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Jason's Reaction to The Mitchell Report
OK, so the Major League Baseball sanctioned Mitchell Steroid Report was released Thursday afternoon and some high-profile names were on the list.
Take a moment and think about that for a second.
Alright, now take a moment and think what good will now come from this report albeit 3-4 years too late.
Barry Bonds has already broken Hank Aaron's home run record. Roger Clemens (I don't believe one bit, although that whole throwing the bat thing during the World Series at Mike Piazza could be misconstrued as a form of "roid rage") is FINALLY retired. And, of the 89 names listed in the report, several are players that are no longer in the game.
Moreover, 85% of those names are of players who weren't that good to begin with. How many of you had Bobby Estalella on your fantasy team as a starting catcher, or maybe Larry Bigbie, Jack Cust, Tim Laker, Josias Manzanillo, F.P. Santangelo, Chris Donnels, Phil Hiatt, etc., etc., etc.
Point is this report was an attempt by Bud Selig to save his hide. This whole “steroid era” happened on his watch. Once thought of records were broken.
Back when McGwire and Sosa were breaking the late-great Yankees slugger Roger Maris’ single-season home run record, did anybody care that those two were “juicing?”
Simple answer … No!
The fact is that the owners, general managers and baseball executives in New York didn’t care that their players were cheating. All they cared about was the fans were flocking to the ballparks and lining their pockets with money. They needed a jolt for attendance after the collective group of jackasses canceled a season because of greed.
That same greed led them to turn a blind eye on the cheaters, and in return they were rewarded with the almighty dollar. If those players wanted to really take the HGH, anabolic steroids, or whatever other substance to help them gain an edge, why should they have cared. Major League Baseball, like every other professional sport, is entertainment and run like a business. They treat their players like temporary entities. Once they get old or cannot produce any longer, they just kick them to the curb (i.e. cut them, trade them, buy them out).
This Mitchell Report is based solely on hearsay. I have a copy of the report, and plan to read all 400-plus pages of it. From a quick glance, they have some physical evidences, but for the really big players named in the report there are not any physical evidences to substantiate the implications.
I look forward to hearing what you think … email me at jfeather@phoenixvillenews.com.
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Jason Feather
Take a moment and think about that for a second.
Alright, now take a moment and think what good will now come from this report albeit 3-4 years too late.
Barry Bonds has already broken Hank Aaron's home run record. Roger Clemens (I don't believe one bit, although that whole throwing the bat thing during the World Series at Mike Piazza could be misconstrued as a form of "roid rage") is FINALLY retired. And, of the 89 names listed in the report, several are players that are no longer in the game.
Moreover, 85% of those names are of players who weren't that good to begin with. How many of you had Bobby Estalella on your fantasy team as a starting catcher, or maybe Larry Bigbie, Jack Cust, Tim Laker, Josias Manzanillo, F.P. Santangelo, Chris Donnels, Phil Hiatt, etc., etc., etc.
Point is this report was an attempt by Bud Selig to save his hide. This whole “steroid era” happened on his watch. Once thought of records were broken.
Back when McGwire and Sosa were breaking the late-great Yankees slugger Roger Maris’ single-season home run record, did anybody care that those two were “juicing?”
Simple answer … No!
The fact is that the owners, general managers and baseball executives in New York didn’t care that their players were cheating. All they cared about was the fans were flocking to the ballparks and lining their pockets with money. They needed a jolt for attendance after the collective group of jackasses canceled a season because of greed.
That same greed led them to turn a blind eye on the cheaters, and in return they were rewarded with the almighty dollar. If those players wanted to really take the HGH, anabolic steroids, or whatever other substance to help them gain an edge, why should they have cared. Major League Baseball, like every other professional sport, is entertainment and run like a business. They treat their players like temporary entities. Once they get old or cannot produce any longer, they just kick them to the curb (i.e. cut them, trade them, buy them out).
This Mitchell Report is based solely on hearsay. I have a copy of the report, and plan to read all 400-plus pages of it. From a quick glance, they have some physical evidences, but for the really big players named in the report there are not any physical evidences to substantiate the implications.
I look forward to hearing what you think … email me at jfeather@phoenixvillenews.com.
Posted by
Jason Feather
posted by The Phoenix Files at
9:57 AM
4 Comments:
I can't believe you made that long winded commentary about the report and then throw in at the end that you PLAN on reading all 400 pages. I just read all 400 pages and I think you will be surprised at the amount of eye witness accounts of steroid use in Baseball. Start at page 86 and start reading to about pg 113. Then skip to 130 and read on. You will have a very clear picture of what went on, painted by a boat load of club house attendants (who by the way are the only employees of MLB that seem where not banned from talking to Mitchell by Don Fehr and the union).
He can't read it....too many BIG words.
I think it is hilarious how everyone that has an opinion is too much of a coward to post their name. Everyone that posts a comment on this Website is anonymous. Grow a back bone and put your name out there. The guy wrote his opinion, which he is entitled to, and you go and try to trash the guy. What are you 12? This guy along with Barry Sankey are doing a tremendous job getting this paper's sports section back to being interesting to actually pick up and read on a daily basis. The second anonymous writes like he knows Jason personally "He can't read it....too many BIG words." Good one!
So the fact that the above commenter pointed out that he didn't read the report, makes that person overly critical? If you are going to report on a report, read the damn thing. I think the Phoenix has great coverage. I can line my catbox with it 3 times a week. No gaps.
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