Matthew Cerrone

Buzz: Clemens and Pettitte on Mitchell List
By Matthew Cerrone - Dec 13, 2007 11:12 am

According to ESPN The Magazine’s Shaun Assael, Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte will be mentioned in the Mitchell Report, which will be released to the public later this afternoon.

According to Bob Klapisch in the Bergen Record, citing ‘an industry official,’ no Mets from their current 40-man roster are named in the report

…however, i’m picking up some buzz suggesting that this may not be true, as i have heard two names that could be mentioned, one of which we know about already…i prefer to not discuss the potential players, though, until the list is actually made public…additionally, there will certainly be players who once played for the Mets, who will be on the list

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Comment by STUBZ
2007-12-13 11:14:05

hallelujah

Comment by jag
2007-12-13 13:32:53

Clemens deserves as much crap as bonds. he is a complete scumbag who had a roid rage on the mound during the world series and threw a bat at an opposing player. he won 7 cy youngs and 300 whatever games, the equivalent of what bonds did for pitchers, all because of roids. look at his last three years in boston, he sucked. He has made well over $100 million because he was juicing.

I have a good friend who played in majors and minors and said that members of the Yankee dynasty all knew clemens and pettite.

 
 
Comment by points guy
2007-12-13 11:15:35

Whom do we already know about? Shoenscrub?

Comment by Sethuel
2007-12-13 11:16:05

Yeah. The other name being tossed around is Castro.

Comment by Xavier22
2007-12-13 11:17:41

I heard Castro’s name as well - could just be one of those internets rumors.

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Comment by ridethesnake
2007-12-13 11:22:14

What else could it be if not an internet rumor

 
Comment by points guy
2007-12-13 11:23:30

Ehh wouldn’t be surprised. He can hit a ton and barely trot the bases.

 
Comment by Mr.Spock
2007-12-13 11:27:36

It will be dissapointing to hear Castro’s name……. hopefully it’s just a rumor……

 
Comment by ravi3
2007-12-13 11:31:26

but he has been injury prone since we got him…typically the roid-users recover quickly…maybe he did it in his days with the marlins

 
Comment by davethenjmetsfan
2007-12-13 13:53:20

Hey, maybe Omar can still sign Lo Du….oh, S%^T!

 
Comment by davethenjmetsfan
2007-12-13 13:53:53

Hey, at least we still have Estra…oh, F%$K!

 
Comment by metsrbest
2007-12-13 14:04:44

LoDuca IS on the list too according to Ed Coleman

 
Comment by ExileInLA
2007-12-13 14:19:27

Castro isn’t in the report. LoDuca is - and it’s unbelievable how un-subtle he was…

but I guess this settles the “should they have kept him” question…

 
 
 
 
Comment by Sethuel
2007-12-13 11:15:40

Obviously a certain left-handed reliever is involved.

 
Comment by bigNJ
2007-12-13 11:16:07

we already know that the “no current mets” thing isnt true because of what we learned about schoeneweis last year

the other ive heard is castro

Comment by gomets6091
2007-12-13 11:21:10

maybe it was just wishful thinking by whoever reported it that Schoenweiss wasn’t on the team anymore.

 
 
Comment by ridethesnake
2007-12-13 11:16:18

The other one rumored is Ramon Castro, unfortunately.

 
Comment by metsrbest
2007-12-13 11:16:28

I just pray to g-d that Piazza is not on that list.

Comment by Rawjah Clemens Is In Jawgies Bawx
2007-12-13 11:24:09

no sign of him so far

 
 
Comment by MacD81
2007-12-13 11:16:28

I heard Show & Castro. Dykstra is on it too.

Comment by MacD81
2007-12-13 11:17:28

Maurice Vaughn as well.

Comment by Xavier22
2007-12-13 11:18:39

and David Segui!!!

Say it ain’t so David, say it ain’t so!

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Comment by points guy
2007-12-13 11:24:04

puhahahha +10

 
 
 
 
Comment by tfc3rid
2007-12-13 11:17:01

I’m assuming one Met on our 40 man is Schoeneweis…

Comment by gipper913
2007-12-13 11:30:53

And Shrek.

 
 
Comment by deport_liberals
2007-12-13 11:17:25

Brady Anderson, Manny Alexander, Rick Ankiel, Jeff Bagwell, Barry Bonds, Aaron Boone, Rafaeil Bettancourt, Bret Boone, Milton Bradley, David Bell, Dante Bichette, Albert Belle, Paul Byrd, Wil Cordero, Ken Caminiti, Mike Cameron, Ramon Castro, Jose and Ozzie Canseco, Roger Clemens, Paxton Crawford, Wilson Delgado, Lenny Dykstra, Johnny Damon, Carl Everett, Kyle Farnsoworth, Ryan Franklin, Troy Glaus, Rich Garces, Jason Grimsley, Troy Glaus, Juan Gonzalez, Eric Gagne, Nomar Garciaparra, Jason Giambi, Jeremy Giambi,

Jose Guillen, Jay Gibbons, Juan Gonzalez, Clay Hensley, Jerry Hairston, Felix Heredia, Jr., Darren Holmes, Wally Joyner, Darryl Kile, Matt Lawton, Raul Mondesi, Mark McGwire, Guillermo Mota, Robert Machado, Damian Moss, Abraham Nunez, Trot Nixon, Jose Offerman, Andy Pettitte, Mark Prior, Neifi Perez, Rafael Palmiero, Albert Pujols, Brian Roberts, Juan Rincon, John Rocker, Pudge Rodriguez, Sammy Sosa, Scott Schoenweiis, David Segui, Alex Sanchez, Gary Sheffield, Miguel Tejada, Julian Tavarez,Fernando Tatis, Maurice Vaughn, IJason Varitek, Ismael Valdez, Matt Williams and Kerry Wood.

Comment by ridethesnake
2007-12-13 11:19:52

I think I’ll go with the industry insider over deport_liberals and his source

Comment by Sethuel
2007-12-13 11:46:46

Yeah, I got this list e-mailed to me. Given that the subject line was “Mitchel (sic) report names” I’m gonna wait until we see something concrete.

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Comment by ridethesnake
2007-12-13 12:24:58

MLB has officially denied this rumor that was started via email.

 
 
 
Comment by tinathemetsgrl
2007-12-13 11:21:44

OMGGGGG is this the official list?

 
Comment by beltransmole
2007-12-13 11:21:53

Who is your source?

Comment by MacD81
2007-12-13 11:23:58

I got this same list e-mailed to me from my Dad who got it from someone over at Bloomberg. Could be BS, could be the real deal. Its the right number of names and looks about right. We’ll find out soon enough.

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Comment by Rawjah Clemens Is In Jawgies Bawx
2007-12-13 11:25:18

yup, i’m on bloomberg at work and that is the same list i have.

 
Comment by beltransmole
2007-12-13 11:28:48

Where are the current big name Red Sox? (i.e. Ortiz, Schilling, Ramirez) Of course this is just my speculation…

 
Comment by gipper913
2007-12-13 11:31:45

Dude, be smart, mitchell is a Red Sox director….he’s not gonna name Red Sox.

 
Comment by MacD81
2007-12-13 11:31:55

Veritek is on there. Thats pretty big for them.

 
Comment by beltransmole
2007-12-13 11:42:20

Is it safe to say Varitek is the sacrificial lamb? LOL

 
Comment by tfc3rid
2007-12-13 11:42:35

Lots of former Red Sox players on that list there… A lot of them…

 
Comment by points guy
2007-12-13 11:44:36

Varitek is nothing compared with Papi and Manny, and Schilling for that matter. What about Beckett? That kid’s got a hard on for Lofton.

 
Comment by darkstar73
2007-12-13 11:49:30

that is so untrue, in Boston, Varitek is as big as any of them, he’s supposed to be the true heart of that team, i’m sure many people are upset. I also think its ridiculous that just because Manny or Ortiz or Schilling weren’t named it becomes some sort of conspiracy. Grow up. If they were protecting Manny, why throw Varitek under the bus? And Schilling has been more than outspoken about steroids, he’d be the ultimate hypocrite if he did them, why would he open his mouth about it so much?

 
Comment by VCarver
2007-12-13 11:51:39

Varitek is their captain. That’s a big thing.

If the Mets had no major players on the list, why is it so far fetched to have just 1 big Boston player on it?

Unless there’s something concrete to point to, I think Mitchell’s integrity in this report is unassailable.

 
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