sportingnews.com - 6/11/2008
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Contrary to popular belief, being on any team owned by Peter Angelos is not the worst place to be in Major League Baseball. It could be much worse. You could be named in the Mitchell Report and, thus, be blackballed from baseball.
Such is the case for Barry Bonds, Jay Gibbons and Nook Logon, as pointed out by Buster Olney in ESPN the Mag:
The agent for Barry Bonds says that no ...
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SeaTown Sports —
... rankings; Scott Suggs #58, Elston Turner Jr. #90, Tyreese Breshers #99. [Scout] +Apparently the guy who caught Griffey's 600 home run ball dropped another ball as a decoy so he could safely escape. Great stuff. [SportsByBrooks] National +Kobe Bryant, a flashback to 2001. [TrueHoop] +Props to David Ortiz for becoming an American!!! [FanHouse] +The Mitchell Report is the Kiss of Death [Sporting News] +I'll be so pissed if the Olympics aren't televised [TIME] +Kicks ...
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