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Mitchell Press Conference
George Mitchell is starting to speak now. Update: A link to the PDF is here. Update: Mitchell said steroid use is down due to testing, but HGH use is up. Update: Mitchell is concerned about the children. Screw them. Teenagers...
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Knuckle Curve — ... there must be a more comprehensive and effective program of education for players and others about the serious health risks incurred by users of performance enhancing substances; when the club owners and the Players Association next engage in collective bargaining on the joint drug program, I urge them to incorporate into the program the principles that characterize a state-of-the-art program, as described in this report. David Pinto is covering the press conference. Me? I’m slowly losing my will to live. Have a nice day. ...

The Mitchell Report: My take
Detroit Tigers blog — ... But I’m not really going to address that. I’m more interested in the “What should happen” portion of the story. Bud Selig, in his press conference, said he’ll take it by a case-by-case basis and decide punishments. The counterargument “It wasn’t against the rules then” can’t really fly, as Mitchell says in the report (as David Pinto pointed out): ...

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