On Dec 13, 1:49 pm, Padredog <padre...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> The Mitchell Report says pretty much what a lot of us have been
> thinking all along. The powers that be in baseball have known of the
> growing problem of steroids for over 20 years, but looked the other
> way. Major League Baseball looked the other way beacuse it made them
> money. Attendance rose to record number as fans came to see the
> exciting brand of baseball being played. Shiny new ballparks were
> built, and fat contracts were handed out. Fat contracts to players
> that were probably juiced, but owners looked the other way. Looked the
> other way because it made them money and got them new stadiums. Oh,
> but now its time for self-righteous indignation. As for the players on
> this list, were steroids illegal when they used them? Then what's the
> point of this list? It's like buying drinks for an alcoholic, because
> it's entertaining to see them drunk, then kick them to the curb when
> they are no longer of any use. This baseball fan has suffered the
> numerous strikes and work stoppages, but Bud Selig and George
> Mitchell, and this stupid report they made public, make me want to
> puke.
It sure made for some exciting Baseball though. Watching a Creatine-
juiced up MAC launch all those HR's in Boston during the '99 All Star
Home Run Derby was one of my favorite baseball moments. Who knows how
many others there are?
Still, in the past a broken record had some meaning. Now it's taken
with so much skepticism that it's almost not even worth the fanfare...
you can ask Barry on that one. Whether it's MLB's fault or the
player's union, somebody pretty much spit right on the sanctity and
purity of the sport with this one. And PR wise it's going to end up
being a nightmare for the entire sport to try and recover from.
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