Ugh. For those of you who care about baseball, and I'm guessing it's not many since only Youppi, Rachel, and Jeri read my blog for the most part, the list of players named in the Mitchell report is out. You can read it
here. It's a very long list, and it includes everything from some a-list players to unknowns to guys you thought were just good people. It's a depressing list, since all of these players decided to cheat and use substances that are strictly prohibited by their employers. The biggest impacting name on the list to me, personally, is
Hal Morris.
For those of you not "in the know," Hal Morris was the 1st baseman on the Reds' 1990 wire to wire World Series championship team. Granted, he's the only person on that team that has been named, but I always pictured him as a stand-up guy. He always seemed to play well and with heart, and seemed like he had the capacity for rational decisions. Ouch, Hal...Ouch. He did play with the Yankees, Tigers, and Royals during his 11 year career, but he spent the bulk of his time with the Reds here in the 'nati.
Cheaters. In my opinion, they shouldn't be allowed back into baseball or into the hall of fame...any of them. I wonder what Selig will come up with to combat this new report, as I'm sure MANY fans will feel violated, like they spent their money on WWE tickets instead of seeing something largely unadulterated like an actual baseball game.
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I have followed the general headlines and I am very disappointed that so many professionals think they are above the rules and won't get caught. They can't blame their managers or anyone. They had a choice. Their day has come. :(
yeah i was bummed to see morris on that list. the sweep has been one of my proudest childhood memories for a while and this kind of dumped on it a bit...
Just because I don't comment doesn't mean I don't care... (boo-effing-hoo....)
This thing is beyond comprehension. I'm really glad that Mitchell pointed out not only the players involved, but specifically drove home the fact that the commissioner(s), owners, sponsors, AND fans are all responsible for this.
I'm not going to justify the players (poor) decision, but to play devil's advocate here it was/is just a response to the condition of those individuals placing ungodly amounts of pressure onto the players to perform above human standards. It's just not enough to be talented/gifted anymore...
sad. I know nothing is going to be done from Selig's office, but fortunately we will know and tell the story of the Asterisk for our children and the fans who come after us.
I could see where they may have had pressure from the league and especially the commissioner to perform better than usual after the strike. But, as I'm sure you'll agree, that doesn't mean they should have gone to the lengths of cheating to get ahead. Not all of the players did this, and baseball is really a magical enough game to watch that the fans would have come back eventually.
Dad and I had a couple of discussions about this, and we sort of half agree on this issue. There are some semi-legitimate times to use HGH or 'roids, like when the player isn't actively playing and is coming back from surgery or other injuries. That I can sort of agree with, as long as the same provision is made for all players. But of course, if you open the door to HGH and 'roids, then they WILL be abused...
Here's a question: Should we penalize modern players since they have a marked advantage over players from the 1800s thanks to advances in medicine? Tommy John's Surgery didn't exist back in the good ole days, so does that provide an advantage for the relatively new position of Pitcher*?
*A pitcher used to be not just a pitcher, they used to also play many other positions and actually be expected to hit the ball...
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