Mitchell "Report will end PED use in baseball." Schiller, IBAF pres.

"(ATR) December 14-The report on drug use by Major League Baseball names seven Olympians* as steroid users while

• the president of the International Baseball Federation tells Around the Rings that the report will end performance enhancing drug use in baseball.

“This is going to completely eliminate the use of steroids in baseball”, said IBAF President Harvey Schiller by telephone. “There is no question in my mind”.

• Schiller, who is leading the push to restore baseball to the Olympics, says the changes the Mitchell report may bring to professional baseball are sure to help the international image of the sport.

“Like a lot of sports that are on the Olympic program, the professional leagues don’t come under the control of the organization” Shiller said. “The fact of the matter is I think we will be able to set a standard for all sports that have professional organizations that are associated with them.”"

• Report from IBAF, "Fight Against Doping: MLB Drugs Report Names 7 Olympians," report by Ed Hula III, Editor, 'Around the Rings.com,' Dec. 14, 2007 (hence the ATR acronym).

*(I tried to find out who the "7 Olympians" were from the site, but you had to be a subscriber. Also, on the next page the site had a headline stating "8 Olympians" were named instead of 7).

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