News: No Active Mets on Mitchell Report
Senator George Mitchell’s 20-month steroids investigation will be released at 2 pm today at a news conference in New York City.
MLB commissioner Bud Selig will hold a follow-up news conference around 4:30 pm.
The list of players who are referenced in the report will be posted on MLB.com at 2 pm.
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, ‘several prominent Yankees will be named, writes Klapisch.
…this is going to be an awkward and embarrassing day for MLB, to say the least…frankly, i sense that most fans don’t really care, at least to the extent that attendance will suffer…
…i mean, it’s hardly news at this point that baseball players did steroids during the last 10 or so years…
…personally, i’m far more interested in the report’s recommendations about how to keep this from ever happening again…i’m also eager to see what role, if any, the league and the teams played in all of this…
…that said, i am a bit curious to see how MLB treats the active players who are listed, because there will not be proof that any player actually used the drugs, or failed a test, the report will only show that they were ordered or purchased…which will make punishment a bit tricky…
At his blog for Newsday, Ken Davidoff lists five questions he would like to ask Mitchell and Selig while traveling around New York between press conferences today.
