Mitchell: Naming names had to be done
Published 12/15/2007 at FOXSports.com News for MLB
George Mitchell insisted naming names was the right decision and said he was prepared for Roger Clemens and others to deny they used performance-enhancing drugs.
"We made every effort to establish the truthfulness of the information that we received," baseball's steroids investigator said Friday during a half-hour interview at his law office.
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