Posts Tagged ‘Mitchell Report’

Andy Pettitte and HGH

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Yes, Andy Pettitte addressed the media yesterday and it was about what everyone expected. Pettitte doesn’t consider himself a cheater, but if other folks think he’s lying and want to label him as such, he understands. From his perspective, it was always about trying to heal his body, which brings up an interesting [...]

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It’s All About the Anti-Trust… And the Kids

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Over at the New York Nerd, it was asked why is Congress spending (wasting?) time with Major League Baseball, implying that this time could be better spent on more productive matters. The author also asked for a discussion and that’s what this little post is.
First and foremost, because of MLB’s vaunted anti-trust exemption, the [...]

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Misremembering With Roger Clemens

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

I’ve been thinking about how to do this wrap-up concerning the MLB/Congressional joy thrust upon us this morning: should I review what I learned or should I state where I stand after hearing what both sides had to say or should I say something about this hearing turned into a “toe the party line” exhibition? [...]

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Live Blog: Clemens Testifies – Part Two

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

And we’re back with more Congressional goodness. So what did we learn from the initial session? Well, the some of the committee doesn’t believe McNamee as far as they can throw him and Roger Clemens (nor his lawyer who is not allowed to speak but does so anyway) is very ambiguous about why [...]

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Live Blog: Roger Clemens Testifies

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Today is Roger Clemens’ day in court and we are going to bring all the salaciousness as it happens.

Right now, we are being introduced to the proceedings by Representative Henry Waxman and he’s mainly just giving the listeners a run-down of what to expect and running down some of the previous testimony given [...]

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John Rocker Wants To Be Included

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

The mighty mouth of John Rocker has decided to do some more roaring and thanks to the forum provided by Doug Gottlieb, he was allowed to do just that. In an interview with the ex-Oklahoma State non-shooting point guard, Rocker stated he tested positive for steroids in 2000 and Commissioner Bud Selig turned a [...]

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