 Archive for the 'Mitchell Report' Category Jack Cust: The portly Oakland slugger - a shorter version of Dave Kingman? - makes a point about the Mitchell Report that should have been made by a player long ago. "To me it was kind of a joke, the whole thing ... With all the other stuff going on, with a lot of the guys coming out recently - big-name guys - to me it's kind of funny they spent all that money on the Mitchell Report and a bunch of hearsay and the guy who made all the money off it happened to work for the Red Sox." We'll set the over/under on his fine at 10k. [AP] (16)Apr 29
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The ten greatest sports scenes in non-sports movies, and No. 3’s quite funny. (Orlando Sentinel) Scott Linehan went 2+ seasons in St. Louis, feuded with the team’s best players – Holt, Bulger, Jackson – and now he’s been hired as offensive coordinator in Detroit. Poor Calvin Johnson. (Post-Dispatch) UCLA tops Washington, stays in the Pac-10 hunt. The Pac-10 smells like the Big 10, only slightly better with more athletic players. (LA Times) Xavier loses to Charlotte, opens door for Dayton to steal the A-10. (Cincy Enquirer) Like David Ortiz, a couple guys on the Cubs are in favor of a 1-year suspension if caught using sterids. (Southtown Star) Yes, Bud Selig is the real shame in this entire steroids mess. (Mushnick) Unsavory character named in Mitchell Report was still reportedly hanging out frequently with a certain slugger. ESPN did a massive story on him two years ago. (NYDN, ESPN) To avoid surgery, Jose Guillen fought the ingrown toenail … and Jose Guillen won. (KC Star) The “best” high school football player in the country, Bryce Brown, who previously committed to Miami, but sort of backed off, will visit the Canes in March. (Miami Herald) Pay-to-read models on the internet that work. (Slate) What it was like to be in Paso Robles when Lance sped through. (WC Bias) Santa Clara hoops star John Stevens talks to a blog. (Rush the Court) Documents tying Bonds to positive drug tests and doping calendars won’t fly in court, says judge. (NY Times) Read the rest of this entry » Feb 16 Though not very likely, it’s possible that after all the Congressional hearings and ESPN wet dreams, Roger Clemens could avoid jail time thanks to his friendship with the President. It all goes back to the president’s father’s relationship with the Rocket:
Truthfully, I documented this story solely for the purpose of posting that picture. And to inform you that Rusty Hardin is my idol. Could President Bush Preemptively Pardon Roger Clemens? [New York Daily News] E True Sports [dot com] Feb 13 How Many Baseballs Did Roger Clemens Autograph for Roger Cossack Prior to the Congressional Hearings?Baseball, Courts, Legal, Drugs, Mitchell Report, Rich Old White People 46 Comments »
We’re not going to plunge deep into this mess – Jason Kidd just got traded to the Mavericks, can’t wait to get to that blockbuster – but our opinion is that we saw nothing today to change our stance – Clemens, that evasive prick, is guilty. The only player in all of this who came off perhaps worse than Clemens is ESPN’s legal analyst Roger Cossack. How pro-Clemens was that guy? Read the rest of this entry » Feb 13 The Clemens Congressional Hearings PostBaseball, Courts, Legal, Drugs, Mitchell Report, Rich Old White People 61 Comments »
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We will attempt to suppress all Clemens talk Tuesday, but probably will be forced to pick up the action Wednesday when the cheater appears on TV to try and do his best Palmerio at the congressional hearings. Feb 08 I’m just not sure what that something is. Here, have some dirty guaze with your Pop Tarts for breakfast (so hot they’re cool, so cool they’re hot!).Â
Second picture after the jump. Jan 30
What Is Pettitte Going to Say? (Sabernomics) Photo: Icon Sports Media Jan 25 Cowardly Clemens Moves Up His House Committee Hearing to Feb. 5 – Super Tuesday*Baseball, Mitchell Report, Politics 26 Comments »
So in that sense, Clemens may get buried twice on Feb. 6. Thanks to Lion in Oil for pointing this out.
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Anyone pick up Braves OF Jordan Schafer in fantasy baseball after his 
After nearly five hours of testimony that will ultimately lead nowhere, the congressional hearings are finished. We know you hate it when politics enter the sports world, but it was impossible to ignore – the Republicans embarrassingly backed Roger Clemens – one woman pulled out four large photos, didn’t have the exact dates they were taken, and said something to the effect of, ‘Roger, you look the same in all of these’ – and that was her defense. He’s nothing like Barry Bonds! It was a colossal letdown. The Democrats were mostly in favor of Rocket’s trainer, Brian McNamee, and one even called Clemens a liar (repeatedly). But the endgame is that nobody’s going to court to fight this because you can’t nail Clemens for perjury unless there is a smoking gun, and that doesn’t exist.
We’ve been alternating between the Clemens-McNamee congressional hearing excrement and Melrose Place reruns (Billy is boffing Kristin Davis, Allison has taken over D&D, Jake’s douchy brother Dan Cortez is about to nail Daphne Zuniga, Sydney is whoring it up, and 
… two comical stories in the New York Times you may have missed: 1) 
Rather, he is a boy scout. He cannot lie. If 
[Ed. Ok, it looks like his interview with "committee staff lawyers" has been pushed up to Feb. 5th. "It will mark the first time Clemens will speak under penalty of prosecution if he is not truthful" is how the NYT phrased it. However, his public hearing (the one that'll be on TV) still is scheduled for the 13th.] Yet another reason to detest that alleged cheater, Roger Clemens – he has moved his 