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1999 The Marlins obtain Johan Santana from the Astros in the Rule 5 draft, and later in the day, Florida trades the 20-year-old southpaw to the Twins for Jared Camp. The Venezuela native compiles a 93-44 record, winning the Cy Young Award twice (2004, 2006) during his eight-year tenure in Minnesota.
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 Twenty months after Bud Selling ordered the outside investigation, 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, is released. 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.


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