Dark Day For Baseball

Truly not losing much sleep over it, as it doesn't appear to shed much light on anything.

At the time it was going on, a lot of people knew or should have known it was going on. It was illegal but not against the rules of MLB. At the very least MLB turned a blind eye and reaped the rewards of growth due to the excitement. "Chicks dig the long ball". That and 40 something year old pitchers winning Cy Young awards.....must've been vitamins and a good workout.

In the last couple of years everyone that has paid any attention has realized what was going on, and a precious few have paid a high price for something that a lot were doing.

Now the Mitchell report names "some" of the players involved, not "all" and in many cases the evidence is nothing more than what someone said. The Mitchell report was nothing more than a dog and pony show meant to feign concern and preserve the anti-trust exemption that MLB enjoys.

So why should anyone care about a report that is incomplete, anecdotal, and provides mostly information we already knew? We shouldn't.

The only measure is if they clean it up from this point forward. There is no way to go back and police history and no need to. Let it be and lets move on.

The only thing the Mitchell report accomplishes is to provide a few more juicy details (cancelled checks, neat stories), and it provides fodder for the sports nuts to argue about on sports forums. (Tip of the cap to Deezer)

GO TEXANS / COWBOYS!!

PC

Glaringly absent from the list, Sosa & McGuire. Perhaps they were spared some of the embarassment for all the butts they put back in stadium seats after the last strike during their record home run race. ************

                                                                                             Merry Xmas Damnit!!!!

                                                                                             J Dawg

Remember to tell your kids about Cal Ripken Jr...Ethical all the way!           Cathy

All of it is just an exercise. Nothing will be done because baseball depends too much on records and hitting the long ball. And everyone knows just how that is done.

The only thing that will solve this is either stringent testing, enforcement and punishment or just admitting that it's done and everyone get over it.

Just my 1/50 of a dollar.

And Robin Yount, Gorman Thomas, Paul Molitor, hardly any Brewers on the list except
Gary Sheffeld - and I won't elaborate on him....

Nice to hear your spin on this Joe. The fans are as accountable for the state that baseball is in as everybody else involved. If we are truly fed up with the whole mess then we should stop showing up. The influx of revenue is the only way get the owners attention, but yet we keep flocking to stadiums and arenas to quench our need to be entertained. After all sporting events as well as the arts are just that entertainment, it's been a part of the human make-up for thousands of years and doesn't seem like its gonna change any time soon, ya think?

                                                                                                Merry Xmas,

                                                                                                J Dawg

"Can we bring back Gladiators and Blood?"  he asks sarcasticly.  Jdawg is right.

We have dumbed down the masses.  I love sports, but wow...coached PAL & City league Basketball until I burnt out.  Would go into the projects to get my team. 

I love music & films.  I'm all for BIG MONEY.  I want a record deal, too.  AND a book deal!

I'm certain that we get exactly what the market will bear.  When the demand goes down so will the skyrocketing salaries.  What does Brad Pitt make upfront for a movie, now?

"I'm a soldier in the war on poverty..."  Billy (RIP) Preston