Baseball's Mitchell Report Trivia Quiz

Answer: False

The report states that there are many more than those named in the report who likely took steroids or some other illegal performance enhancing drug. One fact revealed was that in 2002, as many as 7% of players voluntarily tested with their full knowledge beforehand, failed their tests.

Answer: Milwaukee Brewers

Mitchell served as a "Director" of the Red Sox under owner John Henry, was Chairman of Walt Disney, Corp., owners of the Angels, and was a member of the board of the Marlins. MLB Commissioner Bud Selig owned the Brewers.

Answer: 20 months

Mitchell was appointed by MLB Commissioner Bud Selig in March of 2006, under pressure from Congress after controversial testimony provided by star players. The report was presented on live TV in December 2007.

Answer: Jose Canseco

Canseco's book "Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big" (published in 2005) was the first to name names and suggest that as many as 85% of ballplayers were cheating. Caminiti, Bonds and McGwire were all names that swirled in the steroids scandal.

Answer: 89

While players of many positions and levels of success were named, the most prominent active players to be implicated were Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, Eric Gagné, Jason Giambi, Gary Sheffield, Troy Glaus, Gary Matthews Jr., Paul Byrd, Jose Guillen, Brian Roberts, Paul Lo Duca and Rick Ankiel.

Answer: Roger Clemens

Clemens' attempts at denial included secret tapings of phone conversations with his accuser, an internet video, a defamation lawsuit, an appearance on CBS' "60 Minutes" all, ostensibly to preserve his previous lock on a Hall of Fame induction. Pettitte and Roberts apologized for their indiscretions. Lo Duca did not comment on his having been named in the report.

Answer: all three of these reasons

While the evidence compiled by Mitchell would not likely lead to any convictions in a court of law, it satisfied probable cause - which was sufficient for inclusion in the report to the Commissioner.

Answer: True

Mitchell said, "There was a collective failure to recognize the problem as it emerged and to deal with it early on." - ESPN.com, December 2007. Twenty five of the teams had double digit lists of involved players. The Yankees led with 23. The Twins and White Sox had only four each.

Answer: 2

Frank Thomas, then with the Blue Jays, and Jason Giambi, then with the Yankees, were the only two players to voluntarily sit down with the investigators. Giambi had previously been publicly "outed" by leaked Grand Jury testimony. Thomas was never implicated, but rather, was always an advocate of mandatory drug testing.

Answer: Radomski & McNamee

Kirk Radomski was facing 30 years in jail for drug distribution and other charges. His testimony to the Mitchell team was a part of his plea bargain. Brian McNamee, a former police officer, backed up his testimony with hard evidence of vials and hypodermic needles which were allegedly used to inject both Clemens and his wife. Victor Conte and James Valenti are the respective founder and VP of BALCO Labratories, the epicenter of the sports-steroids controversy. Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada are the journalists that uncovered the BALCO scandal. Remi Korchemny and Greg Anderson are coaches who allegedly supplied steroids to numerous athletes.