears in the Mitchell Report quite a few times. It's not something Segui minds though because he fully admits he's used steroids in the past. There is one part of the report though that Segui is very unhappy with, and that's the fact that it implicates Brian Roberts as a cheater as well.

Segui says that former teammate Larry Bigbie has no idea what he's talking about when it comes to Brian Roberts and steroids.

"By far that's the thing that's bothered me the most about the whole entire thing," Segui said today. "[Bigbie] threw Brian Roberts' name out on complete hearsay. Calling it hearsay would be giving it more credibility than it deserves. I'm at a loss as to why Brian Roberts' name would come out of his mouth.

"Brian Roberts has never met Kirk Radomski, at least not in my presence," said Segui, who has admitted to taking steroids and to providing Radomski's contact information to several players who wanted to know more about performance-enhancers. "And I don't know wherever else he would have met him.

"I'm not worried about damage control on my part, I don't care about that," Segui said. "What I care about is Brian Roberts. He is the kind of guy you want your daughter to marry. He is the kind of guy you want your son to grow up to be. Leave him out of this [stuff]. He has nothing to do with this."

Segui seems sincere in his defense of Roberts, but what he says doesn't explain why another former Oriole, Jason Grimsley, named Roberts along with Jay Gibbons and Miguel Tejada as steroid users in a federal affidavit. Some other players Grimsley included in that affidavit?

Roger Clemens and Andy Pettite.

So excuse me if I think David Segui is mistaken in this case.

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As we all know, it was a rather ominous day for MLB with the Mitchell report and all. But hey, there has to be some humor in it all, right? Well, yes, thanks to Jose Conseco getting booted and Rondell White "buying something," it was a tad funny.

And to top it all off, here's Bob Ley -- or should I say STEROIDS_BobLey_STEROIDS -- interviewing ESPN legal expert Roger Cossack. Cossack means to throw down Jason Grimsley here, but it comes out Jason Preistly. I mean, who can blame him, though: just look at Priestly. What a dreamboat.

Via AA.

Damn the man! He's not fighting for freedom of writers across the lands. Writers who yearn to hear the truth. Fans who need to know which of the players in today's game are rumored to be on the juice! And it's being denied, all denied! From the AP story:

A federal magistrate Friday rejected a request by The Associated Press to reveal the names of players allegedly implicated in drug use by former major league pitcher Jason Grimsley.

"Disclosure at this time may compromise the ongoing investigation in several ways," U.S. Magistrate Edward C. Voss wrote.

What? What ongoing investigation will be compromised? Is he referring to George Mitchell's "investigation?" Please. Give me a break. We here are on a need-to-know basis, and they're not letting us know. Damn the man! Fight the power!

Previously at FanHouse:
Will We Learn Who Jason Grimsley Named? (Apparently not)

Jason Grimsley rattled the baseball world last year when he was caught by feds with a shipment of HGH at his house. Grimsley subsequently named several major leaguers who he said were using steroids, performance-enhancers, and amphetamines. We know that insignificant names such as David Segui were on the list, but there were also rumors that Roger Clemens, Miguel Tejada, Andy Pettitte, Brian Roberts, and Jay Gibbons may have been on the list as well. Later today, we will find out if those names will be released.

U.S. Magistrate Edward Voss heard 70 minutes of oral arguments Thursday on a motion by the Associated Press to release the names, which have been redacted, or blacked out, from a court document in the case.

Attorneys for the government and the Major League Baseball Players Association urged Voss to keep the names secret.
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Peter Kozinets, a freedom of information specialist with the Phoenix office of the international law firm Steptoe and Johnson, argued that the names should be released because the players named are public figures, because the public has a compelling interest in the integrity of a high-profile sport played for the most part in publicly financed stadiums and because documents such as the Novitsky affidavit are crucial to the public's right to monitor the work of government investigators and judges.

Kozinets also argued that the names should be released because the government had forfeited its right to secrecy by sharing an uncensored version of Novitsky's affidavit with former Sen. George Mitchell, who is leading Major League Baseball's more than yearlong investigation into illegal drugs.

Of course MLB wants to protect the players, while the media wants to know who was on the list. Count me in the latter; I think we have the right to know who was named. This thing should make waves in the baseball world. Emphasis on should -- regardless of all names that can appear on this list, there is only one that will matter most to fans -- Barry Bonds -- and his name isn't rumored to be on there.

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In the latest move of MLB's and George Mitchell's ongoing investigation into steroid use by the league's players, it has been reported in the New York Times that Mitchell is going after the medical records of a few current and former Baltimore Orioles. Including Sammy Sosa and Rafael Palmeiro.

Investigators of steroid use in baseball are seeking medical records from at least two of the game's premier sluggers over the past dozen years, Sammy Sosa and Rafael Palmeiro, along with records from dozens of other players suspected of using performance-enhancing drugs, a baseball official with direct knowledge of the request said.

The investigators in the inquiry, headed by the former Senator George J. Mitchell, have also asked the Baltimore Orioles to send medical files to Jason Grimsley, David Segui and Fernando Tatis, the official said.

There's only one problem with Mitchell's latest move. The players in question don't have to give up their medical records if they don't want to. So really, this newest "attempt" to uncover steroid abuse in baseball will serve no purpose.

Really though, what should we expect? What has Mitchell done over the last year that has come up with any actual information? Bud Selig and George Mitchell don't want to find anything out about steroid use and baseball, and probably because they already know everything that has gone on in the game over the last 20 years or so.

Mitchell knows that the players don't have to release their medical records to him, so that's exactly why he's asked for them. That way it gets on the front of the New York Times sports section and makes it look like baseball is actually trying to do something about the problem.

Previously at the Fanhouse:
George Mitchell Readying Final Phase Of World Domination Plan
Gary Sheffield Won't Cooperate With George Mitchell, Either
Remember That Steroid Ivestigation? George Mitchell's Not Done Yet