Matt Karchner
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Matthew Dean Karchner is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1995-2000.
He was named on December 13, 2007 in the Mitchell Report (baseball)
as having witnessed two Chicago Cubs
teammates taking steroids during spring training in 1999. He also told baseball investigator George J. Mitchell
that one of the players had injected the steroids into the other player's buttocks, and then injected them into his own body. Karchner would not identify the players. He also declined to identify the names of Cubs teammates whom he said had offered him steroids.
Karchner and his wife, Teresa, currently live in his hometown of Berwick, Pennsylvania
with their two children, Emma and Brooks.
He was named on December 13, 2007 in the Mitchell Report (baseball)
Mitchell Report (baseball)
The Report to the Commissioner of Baseball of an Independent Investigation into the Illegal Use of Steroids and Other Performance Enhancing Substances by Players in Major League Baseball, informally known as the "Mitchell Report", is the result of former Democratic United States Senator from Maine...
as having witnessed two Chicago Cubs
Chicago Cubs
The Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League. They are one of two Major League clubs based in Chicago . The Cubs are also one of the two remaining charter members of the National...
teammates taking steroids during spring training in 1999. He also told baseball investigator George J. Mitchell
George J. Mitchell
George John Mitchell, Jr., is the former U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace under the Obama administration. A Democrat, Mitchell was a United States Senator who served as the Senate Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995...
that one of the players had injected the steroids into the other player's buttocks, and then injected them into his own body. Karchner would not identify the players. He also declined to identify the names of Cubs teammates whom he said had offered him steroids.
Karchner and his wife, Teresa, currently live in his hometown of Berwick, Pennsylvania
Berwick, Pennsylvania
Berwick is a borough in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, 22.6 miles southwest of Wilkes Barre. Berwick is one of two principal cities of the Bloomsburg–Berwick Micropolitan Statistical Area, a micropolitan area that covers Columbia and Montour counties and had a combined population of 82,387...
with their two children, Emma and Brooks.