mitchell report
Posted by jonathan - 24/12/07 at 09:12:05 ambetween trade talks mostly around pitchers my rss feeder blew up when the mitchell report dropped like a sack of hot potatoes. Unlike most people who just comment on the comments, I dug deeper and read the source. Well at least the 40 page executive summary, not the $20 million dollar 409 page war and peace want-a-be. First and foremost the report seems quite skewed towards giving the beat down to ny teams. The naming of names seems to come from the under-belly / illegal immigrant class of workers, the trainers and personal coaches for these superstars who make upwards of a quarter billion dollars. Yeah a quarter billion with a capital B! When theres a shit-load of money to be made I can’t blame people for gaming america’s past time. If valid, the most ingenious part is the see-saw career tactics of players like Roger Clemens, the theory is that the part time status allows for timed cycling of the performance enhancing drugs sinister yet brilliant. Having just listened to a viagra and then a lipitor ad which followed an interesting news piece about the 30,000 people with electrical brain implants for conditions such as parkisons disease. Its about time we get over the fact that our country’s pastime is as much entwined with pill popping quick fixes as it is with a game most people find too slow and long to give two shits about. Large numbers of people did steroids and hgh, big deal. Don’t discredit the hard work and competition.
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[…] following up on my post about the mitchell report, I just listened to the clemens youtube denial video. He does not seem to understand the andy pettite offered, bill clinton perfected, I smoked but did not inhale theory for public image maintenance. I had a hard time when clemens first came over from the sox via toronto back in ‘99, but I warmed up to him over the years. He was always know as a hard worker, a bit gruff, and a guy with a short fuse. All these qualities make it hard to pin the proverbial tail on the donkey here. The roid rage does not really stick and the typical hgh induce blow up bobble-head thing does not really work either as his head always matched his ego. Having been taking steroids for psoriasis and eye problems for ~10 years and having packed 15 pounds on in the last year, who knows what the guy did. He should pay attention to his adopted lefty brother pitcher in arms and admit guilt on a technicality. Americans love a recovering addict exhibit 1, George Bush exhibit 2 Don Imus, Exhibit 3 Britney, Lindsey, Paris, Pete Doherty, Amy Winehouse…. […]
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