Mitchell Report: One Time Only

I wasted my time listening to George Mitchell's press conference. Basically, he got up there and talked about absolutely nothing. Nothing at least that we didn't know about. Really George, there's a steroid problem in baseball?? Really??? There needs to be testing?? Really?? THANKS!

Then I read the report and there is some legitimacy to it. Why? Because two of the names that I was told about 5-6 years ago were featured in the report (see yesterday's post). Other than the names listed, the report was absolutely worthless.

What did the MLB pay for this report, $20 million? They could have given me a million, kept the other 19 and I could have slapped Bud in the head and then written most of the solutions offered in that report.

After listening to Selig's press conference, there is one major question that needs to be asked: how good of a commissioner has Selig been? He has done a lot for baseball as its commissioner. But the steroids issue is what his legacy will be. He knew about what was happening in the 90's and he did nothing about it. I think Mitchell should have recommended that Selig step down, effective immediately.

Finally, Bret Boone is not mentioned in the report. That makes me question all of this. Boone is the ultimate posterboy for performance enhancing drugs and without bringing his name to the table, I question Mitchell and his staff.

This is a terrible day for baseball. It's not because we now just found out about Roger Clemens. But it's the embarrassment and mockery that Selig and Mitchell have made of this investigation. Selig dropped the ball for a decade, and he doesn't care. Mitchell basically told us all what we already knew. These guys are supposed to be helping? I'll believe that when I see it.