DISQUS

Rob · 1 year ago

I think Fehr might be in even more trouble... Thought I saw on an ESPN crawler last night that he said that "the decision to talk to the Mitchell panel was up to each individual player."

I wonder about that. The man's not an idiot, but did he just throw all his players under the bus?

John Cronin · 1 year ago

Yes Bill, I agree. But MLB is going to suffer moreso as the prices of tickets keeps skyrocketing to pay for these high priced cheaters. All sports figures will suffer, and well they should when so many of our kids look up to them, imitate them, even in little league, and if the players union doesn't do something drastic, a major hit on sports will be felt for years.
This is only the beginning, the tip of the iceberg, and as it all unravels, the only way the MLB can go is down. Greed has hit us again.

pasta diving lugo · 1 year ago

I don't agree at all, Bill.

If this is a crime and there are criminal penalties, let's get it on, take it to court. But do you really think they are going to do that? Mitchell knows all he has assembled here is yesterday's rumours and innuendo plus the hearsay evidence of a couple of guys doing plea deals to reduce their jail time. By any standards of justice, "Judge" Mitchell has failed utterly to deliver.

Next time you want a report for 20 million, please PLEASE contact me. I will give you the names of labs and distributors for all sports and we can begin to prosecute them. Mitchell is a dog, an absolute dog of a human being. How you smear another human being's accomplishments and put your socks on the next day is beyond me.

Bonds has a Bill Clinton problem. He swore in an affidavit that he didn't take any drugs. He gets a day in court. The rest of these guys don't get that. Where do they go to get their reputations back? I, for one, believe David Justice when he says, "Yeah I had a bottle of the stuff in my locker for a while but froze when I learned I had to inject myself. I tossed them. Look at my record in 2001. Hit .240 and was out of baseball." And how do you distinguish between a Clemens with possible long term use and a Pettite who may have been using them short term to recover from an injury quickly. Tell me that's not happening in the NFL.

The players didn't deserve this. The distributors and producers do. Not a f---king word on those folks except maybe on some receipts. You're part of the chattering classes, Bill, scurrying about with your cheeks full of this offal looking to spread it about here and there. Wise up.

Start writing about consequences. How do you spend 20 million dollars on a report like this? Now there's something I would love to read.

Bill Burt · 1 year ago

Pasta
This report was more based on hearsay, but you know what, I don't care. The message is clear: Baseball has put its greatest pitcher of the last 40 years for everyone to see.
You focus on the cash and I'll focus on the message. If you cheat you will be caught eventually, especialy the superstars.
Was I hoping for more tangible dirt? Probably. I believe Jose Canseco's original forecast of 75 percent of baseball players have used "illegal" performance-enhancing drugs. My belief is more names will be coming down the pike, probably a few Sox players.
This is a great time for professional sports. This is the beginning of a long, difficult road in ridding this junk from sports. Hopefully, the kids took notice.