Back at the
end of April, we posted about
Kirk Radomski, the Mets clubhouse employee who distributed
HGH and the like to a whole host of major leaguers from 1985-1995. Well, truth-seeking journalists
Mark Fainaru-Wada and
Lance Williams -- they of
Game of Shadows fame -- wrote an article in today's
San Francisco Chronicle stating the paper's parent company, Hearst Corp., has petitioned the government to release the redacted names in Radmonski's court files.
The government should be compelled to make public the identities of as many as 23 Major League Baseball players who received performance-enhancing drugs from an admitted steroids dealer and former employee of the New York Mets, according to legal papers filed Thursday on behalf of The Chronicle.
And later:
The use of steroids by professional baseball players "is a matter of public interest and concern," lawyers for the Hearst Corp. wrote in the motion filed on behalf of two papers owned by the company, The Chronicle and the Albany Times Union.
The motion noted that steroid use had become the subject of congressional hearings, legislation, public commentary by politicians and widespread public debate about the impact of the drugs on the nation's youth.
"Those athletes who choose to use controlled substances to gain a professional advantage are at the heart of this controversy," the newspapers argued in their motion submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Even though Hearst Corp. seems to have a strong case, I doubt the government is just going to hand over these names anytime soon. However, if they were to do so, it would be quite the earth-shattering day for MLB -- especially if some big-time names surface.
