At long last the Mitchell report has been released and appropriately enough the weather called for the shit to hit the fan in New York. Of the 80 players mentioned in the report, 17 were or are New York Yankees and 13 were New York Mets for a total of 28 players coming out of New York (2 players, Mike Stanton and Jose Manzanillo, played for both the Mets and the Yankees). Kirk Radomski, a notorious steroid supplier, is responsible for revealing 53 of the players on the list and guess where he resides. Surprise, Surprise, New York, NY.Regardless of all this reporting and reaction to reporting, I honestly feel that people don't care enough. Despite being in the middle of the "Steroid Era," baseball revenues are at an all time high. Am I disappointed? I guess. Outraged? Sure. But I bet you just like me will be there May 31 with the same excited look we've had every other opening day. Maybe we won't look at some of the players the same way but if we let them affect how we view baseball then we have forgotten one of the golden rules in every sport; no one is above the game.
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