Former Senator players Implicated in Mitchell Report

Like most baseball fans I was waiting for the Mitchell report to be released to see who was on the list. I was hoping that no former Harrisburg Senators or any of my favorite players were on the list. As I was eating lunch with my wife I was going over a list of former Senators players and with each player I would say, "no not him." I reminisced about the good old days, the all-star players, playoff games, championships and the players I had a chance to meet along the way. That was a good lunch hour….and then the Mitchell Report was released.

When the Mitchell report was released and former Senators were accused I had a difficult time deciding whether or not to write this post. I was faced the with a tough decision of should I post this news related to the Harrisburg Senators or hold on to my memories of the good old days and post nothing. Ultimately I thought I should post this information. There was nothing in the report indicating any of these players took performance enhancing drugs while with the Senators. The memories I have of these players are when they played the game ‘the right way’. I could still cherish the memories of them from that time. I have to keep those memories separate from the I feelings I had while reading the Mitchell report.

One of the players I thought of during lunch was Rondell White. He was definitely on the list of players that I thought would not be in the Mitchell report. I had the privilege to talk with Rondell on several occasions, eat next to him at Fan Club picnics, and even go on the field and throw baseball with him, Cliff Floyd, Chris Martin and my best friend (at that time) Tom. I have autographed photos of me with Rondell, cards and baseballs signed by him and some other memorabilia he gave me. I remember Rondell as always smiling, pleasant, great talent and a hard worker. Not in a million years would I have guessed he would be implicated in the Mitchell report as having used performance-enhancing drugs.

Former Harrisburg Senators identified in the Mitchell Report:

Rondell White (1992)– played for seven different MLB teams from 1993 to present is reported to have paid more than $15,000 over six seasons on performance drugs. Found on pages 165-167 of the Mitchell Report.

Download report on White: http://rapidshare.com/files/76404318/Rondell_White.pdf.html

F.P. Santangelo (1991) – played for four different MLB teams from 1995 to 2001, reportedly spent $1,400 in 2000 on performance enhancing drugs. Found on pages 182-183 of the Mitchell Report.

Download report on Santangelo: http://rapidshare.com/files/76404094/FP_Santangelo.pdf.html

Mike Lansing (1992) – played for three different MLB teams from 1993 to 2001, reportedly paid over $2,000 for performance enhancing drugs during the 2002 season. Found on pages 196-197 of the Mitchell Report.

Download report on Lansing: http://rapidshare.com/files/76404182/Mike_Lansing.pdf.html

Tim Laker (1992) - played for five different MLB teams from 1992 to 2006, reportedly paid over $2,500 from 1995-1999 on performance enhancing drugs. Found on pages 159-161 of the Mitchell Report.

Download Report on Laker: http://rapidshare.com/files/76404371/Tim_Laker.pdf.html

I've included the links above so you can download the report on each former Senator (this only the report on that specific player and not the entire Mitchell report). If you would like to view the entire Mitchell Report please visit the link below:
http://thegeorgemitchellreport.com/