The Mitchell Report has been out for like three hours, which means that it's time for some jerk to start questioning just how much information there really is packed into those 400 pages. I'll be that jerk. I haven't actually read all 400 pages, but I'm starting to get a handle on just what's included in this bad boy, so let's break it down.Mitchell looks at three different subsections of major league steroid culture: BALCO, the Radomski investigation, and online purchasing like Signature Pharmacies. The thing is, two-thirds of it doesn't really tell us anything new. The BALCO section is a ton of rehash from Game of Shadows and the resulting investigations. Mitchell's own input amounts to, "None of these people would talk to me." There's not any new names in the BALCO section that we haven't heard from somewhere else before. Pretty much the same thing applies to the online purchasing stuff. All the names and information there is stuff we already knew.
That means the one whopper for Mitchell is the Radomski stuff. That section is fascinating with all of the communications between Radomski and the players and the labyrinthine connections between these guys. What really strikes me is that this is just one steroid network in the game. Just by following the links to Kirk Radomski, 53 players were named. How many more guys like Radomski are out there? How many more players?
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12-13-2007 @ 6:21PM
terpsez11 said...
13 red sox and a clubhouse employee..who do we hear about from the Red Sox propaganda network of journalists??..Yankees and Orioles..typical
I am sick of E..Sox..Patriots..N and the way things are presented by the elites in the Press
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12-13-2007 @ 7:30PM
sal said...
ITS A SHAME THAT THE SPORT WE LOVE SO MUCH IN AMERICA HAS GONE TO THE JUNK PILE LIKE SO MANY OTHER SPORTS AND SPORTS FIGURES IF THEY ARENT KILLING DOGS OR BEATING THERE WIVES, THEY ARE DRIVING DRUNK OR KILLING THERE WIVES (O.J) OR TALKING ABOUT THE NEW YORK FANS AND THE PEOPLE OF NEW YORK (J. ROCKER) OR BEATING UP THE FANS (BASKETBALL PLAYERS) AND HOWW MUCH MORE MONEY WILL WE HAVE TO PAY THEM TO PLAY FOR US. THEY ALL SUCK. WHERE WILL IT END UP
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12-13-2007 @ 8:26PM
Drolz said...
The sad thing is, the opportunity is ripe for a player -- any player -- to step forward and be a hero. Here's the admission no player has the guts to make:
"We made a mistake. Its a cut-throat business. The financial stakes are so high that many of us will do unethical things in order to secure a windfall contract and take care of our families. We need stricter rules and regulations to help protect us from ourselves. We've ruined the integrity of the game and its time to get rid of the cheating culture that's permeated our national pastime. I'm taking the first step by admitting I did something wrong. Let's clean up baseball starting right now."
But nooooooo... the players and the players union, so far, are sticking their collective heads in the sand. Their denials and defensiveness mean only one thing: Guilt all across the board. (If you're not guilty, there's nothing to be defensive about.)
This isn't sour grapes on my part. I'm ticked because I have to explain this to my kids and on top of that I'm going to have to monitor them every step of the way during their baseball careers because I have no doubt that this idiocy at the pro level is seeping down to college, American Legion and high school. Thanks a lot, MLB.
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12-13-2007 @ 8:43PM
elf said...
So what about that "dirty" sport of cycling?
It has been a brutal 8 years, but lets look at the facts, and what has happened at the last two Tour de France races. Baseball could learn a few things. Cycling has been lamblasted for doing the hard work of cleaning up, but they are doing it. Imagine unannounced testing at the World Series, and if ANY player tested positive, THE ENTIRE TEAM GOES HOME! Add in a mandatory 1-2 YEAR ban for a positive test, AND the forfeiture of that individual's yearly salary, and you have an idea of what it takes to change the culture within professional sports. One thing is clear, you don't let the players and teams run the drug testing programs!
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12-13-2007 @ 10:58PM
Robert said...
Outstanding Drotz...you nailed it...would be nice though if one of these guys would step up and be honest.....talk about the money, fame, the allure of it all and how it's damn near impossible to resist the urge.
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12-14-2007 @ 12:29PM
Sports Bettor said...
It's a lot of "he said". Overall, boring report.
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