Chapter[ VIII. Information Obtained Regarding Other Players’ Possession or Use of
Steroids and Human Growth Hormone ]
Section[ Mike Bell ]
Mike Bell
Mike Bell played as an infielder for several minor league teams from 1993 to
2005. In 2000, Bell played in nineteen games for the Cincinnati Reds. In 2007, Bell was named
manager of the Yakima Bears, a minor league affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Radomski said that he sold Bell a kit of human growth hormone but could not be
certain of the date of the sale. As a club employee, Bell was required by the Commissioner to
424 See supra at 131 (discussing meetings and notes).
425 Email from Theo Epstein to Marc DelPiano, dated Nov. 1, 2006.
426 Email from Marc DelPiano to Theo Epstein, dated Nov. 1, 2006.
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meet with us. In that interview, Bell said that he purchased and received one shipment of human
growth hormone from Radomski while in the minor leagues during the 2003 off-season. Bell
never met Radomski but recalled hearing his name during the two seasons (1998 and 1999) that
he spent in the Mets’ minor league system. When asked how he came to know that Radomski
could obtain performance enhancing substances for him, Bell said that “a lot of people knew him
and knew what he did.”
Bell said he did not recall who gave him Radomski’s telephone number, which he
believed he obtained after his time in the Mets organization. Bell telephoned Radomski and told
him that he wanted to obtain human growth hormone. Sometime after that first telephone call,
Bell received a package in the mail from Radomski that contained what he presumed was human
growth hormone. He then called Radomski again and asked how to use it. Over a two-to-three
month period, Bell used most, but not all, of the human growth hormone sent to him by
Radomski. He does not recall how he paid Radomski for the shipment. Bell had no further
contact with Radomski.
Bell said he purchased human growth hormone from Radomski only once and
never received any other product, free or purchased, from Radomski. Bell also said that he never
told anyone, other than his wife, that he obtained human growth hormone from Radomski and
never gave anyone else Radomski’s contact information. Bell did not recall discussing any other
baseball player with Radomski. Other than this one instance, Bell said he has never used any
performance enhancing substance.
Bell’s name, with an address and telephone number, is listed in the address book
seized by federal agents from Radomski’s residence.
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