Players' union in uproar over latest leak of names on steroids 'list'

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BY Teri Thompson and Michael O'Keeffe
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITERS

Updated Friday, July 31st 2009, 10:39 AM

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David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez during their days as Red Sox teammates.

Frustrated by the slow but steady drip of the names of players who tested positive during Major League Baseball's 2003 steroid survey program, union officials have asked federal courts to investigate who is leaking the names of the 104 players on a "list" at the center of an ongoing legal feud between the Players Association and the government.

The Players Association, according to a source close to the union, has asked all the courts involved in the five-year-old case - which could eventually reach the U.S. Supreme Court - to determine how the information is being obtained and if it is coming from any person covered by a court order sealing information about the case.

The New York Times, citing "lawyers with knowledge of the results," reported Thursday that David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez, the anchors of the Boston Red Sox's 2004 and 2007 World Series championship teams, had tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003. The Times reported previously that Sammy Sosa also tested positive during the 2003 testing, and Sports Illustrated first reported in February that Alex Rodriguez was on the list.

The results of the survey testing program, which was created to determine the extent of MLB's steroid problem, were supposed to remain anonymous, according to assurances given to the players by the union and Major League Baseball.

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