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baseballthinkfactory.org - 9/7/2007
N.Y. Times: Investigators Want to Talk to 45 Players About Suspected Steroid Use (RR)
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Whoa!...That’s gonna be one crowded bathroom stall. As of mid-August, baseball’s investigators looking into the use of performance-enhancing drugs still wanted to speak with at least 45 current and former major league players, most of them still active. The number emerged in a letter the union sent Aug. 23 to the head of the investigation, the former Senator George J. Mitchell, in which the ...

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ShysterBall — ... Yesterday over at BTF there was considerable discussion about why Barry Bonds and to a lesser extent McGwire and Sosa have received so much scrutiny while the transgressions of other players -- including those who, unlike those guys, have tested positive for PEDs -- are virtually ignored by the fans and the press. The answer it seems to me is that the fuss over one's drug use is directly proportional to the damage one is thought to have done to a good story. The cloud over McGwire and Sosa has angered people who were sucked into the 1998 home run drama. Bonds would be treated much like Gary Sheffield is if he hadn't had the nerve to mess with that record and then Hank Aaron and the all-time home run mark. ...

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