Mitchell Report
29 February 2008
Posted by Ryan Neiman | No comments yet
20 February 2008
Dear Lord: I pray to you that I never witness another Curt Schilling interview for as long as I live. That I never see his fat face spouting what he believes is brilliant but is normally useless (to paraphrase Lou Piniella, "Many have forgotten more baseball than Curt Schilling knows."). I pray that you take pity on his long-suffering wife, who must have been driven mad decades ago by the man who likes to talk and talk and be heard (and, I hear, even read). Obnoxious though all this is, I write in a time of uncertainty in old Curt's career, a time when his body has broken down -- yet again -- in an unmistakable pattern of fatigue and injury since the end of the 2004 season: the moment steroids were effectively banned in baseball.
Posted by Eric Schaal | No comments yet
19 February 2008
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12 February 2008
Though well-intentioned, the Mitchell Report has been Bud Selig’s biggest mistake since the debacle of ending the All-Star Game in extra innings with the score still tied. After Jose Canseco’s book and the embarrassing first Congressional hearing when Mark McGwire didn’t want to talk about the past, Rafael Palmeiro wagged his finger and Sammy Sosa suddenly forgot how to speak English, Selig could have just admitted that baseball had a steroid problem that needed to be addressed sooner but from here we are going to move forward with a strict testing policy and harsh punishments. Fans would have eventually forgotten, and even though Bumbling Bud fumbled his chance, we almost did forget with the exception of Barry Bonds. If Bonds was a likeable person, we probably would have gotten past him as well.
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