12/13/07 Our Long Nationals Nightmare Is Finally Over...
Federal Baseball —
The long arm of the Mitchell Report reached all the way down to DC, dragging the names of five players with ties to the Washington Nationals into the spotlight that accompanies the release of the results of the Fmr. Senator George Mitchell's look into the culture in baseball that allowed what will forever be known as the "Steroid-Era" to flourish virtually unchecked for nearly a decade. ...
A Sad Day for Baseball
We've Got Heart —
LA Times reporter Bill Plaschke said it better than we can. "Baseball will survive, because as long as there are summer nights and bleacher seats, baseball will always survive...The good part about the report is that it represents an important step toward a clean future. The bad part is that, more than any other sport, baseball is steeped in its past." Clearly, we ...
Roid reserve
District of Baseball - MLB returns to DC —
Home Roid reserve Submitted by Jeff on Fri, 12/14/2007 - 5:50am. The Mitchell Report yesterday on the use of performance enhancing drugs in MLB was released yesterday, and one of the players named in the report was Paul Lo Duca, the Nats' new catcher . Lo Duce reportedly "engaged in six or more transactions" with a former Mets clubhouse attendant who provided Lo Duca with drugs while Lo Duca was with the Dodgers and Marlins. Lo Duca had no comments about the allegations in the report. While the Nats issued a brief statement declining to comment on the report , the Times reports that "two high-ranking club sources said the team did not know Lo Duca would appear in the report when ...
1/25/07 Did David Wright Do This To Paul Lo Duca...WITH HIS MIND???
Federal Baseball —
Background work... After reading an article at espn.go.com which is credited to, "ESPN.com news services" and the AP, entitled, "Wright says good friend Lo Duca deserves penalty if Mitchell report true", in which David Wright states that he believes that Paul Lo Duca, "...his former teammate deserves 'a harsh penalty' if allegations that Lo Duca used steroids or human growth hormone are proved true," I texted my good friend Runner, a lifetime Mets' fan, for a quick interview to see what light he could shed on Wright and Lo Duca's relationship... Q: Wur Lo Duca and Wright frnz n NY? A: Not sur, ...
