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They got Girardi, A-Rod, by all reports Rivera, and Posada. And maybe maybe Pettite will be back, too.
Business as usual
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Couldn't agree more!Holbytla wrote:Bud Selig needs to step down. Man is he awful. He talks out of both sides of his mouth, and clearly has an agenda with punishing players regardless of reccomendations. Is he out to get Bonds or what?
Yet on the other hand he refuses to accept any culpability in this which is astounding.
Pompous twit!That's precisely why Mitchell did not recommend penalties for active players, though Selig did not rule any prospective punishment out.
"His report is a call to action," Selig said. "And I will act."
By naming names Mitchell has shot himself in the foot. All the press will focus on player denials, retraction, threats and counter-threats. It has diminished the real issue -- which is how to prevent further abuses in major league baseball.Clemens's Denial
Randy Hendricks, one of Roger Clemens's agents, just sent out a fierce statement, saying Clemens "vehemently denies allegations in the Mitchell report that he used performance-enhancing steroids."
Hendricks's release says that Clemens "is outraged that his name is included in the report basedon uncorroborated allegations of a troubled man threatened with federal criminal prosecution."
He says Brian McNamee "repeatedly denied thse current claims, including in June of this year when he was first contacted by federal investigators." The release states that McNamee "changed his story under the threat of federal criminal prosecution."
"I am at a total loss to understand how it is proper for federal prosecutorial authorities to use the threat of criminal prosecution to help in a private business investigation," said Clemens attorney Rusty Hardin.
[OT but interesting to me at least]Holbytla wrote:but suffice it to say I equate this with players corking their bats.
http://mythbustersresults.com/episode81 (summarizes other myths as well)This myth operates under the assumption that cork-filled bats can be swung faster because of their lighter weight, and that the springiness of the cork could propel the ball farther. To eliminate the human factor of the myth, Adam and Jamie constructed a special batting rig and used a pressurized air cannon to launch the baseball at it. Tests showed that the cannon could launch the ball 80 miles per hour, which is the average speed of most MLB pitches. Regulation bats could propel the ball away at 80mph while corked bats could only propel the ball 40mph, half the speed of regulation bats. The reason was because cork bats have less mass to transfer force into the ball, and the cork actually absorbs some of the ball’s impact. The Mythbusters concluded that using a cork filled bat will not improve your performance (it will in fact hurt it), and the major league batters who were caught using cork-filled bats risked their careers for nothing.