On Dec 20, 3:37 pm, Padredog <padre...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> This whole Mitchell Report is bullshit. There are wild accusations
> made, with little or no actual evidence to back them up. Example:
> Brian Roberts is named, because some clubhouse attendant said he
> remembers Brian Roberts asking him about a particular supplement.
> That's it. It does not say Brian ever used, or even acquired them,
> much less provide any solid evidence of it. I don't know what they
> hoped to accomplish by releasing these players names like this.
> Lawsuits perhaps? It shows how stupid Bud Selig really is. He should
> resign as commissioner for this. Resign becase he looked the other way
> while all this steroid abuse made MLB money. Resign because he was
> never able to get the necesary drug testing that every other sport
> has. Yeah, the players union was the main reason drug test was never
> properly implemented. Bottom line? Steroid use was quietly accepted by
> Bud Selig. And now he wants to throw players under the bus with little
> or no real evidence. I hope like hell Selig and MLB gets sued. The
> players on this list certainy have the financial means to start a
> lawsuit. It would not surprise me of the next labor dispute and/or
> strike, are the result of releasing these players names. When was the
> last time MLB won a dispute with the players union? This thing is not
> going to die quietly. And Major League Baseball will deserve anything
> that happens to it as a result of the Mitchell Report.
I hope like hell there is another lockout and/or strike because of
this. And I hope it shuts down baseball for years or however long it
takes to break the union. It is all on the Players Union. I am sure
Selig has to share some of the responsibility but the onus is on the
Union. That's my opinion.
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