Tom Kelly was home in Maplewood watching George Mitchell's news conference when the former Twins manager received a call.
"It was from my partner in New Jersey," Kelly said. "He said, 'You made the report. Page 109.' "
The partner reference was to Kelly's ownership of standardbred racehorses. And the actual page in the Mitchell Report was 110.
The one-paragraph passage said that in 2000 or 2001, a visiting clubhouse attendant at the Metrodome found a syringe. He went to the home clubhouse and asked Kelly for advice on what to do.
Kelly's response: Be very careful with the syringe, put a towel around it and dispose of it in a safe place.
Kelly is quoted in the report as saying a syringe in an opponents clubhouse was "not his business," and he reiterated that Monday.
"I always tried to take care of my team," he said. "I didn't get involved in other people's business."
Kelly managed the Twins from 1987 through 2001. He was asked if there was a point -- as the arms and shoulders of players grew larger, opposite-field flies disappeared over the fence and fastballs increased in velocity -- when he said to himself: