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Armando Rios / ESPN:
Players listed in the Mitchell Commission report … Here are players mentioned in the Mitchell Commission report and how it links them to performance-enhancing substances: — Information Learned During this Investigation Concerning BALCO and Major League Baseball (9 players/3 active in MLB in 2007)
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Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Many legacies will be tarnished forever … Was it really worth it? — C'mon. Was it really worth all that money, all that time, all that trouble? — Was it really worth it to relive all those years of ugliness, shred all those reputations, embarrass the sport of baseball all over again?
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Fox Sports, Sports Law Blog, Deadspin, Only Baseball Matters, Pinstripe Alley, River Ave. Blues and The Heater
Hartford Courant:
No A-Rod? Canseco Stunned — Former A's slugger Jose Canseco tried to get in the news conference, but was told it was a media-only event and that he wasn't welcome. — Canseco said he was unimpressed with the report. — "It's a slap on the hand," he told Fox Business Network.
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Jose Canseco: A-Rod got off hook — More than 80 players were named in one capacity or another in the Mitchell Report, but Jose Canseco was certain there would be at least one more name in the document: Alex Rodriguez. — Canseco, who was one of the players named by Sen. George Mitchell in the report …
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My Pinstripes
BuzzFlash.org:
The Mitchell Report: Absolving the Owners — Ever had someone spit in your face and tell you it's raining? That's how it felt watching former Sen. George Mitchell's press conference on steroid use in Major League Baseball. The former Senate Majority Leader unleashed his "investigative findings" …
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THE BASEBALL SAVANT
Mike Fish / ESPN:
Congress doesn't waste time; hearings scheduled already … WASHINGTON — Capitol Hill politicians reacted swiftly Thursday to former Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell's report on steroids in baseball, calling for another round of congressional hearings aimed at steering the owners …
Ken Davidoff / Newsday:Canseco surprised A-Rod is not on Mitchell's list
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Lady At The Bat
Mike Vaccaro / New York Post:
TAINTED TITLES LOSE SOME JUICE — LIST TAKES BIG BITE OUT OF BIG APPLE — THEY were the dominant team of the baseball epoch that will be known forevermore as the Steroid Era, and so it is proper and it is fitting that there are no fewer than 22 men named in the Mitchell Report who played with the Yankees during that time.
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The Joy of Sox
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NY Daily News:
Roger Clemens' bid for Cooperstown likely will end with strikeout — Today, I feel a little like that kid standing outside the Chicago courthouse in 1920 imploring Shoeless Joe Jackson to say it ain't so. — Even though reports of the Chicago White Sox fixing the 1919 World Series …
Mark Feinsand / New York Daily News Blogs:Mitchell Report doesn't tarnish Yankee dynasty
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GoatRiders of the Apocalypse
La Velle E. Neal III / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Plan to add offense takes big detour with Everett signing — The Twins, in need of a shortstop, gave light-hitting Astros castoff Adam Everett a one-year, $2.8 million deal. — The Twins want to improve their offense this offseason, but they spent Thursday making sure they have a reliable shortstop …
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Sid Hartman / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Vikings' Frazier familiar with Bears rivalry from both sidelines — Leslie Frazier, in his first year as Vikings defensive coordinator, recalled a big game for the Bears at the Metrodome during their 1985 title run. — Minnesota's first-year defensive coordinator, Leslie Frazier, is very familiar with the Vikings-Bears series.
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MLB Trade Rumors
Dan Caesar / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Some media blow it by targeting Pujols — What's more important, getting a story out or getting a story right? — That question surged to the forefront Thursday, when rumors that the Cardinals' Albert Pujols was on the list of those implicated in the Mitchell investigation of steroid use …
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Dodger Thoughts
John Brattain / Hardball Times:
Gutted Fish — Take heart Marlins fans—you have Larry Beinfest. — Right now, he is the only thing about the management side of the club that can be referred to as "major league." As to the trade of Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis for outfielderCameron Maybin …
David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Braves open 2008 in Washington — Special Sunday night game starts major league season from Washington's new Nationals Park — It hasn't been announced yet, but the Braves and Nationals are scheduled to open the 2008 major league season with a special Sunday night game March 30 at Washington's new Nationals Park.
NY Daily News:
ESPN keeps outed Fernando Vina off air — That video often seen on the Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network - you know, the one where Roger Clemens addresses pinstriped loyalists from on high, announcing his triumphant return to the Bronx for about $18 million - is now destined for private screenings only.
Aaron Sharockman / St. Petersburg Times:
Marlins' plans may not aid Rays … The Tampa Bay Rays may be losing one of their few allies in securing state money to build a new stadium on the St. Petersburg waterfront. — Miami city and county leaders are close to an agreement to build a new Florida Marlins baseball stadium without state assistance.
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FishStripes
Jim Bouton / Bats:
One Strike and You're Out — Jim Bouton, an all-star pitcher with the New York Yankees in the 1960s, retired from baseball in 1970 to become a broadcaster and author. He wrote "Ball Four," a candid look at life in baseball. In 1978, he attempted a comeback, which lasted two years.
