All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. -Galileo
Public Knowledge:
1. This report is just the tip of the tip of the iceberg. Like Chicago used to sing, “Only the beginning. Only just the start.” For every cat named in this report, there are many, many more who went unnamed. Every clubhouse has their own Brian McNamee. Every clubhouse has their own Kirk Radomski. Every clubhouse has their own skeletons.
2. The Roger Clemens’ of the world can save their outrage. Save it for a rainy day. Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket, never let it fade away! Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket, save it for a rainy day! Save it Rocket. Save it everybody. You had your chances. 500 of you did. Only 68 of you had the courage to speak with Senator Mitchell. Clemens’ mouthpiece Rusty Hardin told reporters that Roger had not been given the opportunity to defend himself. Yes he had. As did 432 others. They chose not to.
3. Everybody loves the list. The list of the players. The list of the cheaters. The list of the users. All the animals come out at night: whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies, sick, venal. Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets. Not today though. This rain wasn’t near strong enough. But it’s not just the players who need a good dousing. To me the most damning thing I heard was that of Gene Orza. A former player claimed he had been given two weeks’ notice of a drug test by Orza. Independently, Kirk Radomski stated that this former player had earlier told him the same thing about Orza’s statements. Larry Bigbie also said that the same former player had told him the same thing about his conversation with Orza.
4. I still can’t over the fact the best hitter of our lifetime is dirty. I still can’t over the best pitcher of our lifetime is dirty. And don’t kid yourselves. Don’t let them kid you. They are dirty. It’s still very overwhelming to me. Now we gotta ask, who are really the best players of our lifetime? Like how many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop? The world may never know. We may never know ’cause we may never know who was really clean and who wasn’t.
5. The big question I hear being tossed around is, is it worth it. As Jayson Stark asked: “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?” My answer is Yes. Yes, yes, yes. A thousand times yes. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it’s a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again. Baseball itself needs to be good once again. And if it means some folks’ faces are going to get dirty in the process, then so be it. Remember, no one is bigger than the game.
6. Kevin Duckworth? He is not actually implicated in steroids in any way but during the investigation of former Met clubhouse guy Kirk Radomski a personal check of his was uncovered.
7. All I really need to know I learned in Juiced. As compelling as the Mitchell Report is, Jose already told us. In his book, Canseco claimed widespread use of steroids in Major League Baseball. He named names. Big names. Important Names. Superstar names. Jesus Christ. Superstar. Do you think you’re what they say you are? We didn’t think so. We didn’t believe him. No one did. But following his story, several of those players, including Mark McGwire and Rafael Palmeiro, were called to testify before Congress about steroids in baseball. And here we are.
8. More Jose. Jose is convinced A-Broad should have been on the list. Canseco: “All I can say is the Mitchell Report is incomplete. I could not believe that (Rodriguez’s) name was not in the report.” Yowza! Jose was right before. Jose played with A-Broad. It may be high time we start believing this cat.
9. A sign the apocalypse is upon us? Al Jazeera breaks in on the Mitchell Report.
10. Rumors had it that rumors that the Cardinals’ Albert Pujols was on the list. Because your kiss, your kiss, is on my list. Because your kiss, your kiss I can’t resist. The list of those implicated in the Mitchell investigation. It turned out they were just that. Rumors. But if there is one thing I’ve learned from all this, it’s that nobody is above suspicion. Nobody. Not one new name could come out that would surprise. Not Derek Jeter. Not Big Papi. Not nobody.
Peace out homies. Six two and even!
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I knew Clemens started taking it in the ass when he went to New York.