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| 1969 | Curt Flood attends the Players' Association executive board meeting to seek financial assistance in his attempt to sue Major League Baseball because the reserve clause violates Federal antitrust laws. Although skeptical about the suit's outcome, the player reps vote 25-0 to support the recently traded outfielder, who refuses to report to the Phillies after being dealt by the Cardinals. |
| 2007 |
"We can jump to this conclusion: that steroids have sullied the game. My hope is that this report is a part of putting the steroid era of baseball behind us." - GEORGE W. BUSH, U.S. president and former owner of the Rangers. The Major League Baseball issues the Mitchell Report, a 409-page document and a paper trail of 115,000 copies of receipts, canceled checks, telephone records, and e-mail messages, twenty months after Commissioner Bud Selling ordered the outside investigation. The much-anticipated findings, authored by former Senator George Mitchell, call the steroid era a collective failure, naming 89 former and present players who allegedly used illegal, performance-enhancing drugs, including stars Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, and Gary Sheffield. |