mitchell report made public now what

Mitchell Report Made Public, Now What?

Well, I didn't guess nearly as many players as I expected to, as you

can see below. I've bolded the players which I correctly guessed would

be mentioned in the Mitchell Report.

1. Barry Bonds

2. Mark McGwire

3. Rafael Palmeiro

4. Ken Caminiti

5. David Segui

6. Jason Grimsley

7. Sammy Sosa

8. Bret Boone

9. Brady Anderson

10. Lenny Dykstra

11. Paul Byrd

12. Jose Canseco

13. Jason Giambi

14. Jeremy Giambi

15. Gary Matthews, Jr.

16. Guillermo Mota

17. Scott Schoenweiss

18. Curt Schilling

19. Jose Guillen

20. Jay Gibbons

21. Gary Sheffield

22. Jim Leyrtiz

23. John Rocker

24. Rafael Betancourt

25. Matt Lawton

26. Roger Clemens

27. Ozzie Canseco

28. Rick Ankiel

29. Matt Williams

30. Mark Whitten

31. Eric Gagne

32. Benito Santiago

33. Wally Joyner

34. Miguel Tejada

35. David Ortiz

36. Juan Gonzalez

37. Ivan Rodriguez

38. Alex Rodriguez

39. Kyle Farnsworth

40. Carlos Delgado

41. Dante Bichette

42. Andres Galarraga

43. Albert Belle

44. Troy Glaus

45. Manny Alexander

46. Greg Vaughn

47. Mo Vaughn

48. Kevin Brown

49. Adrien Beltre

50. Mike Piazza

51. Jim Thome

52. Adam Dunn

53. Richie Sexson

54. David Cone

55. Bobby Bonilla

56. John Wetteland

57. Dwight Gooden

58. Darryl Strawberry

59. Melido Perez

60. Pasqual Perez

61. Jack McDowell

62. Mitch Williams

63. Roberto Alomar

64. Carlos Baerga

65. Chuck Knoblauch

66. Jose Mesa

67. Armando Benitez

68. Jay Buhner

69. Luis Gonzalez

70. Pat Hentgen

71. Keith Foulke

72. Mike Hampton

73. Denny Neagle

74. Rod Beck

75. Nomar Garciaparra

76. Bartolo Colon

77. Paul Konerko

78. Kenny Rogers

79. Raul Ibanez

80. Michael Young

Only 29 out of 80, not a very good percentage. But look at some of the

players I missed: Sammy Sosa, Bret Boone, Brady Anderson, Ozzie

CANSECO. There were even some admitted, not to mention caught,

performance enhancing drug users who were not mentioned in the report,

such as Guillermo Mota and Rafael Betancourt. These two men were found

guilty of using steroids by positive drug tests and were suspended by

Major League Baseball as a result; wouldn't you think they would be

included in a report regarding performance enhancing drugs in

baseball?

Others I was surprised were missing included Juan Gonzalez, who was

accused of steroid use by the owner of a team he played for, Manny

Alexander, who was also caught using banned substances and Luis

Gonzalez, who seemed like the prototypical steroid user in 2001 when

he hit 57 home runs after never hitting more than 31 (he never hit

more than 28 after).

Clearly the news that Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte used steroids

and HGH, respectively, is extremely disappointing for any Yankee fan.

However, one must look at the positive that Derek Jeter, Bernie

Williams, Alex Rodriguez, Tino Martinez and Jorge Posada were not

named anywhere in the 409 page findings.

I have no idea how this report is going to effect each individual