Because I saw it, and knew it was wrong, and unfair.
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p>If you want to share your thoughts on the Mitchell report, by all means create a post.
goldsteingonewild
2021 years ago
The New York Observer has a story about the WNBC reporter and the list in question, which I linked to.
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p>I think we’ll get more on this. Was the list a hoax? Or was the list an early draft of George Mitchell’s?
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p>Certainly the WNBC reporter’s comments, if taken at face value, suggest the latter — a real list, created by Mitchell, who lated decided to omit certain players from his final report who were steroid users but, for whatever reasons, didn’t hit a certain threshold of evidence (example — they had testimony from dealers, but no Fed Ex receipts).
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p>I thought I handled it okay — once the Mitchell report came out, I updated the post. But Bob made a reasonable decision to just delete the thing, since the title had a Boston player’s name.
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p>He also emailed me to let me know, and answered a question I asked about deleting versus editing the post. All kosher.
Because it’s not true. Here’s the list.
Because I saw it, and knew it was wrong, and unfair.
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p>If you want to share your thoughts on the Mitchell report, by all means create a post.
The New York Observer has a story about the WNBC reporter and the list in question, which I linked to.
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p>I think we’ll get more on this. Was the list a hoax? Or was the list an early draft of George Mitchell’s?
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p>Certainly the WNBC reporter’s comments, if taken at face value, suggest the latter — a real list, created by Mitchell, who lated decided to omit certain players from his final report who were steroid users but, for whatever reasons, didn’t hit a certain threshold of evidence (example — they had testimony from dealers, but no Fed Ex receipts).
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p>I thought I handled it okay — once the Mitchell report came out, I updated the post. But Bob made a reasonable decision to just delete the thing, since the title had a Boston player’s name.
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p>He also emailed me to let me know, and answered a question I asked about deleting versus editing the post. All kosher.
But I think with the question mark the post was fine.
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p>Oh well, no biggie.
I saw Varitek’s name and picture on the Chicago Tribune’s site, too.