Mitchell Report day: My thoughts and predictions
Obscure Sports Quarterly —
... steroids or HGH. How does that really help today’s game? Don’t get me wrong, I definitely want tougher steroid/HGH testing and tougher punishments. I just don’t know what a report on what players did in the past will accomplish.
There are already multiple posts on blogs devoted to the release of the Mitchell report and predicting which players will be named as steroid/HGH users. (Check out Baseball Think Factory, Center Field, Deadspin and The Big Lead).
My guesses:
David Eckstein
David Wells ...
Waiting out Steroid D-Day
River Avenue Blues —
... In the meantime, follow The Big Lead’s lead. They’ve called for a Mitchell Report fantasy draft. Name the guys most likely to appear in the report, and if Barry Bonds, anticlimactically, isn’t on the top of all the lists, I’d be pretty surprise. ...
huggingharoldreynolds.blogspot.com 12/12/2007 — With Major League Baseball on edge about the impending Mitchell Report, several former players worry about just how deep the investigation has gone. HHR has obtained, via an inside source, a list of players whose representatives have been in contact with the feds wondering whether or not their clients should lawyer up.
baseballmusings.com 12/12/2007 — Howard Bryant writes a lengthy piece at ESPN.com on the Mitchell investigation. The Sports Network interviewed the people Mitchell interviewed to find out how the investigation was carried out. A quick summary: A number of people think Mitchell has ...
grg51.typepad.com 12/12/2007 — All indications point to a Thursday press conference as George Mitchell, former US Senator, former director of Disney, Fedex, and Xerox, and current member of the Red Sox management group, releases the report on PED use in Major League Baseball. ...
FanIQ.com 12/12/2007 — You may be wondering why the Baltimore Orioles traded Miguel Tejada to the Houston Astros for an uninspiring group consisting of Luke Scott, Matt Albers, Troy Patton, third base prospect Mike Costanzo. I'd don't think it's just coincidence that this ...
baseballthinkfactory.org 12/13/2007 — George Mitchell called a news conference for Thursday to announce the results of his 20-month investigation into drug use in baseball. Bud Selig does not plan to attend the 2 p.m. ET news conference at a Manhattan hotel a few blocks from the ...
viewfromthebleachers.com 12/13/2007 — At 2:00 PM today, former Senator George Mitchell is set to release the results of his committee's 20-month investigation into the use of performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball and... To read the rest of this story, visit ...
everyfacetofthegame.blogspot.com 12/13/2007 — 1 year, 8 months, and 2 weeks ago it was announced that Senator George Mitchell would head an investigation commissioned by Major League Baseball, detailing steroid use by players. Today, at 2 pm EST he will release the report.
metsblog.com 12/13/2007 — Senator George Mitchell’s 20-month steroids investigation will be released at 2 pm today at a news conference in New York City. MLB commissioner Bud Selig will hold a follow-up news conference around 4:30 pm. The list of players ...
withleather.com 12/13/2007 — Former Senator George Mitchell will announce the findings from his 20-month investigation into baseball's steroid problem at a press conference in New York at 2:00 Eastern today. Supposedly, Mitchell will reveal between 60 and 80 names of ...
grg51.typepad.com 12/13/2007 — As we hinted last night, the Rocket, Roger Clemens now looks to be implicated in the Mitchell Report. Clemens's trainer Brain McNamee apparently named both Clemens, and Yankee pitcher Andy Pettite. ESPN: A former New York Yankee strength trainer says information he provided to the George Mitchell investigation regarding supplying Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte with steroids is ...
awfulannouncing.blogspot.com 12/13/2007 — I can't believe Brandon Walsh would do this! What would Nat say?!?! Sorry Roger Cossack....that was too funny to not post.
joesportsfan.com 12/13/2007 — With everyone in sports spending the last week eagerly anticipating the results of their Mitchell Investigation Office Pools, the JSF staff has worked tirelessly to piece together some early results from the report. After exhaustive research, ...
blogs.usatoday.com 12/13/2007 — The Mitchell Report, MLB's investigation into steroids in the game, will be released at 2 p.m. ET today. Former Sen. George Mitchell will hold a news conference then, followed by a 4:30 conference with Commissioner Bud Selig. Many baseball experts... ...
coppolasisters.com 12/14/2007 — Today marks an important date in baseball history.The Mitchell Report, a report to the commissioner of baseball of an independent investigation into the illegal use of steroids and other performance enhancing substances by players was released. ...
kidcleveland.blogspot.com 12/14/2007 — A different point of view on just what a farce this whole investigation really has been.
sportsofboston.com 12/14/2007 — The Red Sox released the following statement about the recent findings by former Sen. George Mitchell: “The Boston Red Sox have supported and fully cooperated with this investigation initiated by Commissioner Selig and conducted by Senator Mitchell. The Senator and his staff should be thanked and commended for their dedicated and independent efforts in producing this important report...
The Mitchell Report, a 21-month investigation into the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball completed by former Senator George Mitchell and released yesterday, is littered with the names of Yankees players, past and present.
After 20 months, George Mitchell is releasing the results of his investigation into MLB and steroids. Watch it LIVE here.
George Mitchell called a news conference for Thursday to announce the results of his 20-month investigation into drug use in baseball. Bud Selig does not plan to attend the news conference at a Manhattan hotel a few blocks from the commissioner's ...
Former Sen. George Mitchell has called a 2 p.m. ET press conference for Thursday at the Grand Hyatt hotel in New York City to release the results of his committee's 20-month investigation into the use of performance-enhancing drugs in Major League ...
Major League Baseball has begun to review a draft of George Mitchell's report on drug use in the sport, one of the final steps before the results of his 20-month investigation are released. Baseball reviewed a draft Tuesday at the Manhattan office of ...
An ESPN.com investigation of baseball's inquiry into performance-enhancing drugs reveals a series of missteps and conflicts that undermined former Sen. George Mitchell from the start. Howard Bryant reports.


