Interesting connection for those who may care
Just to throw it out there:
The speculation that George Mitchell was not fair during his infamous Mitchell Report has been rampant due to one reason: The lack of any major Boston Red Sox players listed in the report. Mitchell, a former senator, was the director of the Boston Red Sox at the time of investigation.
Now, since the report excluded two of the biggest stars from the 2004 Red Sox team, the controversy over the report, those who wrote it, and those who commissioned it, will never end.
Bill Simmons’ buddy Jacko has been mentioning this on nearly every podcast they do together for the last two years (the convenient lack of Red Sox players in the report), and Simmons has basically acknowledged he’s just waiting for the day that this would happen. Their next podcast will be entertaining.
Couple of thoughts:
1) This can’t be good for the next labor negotiation.
2) I’m still trying to figure out why the league is so intent on putting the screws to Pete Rose. It seems like this might be the greatest distraction the Bud Selig can do to stop (some of) the discussion over steroids… re-admit Pete Rose and force the veteran’s committee to vote him in. At this point, the list of douchebags who play or have played baseball is growing by the day; the fact that Rose may be the biggest douchebag shouldn’t restrict him from entry.
Scott Hammond:
The first thing I thought of when I heard the Pete Rose deal was steroids. If you let him in you HAVE to let all the juicers in, conversely, they can never be allowed in as long as he is out.
30 July 2009, 1:35 pmrichie:
i agree
30 July 2009, 7:31 pmfiorelli handbags:
The big, plastic, clasp on the strap does release if I pull really hard on it, at the right angle. So I might one day have the bag drop to the floor. So the clasp could be more “lockable.” and the adjustable strap needs more loops or teeth to lock the setting. Once in a while the strap will get a couple inches longer if pulled hard enough at the right angle. Either of these could be a problem if the bag is full of heavy textbooks and then is jerked around a lot (for instance, when throwing the bag off or someone tries to mug you).
31 August 2011, 9:57 am