Mitchell's report to reveal many names

[NYJets]

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Nobody believes him either. They all tried it once. Sheffield, Bonds, didn't Giambi say that too? Everyone just tried it once....wow..

I don't think any of them said that.

Sheffield and Bonds said they unknowingly used it.

[Jistic]

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Sheffield and Bonds said they unknowingly used it.

Oh that's right. They had no idea.

[mjb2124]

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http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3160063

Clemens claims he never used anything. More he said, she said junk...

[NYJets]

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Oh that's right. They had no idea.

I'm not saying it isn't ridiculous, that's just what they said.

[Jistic]

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I'm not saying it isn't ridiculous, that's just what they said.

I know. I was laughing at them, not you.

[djep]

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http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3160063

Clemens claims he never used anything. More he said, she said junk...

Clemens needs to step out and speak for himself and stop hiding behind agents and lawyers if he's going to "vehemently" deny anything. What a phony...

[Heelfan71]

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just how I suspected. Everyone is denying it. The ones who admitted it are using the "I only tired it once and felt bad because it was wrong" excuse. Or they are only admitting to using HGH (and not steroids) because coincidently HGH was not a banned substance.

[Scottdau]

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just how I suspected. Everyone is denying it. The ones who admitted it are using the "I only tired it once and felt bad because it was wrong" excuse. Or they are only admitting to using HGH (and not steroids) because coincidently HGH was not a banned substance.

I like the ones saying they took it to come back from an injury.

[J0nnD0ugh]

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Clemens needs to step out and speak for himself and stop hiding behind agents and lawyers if he's going to "vehemently" deny anything. What a phony...

He has to get w/his people so that he can get prepped for the grilling he'll get. That way, he won't have a pitiful performance like Vina had.

[Quint75]

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http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3160063

Clemens claims he never used anything. More he said, she said junk...

He said/she said, plus the fact that Roger got much bigger and had the best seasons of his career and his late 30's and his 40's. Yep, nothing to see here. Just a completely unprecedented turnaround by a guy who had "an incredible training regimen."

[jonesha2000]

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I'm waiting on the one guy to come out and say it...the one guy that says "you d*** right I did it...i had to keep up with barry/roger with all those home runs/strikeouts they are getting."

That guy will be my hero.

[Mr.Burns]

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I'm waiting on the one guy to come out and say it...the one guy that says "you d*** right I did it...i had to keep up with barry/roger with all those home runs/strikeouts they are getting."

That guy will be my hero.

That'll be just great. If I could picture someone doing it, it's Sheffield.

[Heelfan71]

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Schilling calls out Clemens

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22334255/

BOSTON - Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling called on Roger Clemens to give up the four Cy Young Awards he's won since 1997 if he can't clear his name from allegations that he used steroids to prolong and enhance his career.

"If he doesn't do that then there aren't many options as a fan for me other than to believe his career 192 wins and three Cy Youngs he won prior to 1997 were the end," Schilling wrote Wednesday in his blog, 38pitches.com. "From that point on the numbers were attained through using (performance-enhancing drugs). Just like I stated about Jose (Canseco), if that is the case with Roger, the four Cy Youngs should go to the rightful winners, and the numbers should go away if he cannot refute the accusations."

Schilling noted in the 3,200-word posting that he was a fan of the seven-time Cy Young winner who owed much of his success to a stern talking-to he received from Clemens when Schilling was a prospect in the Boston system.

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"His `undressing' of me and lecture were a major turning point," Schilling said. "I've always respected his career accomplishments and regarded him as the greatest pitcher to ever play the game."

But, having called on Canseco to give up his 1988 AL MVP award, and noting also the unrefuted evidence against Barry Bonds, Schilling acknowledged he could not avoid questioning Clemens' accomplishments, as well.

"Can you separate what Barry is accused of from what Roger is accused of?" Schilling said. "If ... both of these men end up being caught, what does that say about this game, us as athletes and the future of the sport and our place in it? The greatest pitcher and greatest hitter of all time are currently both being implicated, one is being prosecuted, for events surrounding and involving the use of performance enhancing drugs. That (stinks). ... The sport needs fixing."

Clemens was the biggest name in the report by former Senate majority leader George Mitchell that detailed the widespread use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. Clemens has denied using performance-enhancing substances.

Schilling commended those who've apologized for using performance-enhancing drugs, and called on everyone accused to prove their innocence or apologize for their mistakes.

"The world is full of good to great people that have made mistakes of this magnitude or worse," Schilling wrote. "These guys made mistakes, and I do mean mistakes. They didn't accidentally do this, this was a conscious decision with far reaching implications and they should be held accountable."

While calling Canseco's "entire career, all of it, is a sham" and saying "he was never in his life a major league player," Schilling also acknowledged that many of Canseco's claims about other steroid users have been corroborated.

"He has broken the flood gates on a topic that went unspoken on for far too long," Schilling said.

The runners-up in Clemens' last four Cy Young-winning years were Randy Johnson (1997 and 2004), Pedro Martinez (1998) and Mark Mulder (2001).

Schilling was among those who testified in March 2005 to a U.S. House committee investigating steroids, along with Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and Rafael Palmiero. The same committee has scheduled hearings for Jan. 15.

Clemens has not been asked to attend, though it's possible that the committee could decide to ask Clemens or other players to appear that day — or at a future hearing, if there is one.

[Heelfan71]

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from schillings blog. I couldn't agree more


then entire blog. Pretty good:

http://38pitches.com/2007/12/19/one-players-take-on-the-mitchell-report-canseco-clemens-records-looking-back-or-going-forward/

Say what you want about Jose, and there are things I disagree with and think he’s wrong about, but I have yet to find someone he’s named who’s NOT been guilty or tried to clear their name. The view I have on that is maybe a bit too simplistic but I look at it like this. If Jose had named me in his book, it would have taken about 20 minutes for me to issue a press release vehemently denying the allegations, which would have been as closely followed as possible by as large a legal action as I could have possibly taken to sue for slander, libel, defamation of character and anything else I’d have been able to legally do. It’s either that, or I’m guilty. There is no gray area here, you either did, or you didn’t and Jose, up through today, hasn’t called out anyone that’s sued his *** off for false representation, slander, libel or whatever you would do if someone said something like this about you, that you didn’t do.

[SportsTop]

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Meh....Schilling is a lot of talk when he can hide behind his blog. He sure did clam up pretty quick when it mattered in front of Congress. I lost a ton of respect for him that day.