Baseball in the offseason, fun stuff

Ah Where to Begin.

The Mitchell Report - not sure the real impact here. Not anyone on this list is terribly surprising to me. Do I believe Andy Pettite and Brian Roberts when they say they only did it a few times. I guess. Do I beleive Roger Clemens, that he never did them? Not really. This report only seems to be tip of iceberg of players that have actually used steroids in the past. I do fail bad, since it seems that any player mentioned in this report is going to be guilty by association and will never be able to be innocent in the eyes of the media again. That is a shame.

It seems that the Mitchell Report represents a small segment of the whole steroid issue. And it seemingly was willing to target the NY ball clubs (a former Yankee trainer, and a former Met batboy) and leak that information in order to embarass the Yankees. How shocking is that considering George Mitchell is a part owner of the Red Sox. And it is also a bit shocking that no current member of the Red Sox (Mo Vaughn and former Boston hero Roger Clemens) were even mentioned. Certainly no conflict of interest there. Also odd how Paul Byrd's name was linked right before he start in the playoffs, against which team? Did you guess the Red Sox? You are correct.

Curt Schilling needs to learn to keep his fucking mouth shut. Does anyone really care what this looney bird actually says? Does anyone really expect Roger Clemens to voluntary give up his 7 Cy Young awards? Is MLB going to find a 10 year old urine sample from Clemens, or a string of hair from the same period? Does anyone know if Schilling finished second one of those years to Clemens? Would he get his ridicolous $1M bonus if he wins a past Cy Young, ala the silver medalist in the womans 2004 100m sprint?

Nobody should trust anything Bill Parcells says or does? He is the biggest whore on the face of the Earth. He completely dicked the Atlanta Falcons, when he left them at the alter after a hand shake agreement with management, less than two weeks after the Falcons were jilted by coach Bobby Petrino, who bolted Atlanta to head back the college ranks. When Parcells phone rang and Miami Dolphin owner Wayne Huizenga calls with an offer for more money, Parcells bolts Atlanta for Miami. Clearly the man is not worth his word. He might be a football genius and will certainly only stay in Miami for 2-3 years and leave the team in better shape than it is today (I could probably do that as well for the Dolphins), but man I certainly do not trust him any further than I could throw him. Then again, can someone remind me how many playoff wins he has in the past few years? Oh yeah ZERO!!