Mitchell Report on Baseball Drug Use Will Name MVPs, All-Stars
December 13, 2007

NEW YORK — The release of the long-awaited Mitchell report is set to rock the Major League Baseball world as names of violators are posted on the Internet for all to see.

Many questions from a decade of doping will be answered, but many will remain and perhaps new ones will emerge. The Mitchell Report exposes a "serious drug culture within baseball, from top to bottom," fingers MVPs and All-Stars and calls for beefed-up testing by an outside agency to clean up the game, The Associated Press learned Wednesday.

The long-awaited report by former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell is believed to name 60 to 80 players believed to be named for indulging in performance-enhancing substances. Among them are several current New York Yankees players, including MVP's and Cy Young Award winners, FOX News has learned. Sources familiar with the investigation told the AP that the report would not address amphetamines.

The two sources were familiar with discussions that led to the final draft but did not want to be identified because it was confidential until its scheduled release. One person familiar with the final version would only speak anonymously but described it as "a very thorough treatment of the subject" and said some aspects were surprising.

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