The Mitchell Report

I hope someone on the Yankees board of directors releases an equally unbiased report that hits the Red Sox especially hard.

SO the question is this....
In the case of people like clemenns or tejeda, How can you tell how much steroids played into their ability to perform? Did clemens only take them in his 40's, which mean that his previous Hall of Fame success was all natural, while Tejada's career more than likely was like Giambi's, he had his great success due to steroids. And in the case of Clemens, when it comes to teh Hall of Fame, do you not vote him in just because he has been linked to steriods, or do you have to consider the guys natural performance was Hall of Fame worthy already. This is gonna get crazy.

I have to be honest. I want the players named to get slammed. I want baseball to suck it up and stop being babies about enforcing the standards, too.

I was actually very disappointed with Guillen's tiny 15 day suspension. The guy CHEATED.

Barry Bonds CHEATED. To say that he was a better hitter and a better player than someone like Hank Aaron or Babe Ruth is just wrong.

In my opinion, testing for steroids should become mandatory, and if anyone ever fails that test, then they should NEVER be allowed to be in the Hall of Fame. Ever. To have them in there only sullies the records of players who played the game the right way - those who effectively made the sport we all love such a wonderful thing.

Heck I don't even think they should be allowed to play.

LOLZ Ed Wade got PWNED!

What an idiot...

of course the yankees are going to get hit the hardest. Mitchell wouldn't have it any other way...

I'm not saying the yankee names on the list are being wrongfully accused, I'm just saying that Mitchell probably put twice as much time into that team than any other.

There is no way Mitchell could catch everyone, from every team, but he probably made sure he caught all the yankees.

my source is also telling me that jose canseco will be named as well.

shockingly, no red sox will be named. suspicions around manny ramirez and david ortiz due to their size are unfounded. turns out, they're just fat. although, one has to ponder why manny ramirez would wear a uniform several sizes too big if wasn't trying to look smaller. seriously, he looks like a flying squirrel.

There's no way I would go after Brian Roberts now. No wonder he had such a great year a couple of years ago. He will probably flop now. The Cubs would be better off going with DeRosa everyday at second and Theriot and Cedano sharing duties at SS.

"of course the yankees are going to get hit the hardest. Mitchell wouldn't have it any other way...

I'm not saying the yankee names on the list are being wrongfully accused, I'm just saying that Mitchell probably put twice as much time into that team than any other. "

Idiot.

Not sure if this was mentioned, but didnt all the teams have the Mitchell Report before the Astros traded for Tejada? And even if they didnt, how could a team be penalized for trading a player they think might have been on steroids. Maybe if this was the stock market and the Orioles were Martha Stewart. Nice too see none of my guys are on there. Although I still think Piazza's name might be.

Here is the list I heard, from a fairly reliable source:

"Brady Anderson, Manny Alexander, Rick Ankiel, Jeff Bagwell, Bar ry Bonds, Aaron Boone, Rafaeil Bettancourt, Bret Boone, Milton B radley, David Bell, Dante Bichette, Albert Belle, Paul Byrd, Wil Cordero, Ken Caminiti, Mike Cameron, Ramon Castro, Jose and Ozz ie Canseco, Roger Clemens, Paxton Crawford, Wilson Delgado, Lenn y Dykstra, Johnny Damon, Carl Everett, Kyle Farnsoworth, Ryan Fr anklin, Troy Glaus, Rich Garces, Jason Grimsley, Troy Glaus, Jua n Gonzalez, Eric Gagne, Nomar Garciaparra, Jason Giambi, Jeremy Giambi, jackkindregan (9:54:45 AM) : Jose Guillen, Jay Gibbons, Juan Gon zalez, Clay Hensley, Jerry Hairston, Felix Heredia, Jr., Darren Holmes, Wally Joyner, Darryl Kile, Matt Lawton, Raul Mondesi, Ma rk McGwire, Guillermo Mota, Robert Machado, Damian Moss, Abraham Nunez, Trot Nixon, Jose Offe rman, Andy Pettitte, Mark Prior, Neifi Perez, Rafael Palmiero, A lbert Pujols, Brian Roberts, Juan Rincon, John Rocker, Pudge Rodriguez, Sammy Sosa, Scott Schoenweiis, David Segui, Alex Sanchez , Gary Sheffield, Miguel Tejada, Julian Tavarez,Fernando Tatis, Maurice Vaughn, IJason Varitek, Ismael Valdez, Matt Williams and Kerry Wood.
Couple of big names, including Clemens and Pujols.

Brian Roberts was named on the Grimsley affidavit many months ago, it has been public knowledge.

Tejada and Roberts are old news. They were named by Grimsley a long time ago so nobody, including the Astros or Cubs, will be surprised if they're listed in Mitchell's report.

I do look for trade activity to pick up a bit over the next week as teams get more comfortable making deals for players that are, or aren't, on the list.

"Here is the list I heard, from a fairly reliable source:

"Brady Anderson, Manny Alexander, Rick Ankiel, Jeff Bagwell, Bar ry Bonds, Aaron Boone, Rafaeil Bettancourt, Bret Boone, Milton B radley, David Bell, Dante Bichette, Albert Belle, Paul Byrd, Wil Cordero, Ken Caminiti, Mike Cameron, Ramon Castro, Jose and Ozz ie Canseco, Roger Clemens, Paxton Crawford, Wilson Delgado, Lenn y Dykstra, Johnny Damon, Carl Everett, Kyle Farnsoworth, Ryan Fr anklin, Troy Glaus, Rich Garces, Jason Grimsley, Troy Glaus, Jua n Gonzalez, Eric Gagne, Nomar Garciaparra, Jason Giambi, Jeremy Giambi, jackkindregan (9:54:45 AM) : Jose Guillen, Jay Gibbons, Juan Gon zalez, Clay Hensley, Jerry Hairston, Felix Heredia, Jr., Darren Holmes, Wally Joyner, Darryl Kile, Matt Lawton, Raul Mondesi, Ma rk McGwire, Guillermo Mota, Robert Machado, Damian Moss, Abraham Nunez, Trot Nixon, Jose Offe rman, Andy Pettitte, Mark Prior, Neifi Perez, Rafael Palmiero, A lbert Pujols, Brian Roberts, Juan Rincon, John Rocker, Pudge Rodriguez, Sammy Sosa, Scott Schoenweiis, David Segui, Alex Sanchez , Gary Sheffield, Miguel Tejada, Julian Tavarez,Fernando Tatis, Maurice Vaughn, IJason Varitek, Ismael Valdez, Matt Williams and Kerry Wood.
Couple of big names, including Clemens and Pujols. "

Yeah. I got this list too in my email from a friend who works at a major sports company.

What's funny is that Juan Gonzalez took so many roids he had to be listed twice.

It conflicts with the "no person on the Mets 40-man roster" though as it names Ramon Castro

So If Clemens and Pettitte

Wat about Beckett
Can he be linked to it to??

right about that list. im sure many of those names will be on the actual list, but i doubt thats the REAL one.

yankeedudel,
anyone who has internet.
http://www.baseballssteroidera.com/

i bet u beckett will never have the year he had this year again

Crawford admitted to using steroids. Most of the guys on that list are already known. I'm willing to bet the real list has a lot more surprising names.

While I wouldnt jump for joy too see Pujols name on that list, I also wont be shocked if I ever find out he is taking some kind oh ped's

Pujols inclusion on that emailed list could be from the original creator of the list using the bad info (Pujols on Grimsley affdavit) and including him.

Or, he could be a user.

Johnny Damon didn't have a fairly high-profile career with Boston?

WEEI - Boston's sports radio station received the "list" today in emails. Reportedly it came from Bloomberg, they have contacted them and they denied they are the source of the list. List is most likely made up of names who have been rumored and names people want to be rumored.

fake

yea he did but when it comes up he going to say as a yankee not as a red sox

Check the post, that list has been going around since last night and has zero credibility.

There are guys taking different things to get an edge that might not show up on the list.

arodsucksatlife is so right

Big PAPI better be on this list or it has ZERO credibility seriously… people don’t go role from OK player to the modern freakin Jimmy Fox overnight

WNBC-TV (with MSNBC and CNBC) are reporting Tejada, Pujols, Gagne, Varitek, Garciaparra

i had a friend also inform me that CNBC had listed those names, are those just speculation though, i thought you couldnt release any information until 2pm EST?

If you want to question like Buster Olney has the methods of trying to track information based on checks made out to clubhouse attendents, and backtracking over the last decade plus with no subpeona power to get information from people. That is perfectly fine. But to attempt to say that the guy is going to specifically target the Yankees is just retarded. This is going to be the most scrutinized, and attacked report in baseball history. If half the effort that is going to be put into tearing this thing apart was put into finding out information for the report it would probably be ten times the scope.

"Another useful post by a Red Sox fan..."

Who are you? go back to debating whether or not Hughes will have the highest ERA+ in the history of baseball with the geniuses at nyyfans.com

Guys, as a Yankee fan, accusing of Mitchell of flat out ignoring current Sox players is simple lame. Stop it.

CNBC stoops to the laziest level of 'journalism'. At least correct the spelling!

hahahaha nice catch monkey

Agreed about this e-mail leak though...

I feel like if they really said that the Yankees were in for a bad day - it'd be more than Clemens/Pettitte.

the wrong spellings sort of discredit things a bit... regardless of spelling ability, i feel the source with reputable baseball knowledge would spell the names right.

I dont know about the law....but couldnt this have some slander implications if the list is fraudulaunt?

CNBC has retracted. They have removed the story from the site.

1. You're proving my point just by continuing to speak.

2. I go here and to Pete Abraham's blog -- not fan sites.

I'm not going to waste anymore time with you.

Enjoy nursing that chip on your shoulder with the MFY's and bitterness.

On to baseball issues...

My sources tell me Brady Anderson used steroids

Didn't Jim Leyritz admit to using Roids. He may be a prominent Yankee, yet his name wasn't on that "list." Whoever made that list probably just compiled all of the names that have already been surfaced, and then added a couple of his own for the drama effect.

Chillin, that's exactly what I think happened. And since plenty will be in the Mitchell Report the bogus list will live on as "kinda true"

All I said was they should have had some one INDEPENDENT of any baseball team do the inquiry. How is that not reasonable???

And as for all this Yankee hatred, why not focus your energies on supporting your team rather than tearing others down? Red Saux have a very very good team as do the Yankees with their young pitching. It should be an exciting season. I can't wait for Spring Training!

Andy Pettitte doesn't look like any kind of user. If he's using human growth hormone, it isn't working, since he doesn't seem noticeably bigger than he ever was.

And I Farnsworth is using the stuff, it really isn't working!

George Mitchell is a director of the Red Sox. As such, I would have been
shocked if there weren't a bunch of Yankees named, whether or not Mitchell
thinks they're involved.

Notice that he apparently only worked with New York trainers.

He obviously didn't ask the Red Sox trainer because he wanted to make sure BIG (Really
Big) Papi gets a pass.

The guy is the obvious model for a user: a decent
player but not particularly large, gets hurt, goes to the minors, comes back a BIG guy and a power hitter.

But we can't mention that. Can't be doing anything to hurt Mitchell's team, after all.

Please read the post before copy/pasting this virus of a bogus list...

That's exactly my point. Also consider how Mo Vaughn is listed as "Maurice Vaughn", yet Ivan Rodriguez is listed as "Pudge Rodgriguez".

there is obviously no truth to this list. yes some people on here will be on the mitchell report but they already came out and said that there are NO current mets from there 40 man roster on the report but scott schoenweis is on the list. interesting

You want to give a source for that, DonCoburleone? I can't find it.

Acorrding to Jon Heyman, Chuck Knoblauch and Mike Stanton are on the list:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/12/13/mitchell.news/index.html

Yeah, Mitchell is a director on the RED SOX !!..How unbiased is that ??....But I did notice VARITEK was on it. He must have ROID RAGE when he attacked A-Rod.

Sorry, got some bad info... Plus I would love to see Mr. Perfect (Ripken) be on there, I would love it...

a little bit too much of a conspiracy theory there surfacetension.