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For today's Mitchell report examination I will take a look at the
role some Dodgers played. What I have done is taken the exact text
from the report and clicked and paste to give you word for word what
is in the report. At the bottom of the page I explain why I left some
of the supposed Dodgers off the list.

Todd Hundley : Todd Hundley played as a catcher with three teams in
Major League Baseball from 1990 until 2003 (the New York Mets, Los
Angeles Dodgers, and Chicago Cubs). He was with the Mets from 1990 to
1998. He played in All-Star games in 1996 and 1997.

Radomski has known Hundley since 1988, when Radomski worked for the
Mets and Hundley played in the Mets' minor league system. Radomski
stated that, beginning in
1996, he sold Deca-Durabolin and testosterone to Hundley on three or
four occasions. At the beginning of that year, Radomski told Hundley
that if he used steroids, he would hit 40 home
runs. Hundley hit 41 home runs in 1996, having never hit more than 16
in any prior year. After the season, Radomski said, Hundley took him
out to dinner.

Chris Donnels played with Hundley in 2000 when they were both with
the Los Angeles Dodgers. Donnels admitted to my investigative staff
that Radomski supplied him with performance enhancing substances.
Donnels recalled having extensive discussions with
Hundley about his performance enhancing substance use and about
Radomski while they were teammates. Hundley's name, with two
addresses and three telephone numbers, is listed in the
address book seized by federal agents from Radomski's residence.

In order to provide Hundley with information about these allegations
and to give
him an opportunity to respond, I asked him to meet with me; he
declined.


Chris Donnels: Chris Donnels played parts of eight seasons as an
infielder with five teams in
Major League Baseball between 1991 and 2002, the New York Mets,
Houston Astros, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Arizona
Diamondbacks.

Radomski met Donnels while they were both with the Mets in 1991 and
1992. Radomski sold both human growth hormone and steroids to Donnels
from 2000 to 2004. Radomski produced eight checks and money orders
from Donnels. The earliest was dated November 29, 2001 and the latest
June 23, 2004; they totaled $9,950. The amounts of these checks and
money orders varied because, according to Radomski, Donnels paid
him "whenever he got money."

Donnels's name, with an address and several telephone numbers, is
listed in the address book seized from Radomski's residence by
federal agents.

Donnels agreed to speak with members of my investigative staff. He
said that he had been expecting to hear from us. Donnels said that
his first discussions about anabolic steroids occurred in 1993, when
he was playing for the Houston Astros. Ken Caminiti, who also was
then with the Astros, asked Donnels what he knew about steroids, and
thereafter they spoke
frequently about the subject and conducted their own research.
Caminiti eventually told Donnels
that he was going to try steroids; Donnels believes that was the
first time Caminiti had tried
them. Donnels felt that using steroids was "not the right thing to
do," and he decided against
using the drugs then. Donnels played in Japan for four years and then
signed with the Dodgers
organization in 2000 after reconstructive shoulder surgery.

He considered "taking something to speed up his recovery," and he
recalled hearing "talk about HGH" during this time. Donnels began
researching human growth hormone on his own. He knew that human
growth hormone was illegal, but he was also aware that Major League
Baseball did not test for it. While on a rehabilitation assignment
with the Dodgers' class AAA affiliate in Albuquerque, he talked to
strength and conditioning coach Todd Seyler about human growth
hormone, and they both conducted research on the internet. Seyler
said that Donnels admitted using human growth hormone and seemed very
knowledgeable about steroids.

One month into the 2001 season, Donnels hurt his back. He had 10 to
15 cortisone injections, and a Dodgers physician eventually told him
he could not receive any more injections. Donnels called Radomski,
who he had not spoken with since 1992. Donnels does not remember who
referred him to Radomski, but he recalls having discussions with Todd
Hundley about performance enhancing substances and Radomski. After
some discussions, Radomski sold Donnels testosterone, Dianabol, Deca-
Durabolin, human growth hormone, Vicodin, and amphetamines. Donnels
said that the steroids and human growth hormone "sat around for
awhile before [he] used them."

Donnels did one six-week cycle of steroids and human growth hormone
beginning in August 2001. Radomski sent Donnels a protocol dictating
that he inject the steroids twice per week and inject the human
growth hormone every day for two weeks. Donnels said that he only
took 25% to 50% of what Radomski recommended. Donnels
recalled "feeling pretty good going into the 2002 season."

Donnels said that he told Dodgers athletic trainer Matt Wilson that
he was considering using performance enhancing substances. Wilson
told him to "look it up on the computer" and said "I don't need to
hear anything about it."

After starting his cycle of steroids and human growth hormone in
2001, Donnels was assigned to the Dodgers' class AAA affiliate in Las
Vegas for rehabilitation. While there, he was tested under the minor
league testing program (which began in 2001). Donnels expected to
test positive but never heard anything about the results of his test.
He speculated that he may have been wrongly tested under the minor
league program because he was on the Dodgers' 40man major league
roster at the time. Donnels felt that he "dodged a bullet," and the
incident "scared him straight."

Nevertheless, Donnels continued to use human growth hormone because
there was no testing for it. Donnels stated that he purchased human
growth hormone from Radomski in 2003 because his "body was going
downhill," and while playing in the minor leagues his team had a
chance to go to the playoffs.

Donnels said that he again purchased human growth hormone from
Radomski in 2004. He had enjoyed playing in 2003 so much that he
was "looking for a farewell tour." He said that many players use
performance enhancing substances "just to stay on the field, not to
set records." Donnels ultimately decided not to use the human growth
hormone he purchased from Radomski in 2004, however.

Donnels was approached by several players about the availability of
performance enhancing substances during his playing days, and he
referred several Major League Baseball players to Radomski. Wilson
did not recall any such conversation with Donnels. Donnels contended
he could not remember the names of those players but added that he
probably would not identify any players that he did know to be using.


Phil Hiatt :Phil Hiatt played several positions in minor league
baseball for fourteen seasons,
in Japan for one season and for parts of four seasons (1993, 1995,
1996, and 2001) played with
the Kansas City Royals, Detroit Tigers, and Los Angeles Dodgers in
Major League Baseball.

Radomski first spoke to Hiatt while he was with the Dodgers in 2001.
Over the
span of several seasons, Radomski sold Hiatt both human growth
hormone and Deca-Durabolin.
According to Radomski, he sold these performance enhancing substances
to Hiatt on two or
three occasions. For the first sale, Radomski sent a package
addressed to Hiatt at the Dodgers
clubhouse. On another occasion, he recalled sending a package to
Hiatt at a Florida address.
Radomski believed that he sent a third package to Hiatt when he was
playing in the minor
leagues (Hiatt played in the minors during the 2002-2004 seasons). He
believed Hiatt paid by
money order.

Radomski also spoke on the phone with Hiatt on a number of occasions.
Hiatt called Radomski from time to time with questions about the use
of performance enhancing substances.

In order to provide Hiatt with information about these allegations
and to give him
an opportunity to respond, I asked him to meet with me. He did not
respond to my request.

Paul Lo Duca: Paul Lo Duca is a catcher who has played with three
teams in Major League
Baseball since 1998, the Los Angeles Dodgers (7 seasons), Florida
Marlins (2 seasons), and
New York Mets (2 seasons). He has appeared in four All-Star games.

Todd Hundley referred Lo Duca to Radomski when Lo Duca played for the
Dodgers. Radomski estimated that he engaged in six or more
transactions with Lo Duca. In some transactions, Radomski sent the
performance enhancing substances by overnight mail to Lo Duca's home
or to the Dodgers clubhouse and Lo Duca sent Radomski a check a week
or so later. Radomski produced copies of three checks from Lo Duca,
each in the amount of $3,200. Radomski said that each check was in
payment for two kits of human growth hormone.

Lo Duca's name, with an address and telephone number, is listed in
the address book seized from Radomski's residence by federal agents.
During that search, federal agents also seized a note from Lo Duca to
Radomski. It read:

Kirk,
Sorry! But for some reason they sent the check back to me.
I haven't been able to call you back because my phone is TOAST! I
have
a new # it is [Lo Duca's phone number is listed here]. Please leave
your #
again because I lost all of my phonebook with the other phone.
Thanks
Paul

In 2002, Lo Duca was quoted by Sports Illustrated in an article
responding to Ken Caminiti's admission of steroid use. Lo Duca was
reported to have said: "If you're battling for a job, and the guy
you're battling with is using steroids, then maybe you say, `Hey, to
compete, I need to use steroids because he's using them . . . Don't
get me wrong. I don't condone it. But it's a very tough situation.
It's really all about survival for some guys."

According to the notes of an internal discussion among Los Angeles
Dodgers officials in October 2003 that were referred to above, it was
reportedly said of Lo Duca during the meetings:

Steroids aren't being used anymore on him. Big part of this.
Might have some value to trade . . . Florida might have interest.
. . . Got off the steroids . . . Took away a lot of hard line drives.
. . . Can get comparable value back would consider trading. . . . If
you do trade him, will get back on the stuff and try to show you he
can have a good year. That's his makeup. Comes to play. Last
year of contract, playing for.

On June 26, 2004, Lo Duca wrote a check to Radomski for $3,200. On
July 30, 2004, the Dodgers traded Lo Duca, Guillermo Mota, and Juan
Encarnacion to the Marlins.420 On August 7, 2004, Lo Duca issued
another check to Radomski for $3,200. In January 2005, Lo Duca signed
a three-year contract with the Marlins. The handwritten note shown
below on Dodger Stadium stationary from Lo Duca to Radomski was
seized from Radomski's house during a search by federal agents.
Radomski said that this note was included with a check Lo Duca sent
Radomski as payment for human growth hormone.


In order to provide Lo Duca with information about these allegations
and to give
him an opportunity to respond, I asked him to meet with me; he
declined.


Kevin Brown : Kevin Brown pitched for six teams in Major League
Baseball between 1986 and
2005, the Texas Rangers (8 seasons), Baltimore Orioles (1 season),
Florida Marlins (2 seasons),
San Diego Padres (1 season), Los Angeles Dodgers (5 seasons), and New
York Yankees (2 seasons). He played in six All-Star games. He was the
San Diego Padres Player of the Year
in 1998 and the Los Angeles Dodgers Player of the Year in 1999.

Radomski said that Paul Lo Duca referred Brown to him in 2000 or 2001
when Brown and Lo Duca were teammates with the Dodgers. Brown called
Radomski and they spoke about human growth hormone for one or two
hours. Radomski said that Brown was "very knowledgeable" about human
growth hormone. Brown was placed on the disabled list in June 2001
with a neck injury and in July 2001 with an elbow injury. After Brown
got hurt, he called Radomski again and asked for human growth
hormone.

Radomski said that he sent human growth hormone to Brown by overnight
mail and called Brown several times to make sure he had received it.
Brown finally returned Radomski's call and confirmed he had received
it. Soon thereafter, Radomski returned home one day to find an
express delivery package from Brown on his doorstep, wet from the
rain. When he opened it, he found that it contained $8,000 in cash.
Radomski called Brown and told him not to check the signature waiver
box on the overnight delivery package when he was sending cash,
because the envelope was left on Radomski's doorstep for several
hours and could have been taken.

According to Radomski, over the next two or three years he sold
performance
enhancing substances to Brown five or six times. Radomski recalled
that Brown usually
purchased multiple kits of human growth hormone. Brown sent cash,
sometimes as much as
$10,000, to Radomski by overnight mail, and he used his agent's
business address as the return
address. At one point, Brown asked Radomski for Deca-Durabolin to
help with an ailing elbow,
and Radomski sold it to him. (In 2002, Brown was placed on the
disabled list with an elbow
injury.)

Brown's name, with an address and several telephone numbers, is
listed in the address book seized from Radomski's residence by
federal agents. Agents also seized an Express Mail receipt dated June
7, 2004 addressed to "Kevin Brown, [address]." A copy of that

In the notes of the October 2003 meetings among Dodgers officials, it
was reportedly said of Brown:

Kevin Brown – getting to the age of nagging injuries . . . Question
what kind of medication he takes . . . Effectiveness goes down
covering 1st base or running bases. Common in soccer players and
are more susceptible if you take meds to increase your muscles –
doesn't increase the attachments. Is he open to adjusting how he
takes care of himself? He knows he now needs to do stuff before
coming to spring training to be ready. Steroids speculated by GM.

Less than two months later, the Dodgers traded Brown to the
Yankees.In order to provide Brown with information about these
allegations and to give him an opportunity to respond, I asked him to
meet with me; he declined.

Eric Gagné: Eric Gagné is a relief pitcher who began his career in
Major League Baseball with
the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1999 and played with the Dodgers through
2006. In 2007, he played
for the Texas Rangers and the Boston Red Sox, and in December he
signed with the Milwaukee
Brewers. In 2002 and 2003, Gagné was the Los Angeles Dodgers Player
of the Year. In 2003,
he saved 55 games and won the Cy Young Award and the National League
Rolaids Relief
Pitcher of the Year. In 2004, he saved 45 games and again won the
National League Rolaids
Relief Pitcher of the Year. He has played in three All-Star games.

Paul Lo Duca and Gagné were teammates with the Dodgers from 1999 to
2004. Although he is not sure when, Radomski recalled that Lo Duca
called Radomski and told Radomski that Gagné was with him and wanted
to buy human growth hormone. Gagné then came onto the phone and asked
Radomski a question about how to get air out of a syringe. This is
the only time Radomski spoke to Gagné. Radomski said that Lo Duca
thereafter placed orders on Gagné's behalf.

Radomski said that he mailed two shipments to Gagné, each consisting
of two kits of human growth hormone. One was sent to Gagné's home in
Florida; the other was sent to Dodger Stadium. Federal agents seized
from Radomski's home a copy of an Express Mail receipt showing a
shipment to "Dodger Stadium, c/o Eric Gagne – L.A. Dodgers Home Club,
1000 Elysian Park Ave., Los Angeles, California 90012" dated August
9, 2004. A copy of this receipt is included in the Appendix and is
shown below. Radomski said that this was for one of the shipments of
human growth hormone to Gagné.

Lo Duca paid Radomski for one of the shipments to Gagné by cashier's
check in the amount of $3,200. The Lo Duca checks supplied by
Radomski reflect two payments of $3,200 (each the cost of two kits)
within a six-week time frame during the summer of 2004. Radomski said
that, on one other occasion, Gagné sent Radomski $3,200 in cash by
FedEx.

According to notes of the October 2003 meetings of Dodgers officials,
it was reportedly said of Gagné that:

"he probably takes medication and tendons and ligaments don't build
up, just the muscle."

When the Boston Red Sox were considering acquiring Gagné, a Red Sox
official made specific inquiries about Gagné's possible use of
steroids. In a November 1, 2006 email to a Red Sox scout, general
manager Theo Epstein asked,

"Have you done any digging on Gagne? I know the Dodgers think he was
a steroid guy. Maybe so. What do you hear on his medical?" The scout,
Mark Delpiano, responded,

Some digging on Gagne and steroids IS the issue. Has had a
checkered medical past throughout career including minor leagues.
Lacks the poise and commitment to stay healthy, maintain body
and re invent self. What made him a tenacious closer was the max
effort plus stuff . . . Mentality without the plus weapons and
without steroid help probably creates a large risk in bounce back
durability and ability to throw average while allowing the change-
up to play as it once did . . . Personally, durability (or lack of)
will
follow Gagne . . .

In order to provide Gagné with information about these allegations
and to give him an opportunity to respond, I asked him to meet with
me; he declined.

Matt Herges: Matt Herges is a pitcher who has played for seven teams
in Major League
Baseball since 1999, the Los Angeles Dodgers, Montreal Expos, San
Francisco Giants,
San Diego Padres, Arizona Diamondbacks, Florida Marlins, and Colorado
Rockies.

Herges was a teammate of catcher Paul Lo Duca with the Dodgers from
1999 to 2001. According to Radomski, Herges called Radomski and said
that Lo Duca had given him Radomski's telephone number. Radomski said
that he made two or three sales of human growth hormone to Herges.
His first contact with Herges might have been as early as 2004 and
his last sale to him was in late 2005, not long before federal agents
executed the search warrant on Radomski's residence. Radomski never
met Herges in person.

Shortly after the federal search warrant was executed on Radomski's
home, Herges again called Radomski and asked if he could sell him
human growth hormone. Radomski, who by then was cooperating with
federal law enforcement authorities, informed Herges that he "was dry
right now" and could not supply Herges with any growth hormone at
that time. Herges did not contact him again. Radomski produced one
check from Herges dated November 1, 2005 in the amount of $3,240.
Radomski said that this check was in payment for two kits of human
growth hormone, plus $40 for shipping. A piece of an undated shipping
receipt to Herges and a copy of an Express Mail receipt dated
November 2, 2005 sent to the same address were seized from Radomski's
residence by federal agents.

In order to provide Herges with information about these allegations
and to give him an opportunity to respond, I asked him to meet with
me; he declined.

Gary Bennett, Jr.: Gary Bennett, Jr. is a catcher who since 1995 has
played with seven teams in Major League Baseball, the Philadelphia
Phillies, New York Mets, Colorado Rockies, San Diego
Padres, Milwaukee Brewers, Washington Nationals, and St. Louis
Cardinals.

Radomski said that Denny Neagle referred Bennett to him. Neagle and
Bennett were teammates in 2001 and 2002 with the Colorado Rockies.
Radomski recalled one transaction with Bennett in July 2003 for two
kits of human growth hormone. Radomski produced one check from
Bennett payable to Kirk Radomski in the amount of $3,200 dated July
13, 2003. Bennett's name, with an address and a telephone number, is
listed in the address book seized from Radomski's residence by
federal agents.

In order to provide Bennett with information about these allegations
and to give him an opportunity to respond, I asked him to meet with
me; he declined.


Information Provided by a Former Minor League Strength and
Conditioning Coach:
From 1999 to 2000, Todd Seyler served as a minor league strength and
conditioning coach for the Albuquerque Dukes, which was then the
class AAA affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Around May 1999,
Seyler began talking with five of the Dukes players about using
performance enhancing substances. The players were Matt Herges, Paul
Lo Duca, Jeff Williams, Mike Judd, and Ricky Stone. As already
discussed, according to Kirk Radomski, Herges, Lo Duca, and Williams
later purchased performance enhancing substances from him. Seyler
said that all five players expected to be called up to the Dodgers
later in the season, and they all wanted to be in "peak physical
condition" when that happened.

Seyler gave Herges a "few hundred dollars" in cash to purchase
steroids for him. Seyler understood that the other players were
giving Herges money too and that either Herges or
Lo Duca would buy steroids for the group from a source in Florida.
Seyler did not tell anyone in
Dodgers management that he or any of these players were purchasing
steroids. Before a game in mid-July 1999, Seyler and the players met
to inject themselves with the steroids. Seyler and Stone lived in the
same apartment complex, and Judd, Herges, Lo Duca, and Williams met
them at Stone's apartment with the steroids that had been received
from Florida. Seyler recalls Herges as the player who carried the box
of steroids into the apartment.

All but Stone were called up late in the 1999 season. Stone first
played in Major
League Baseball in 2001 and played with the Cincinnati Reds during a
portion of the 2007
season.

The five players and Seyler all injected themselves with the steroids
at the apartment. Seyler witnessed Herges and Williams inject
themselves in the buttocks with syringes containing Deca-Durabolin.
Seyler also observed Lo Duca and Judd inject themselves with either
Deca-Durabolin or Winstrol, although Seyler could not remember where
they injected themselves or which of the two substances they used.
Seyler further observed Stone inject himself in the thigh with Deca-
Durabolin. Seyler injected himself in the thigh with Winstrol. Seyler
said he was inexperienced in the use of anabolic steroids and needed
Herges to explain to him how to perform the injections.

These injections in mid-July 1999 were the beginning of a six-week
cycle. In conjunction with the cycles, Seyler designed and
recommended training programs for the players to optimize the effect
of the steroids. Seyler himself worked out frequently – he took the
steroids in part to improve his physical appearance and in part to
remain close to the players he was training.

Seyler never observed these players use steroids after the first
occasion, but he spoke with them frequently about the subject until
all but one of the players were promoted to the Dodgers later during
the 1999 season. Based on his conversations with them, Seyler
believed that all of the players continued to use steroids while
training and that they completed their six-week cycles. They had
conversations about steroids at the ballpark, in the clubhouse,
during practices, and before and after games. Seyler said that the
discussions were "as casual as a conversation about going to the
movies." Seyler believed that he became "desensitized" to any
illegality of the use of anabolic steroids because of the frequency
and "nonchalant" nature of conversations among him and these players
about the use, application and benefits of steroids.

Our efforts to speak with Herges, Lo Duca, and Williams are discussed
earlier in
this chapter. In order to provide Judd and Stone with information
about these allegations and to
give them an opportunity to respond, I asked each of them to meet
with me. They did not
respond to my request.

-------------------Ray's Notes------------------------------

I did not include F.P. Santangelo because his name is discussed when
he was with the A's and the minor leagues and is not mentioned with
the Dodgers. I will note that he played for L.A. in 2000,
hitting .197. In that same time frame we have this from the report:
Radomski produced one check from Santangelo dated October 23, 2000 in
the amount of $1,400, which Radomski said was payment for a kit of
human growth hormone.

Todd Williams was also named in the report and he pitched for the
Dodgers in 1995, with a 2-2 record in 16 games. The report states: In
2001, a season in which Williams played in both Major League Baseball
and the minor leagues, Radomski stated that he sold Winstrol to
Williams once

Adam Riggs played for the Dodgers in 1997 (20 at-bats for the big
club) and his purchases were made in 2003 and 2005 while he was with
the Anaheim Angels.

Jeff Williams played for the Dodgers from 1999 until 2002, his first
purchase came in 2004.

I added Gary Bennett Jr. because he just signed with the Dodgers.




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