Now that I've had some time to think about the whole Mitchell Report I guess I wasn't shocked by any of the players mentioned. What did shock me was the inside information on how some of the front offices dealt with their suspicions. Some of the information from the Dodgers on Paul LoDuca and Eric Gagne was interesting. Those were two of my favorite players when they were on the Dodgers and now I see why they might have traded LoDuca when they did. They were very concerned about how he didn't take care of himself and helps explain why they didn't try to keep him long-term.
There seems to be a lot of blame to go around but the fact that the players union, headed by Don Fehr and the commisioner, Bud Selig didn't do anything for so long. It seems the front offices felt their hands were tied by the union. Even though various surveys by players were clear that a great majority of players wanted more testing the union leadership balked for a long time. It took congressional pressure to get the ball moving.
I just think it's a bad era that hopefully will change. The players union and MLB need to get together on further testing for HGH. Despite what the report says and what is almost common knowledge I do believe players like Bonds, Clemens, Sosa and McGwire should eventually get into the Hall of Fame.
I just hope this is all over. There's nothing like telling your kids that their former hero took steroids.
Posted by Tim at December 14, 2007 11:37 PM | TrackBack
