ST. JAMES, N.Y. — As the names in the Mitchell report were made public Thursday, the man who implicated many of them remained in the shadows.
Former Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges that he dealt steroids to professional baseball players for a decade. He then retreated to his auto-detailing business on Long Island while cooperating with former Sen. George Mitchell on his report on performance-enhancing drugs in the sport.
At Radomski’s shop Thursday, an athletic-looking man in a black jacket who identified himself as Radomski said he had no comment. “Talk to my lawyer,” he said. “This is private property. Please leave.”
Radomski runs Pro Touch Detail Center, a business that makes fancy cars look even better. Its doors were locked Thursday morning, but workers could be seen in the two-bay garage through the business’s tinted windows.
Radomski, who lives in an area of well-appointed McMansion- style homes, has not spoken publicly about the investigation as he awaits sentencing, but he outlined his steroid dealing to ballplayers during four meetings with Mitchell.
The report shows how cozy Radomski was with his clients. He sent steroid shipments directly to players’ homes. And there’s a copy of a note to Radomski purported to be from Paul Lo Duca on Dodgers Stadium stationery saying, “THANKS, CALL me if you need Anything! Paul.”
One of Radomski’s main contacts was former Yankees and Blue Jays conditioning coach Brian McNamee. He bought steroids from Radomski and gave them to Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte and Chuck Knoblauch, personally injecting Clemens on several occasions, according to the report.
