Chapter[ XI. Recommendations ]
Section[ A. 5. Logging Packages Sent to Players at Major League Ballparks ]
5. Logging Packages Sent to Players at Major League Ballparks
In a number of incidents of players’ possession or use that have been described in
this report, a major league player reportedly received deliveries of performance enhancing
substances through clubhouse attendants at Major League Baseball facilities. Kirk Radomski
shipped illegal substances to some of his customers at major league clubhouses. Some players
who purchased performance enhancing substances through rejuvenation centers also reportedly
had the purchases shipped to them at their clubhouses.
We interviewed clubhouse personnel throughout Major League Baseball. It is
apparent from those interviews that players receive a significant volume of mail, most of it
entirely legitimate, in care of their clubhouse managers. In response to recent news reports that
players have received shipments of human growth hormone and other substances from
compounding pharmacies at major league ballparks, George Hanna, who is the current director
of investigations for the security department in the Commissioner’s Office, has suggested that all
packages received for players at major league clubhouses be logged.
The Commissioner's Office should require each major and minor league club to
establish a system to log every package received for a player at its facilities. These logs should
record the sender, the sender’s address and phone number, the recipient, the date of delivery, and
573 Physicians are typically not club employees, and thus would be exempt from this
certification requirement.
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the type of package. Copies of these logs should be maintained for a period of time sufficient to
aid in any subsequent investigations.
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