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Well, I don't think the

bhall09 — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:29:28 -0600

Well, I don't think the Mitchell Report really proved anything.

It would have been better if more people truly were invited to participate, but the information was too guarded. I think they should have given anyone who participated amnesty, and then maybe they would have gotten more involvement.

That said, I am glad its out, but I don't think it really accomplishes anything good or bad. Everyone kind of knew what was going on, and I think most people knew it was a bad problem. And, I think baseball already knew it had to do something for the future. So, I don't think it really solved anything. I think it needed to be done, but it is what it is. And, we really, still don't know the full scope of how big the problem really was.

Not that I want to give these stupid athletes a pass, or allow baseball the same. Becausea lot of people knew what was going on.

But at this point I say, clean up the sport for the future, and lets move on to focusing on what happens on the field.

(Brian Hall is the Sports Editor for the Jordan Independent and Shakopee Valley News, and can be reached at bhall@swpub.com.)

They say there may be some

marty193 — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:19:29 -0600

They say there may be some real surprises as to all the players involved . I don't know about ruining Barry Bonds, I just hope it doesn't ruin baseball.

The thing that I think is

GeneralStads — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:53:30 -0600

The thing that I think is unbelievable about this whole thing is, why are they only going after baseball?? The most obvious, rampant abuse of steroids is in professional bodybuilding. Duh!!

I used to think that the

Brandon — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:20:35 -0600

I used to think that the National Football League was better in its handling of performance enhancing drugs, but I’m not so sure anymore. After all, an admitted cheater (Shawne Merriman) was a starter in last year’s Pro Bowl.

Early reports from the Mitchell investigation have Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte taking performance enhancing drugs. At this point, I think it’s painfully clear that a lot of baseball players (and other athletes, too) used steroids. The question, in my mind, that should be asked is who is at fault for allowing it to happen and how can the major sports leagues (baseball, football, basketball, et cetera) keep it from ruining the games?

I can hope that this report

mittens — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:00:07 -0600

I can hope that this report in some way ruins Barry Bonds but can a soulless entity actually feel shame or remorse? Doubtful.