Yardbarker: George Mitchell

Radomski is at it again

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:12:11 -0500

The former New York Mets club house attendant, Kirk Radomski is name dropping again. He plead guilty to steroid dealing and money laundering in 2007, but avoided jail time by snitching and cooperating with George Mitchell. Now Radomski's goal is to make money. How will he make money? Of course, ...

Are Steroids a Big Problem in Gaza?

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:25:42 -0500

President Barack Obama will soon name former Senate Majority leader George Mitchell as his special envoy to the Middle Yes, that?s the same George Mitchell who was tapped by Bud Selig to report on steroids in Is Hamas juicing? Was the whole war in Gaza just a case of roid rage ...

Yankee Fan suing the Yankees.

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:45:03 -0500

"Matthew Mitchell (no relation to George Mitchell that we know of) has filed a $221 million lawsuit against the Yankees for using steroids and human growth hormones. The 30-yr old paralegal must figure the court system doesn't have more pressing issues, so why not tie it up with some more ridiculous suits." This is funny, can you imagine if everyone started filing lawsuits over this. solid 5 games 221 million I can see the comparison.

Clemens on the Offensive; Files A Lawsuit Against Brian MacNamee...

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:22:07 -0500

In light of the whole spectacle yesterday with 60 minutes and Roger Clemens, now the story has taken on a completely new dimension. Well, now it looks like that Roger Clemens beat Brian McNamee to court, filing a defamation suit against his former trainer who claimed to have injected him with performance-enhancing drugs in the Mitchell Report. From the AP: Clemens filed the suit Sunday night in Harris County District Court in Texas, listing 15 alleged statements McNamee made to the bas...

The Mitchell Report: The day after â€“ will baseball ever be the same?

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:15:53 -0500

Ok, so George Mitchell's report was released yesterday and everyone has had some time to digest the names, the facts and the opinions every media outlet has pushed for over 24 hours. The question becomes now whatâ€¦a

The Dirty History of George Mitchell

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:29:46 -0500

Major League Baseball will try to cover up the black eye from the steroid era with the George Mitchell report on Thursday. Already there are some questions as to how accurate the report will be. Mitchell poses a conflict of interest, serving as the director of the Boston Red Sox, while being expected to give an unbiased report on the steroid use of all 30 major league ball clubs. Many speculate that Mitchell won't include any big Red Sox names, thus showing favoritism to the club he is associated with. I decided to seek out the truth. It took some hard work, and I had to dig deep, but what I found was astonishing. George Mitchell not only serves as the director of the Red Sox, but acts as a chairman of The Walt Disney Company. It was through a source I have with Disney who revealed a horrifying truth about Mitchell's past.

Mitchell News

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:24:26 -0500

"WNBC.com's Jonathan Dienst has obtained names expected to be on George Mitchell's list of baseball players linked to performance-enhancing drugs in major league baseball. Baseball officials are refuting several names on the list."

Merry Christmas baseball: Mitchell Report is your gift

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:53:26 -0500

George Mitchell has been the lead investigator for the MLB regarding the use of performance enhancing drugs like steroids. The report will be released tomorrow at 2pm eastern time. The report is said to name about 50 players.The report is supposed to have current and former players included in it, as well as strength and training coaches.

The Mitchell Report Is Allegedly In The Hands of Major League Baseball...

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:16:12 -0500

It looks like business is about to pick up -- real soon. According to the New York Daily News, Major League Baseball has the Mitchell Report... Major League Baseball officials are reviewing George Mitchell's long-anticipated steroid report at the former Senate majority leader's law offices, 21 months after commissioner Bud Selig asked Mitchell to investigate the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. Officials arrived at Mitchell's Manhattan office Tuesday, accordin...

The Mitchell Report Out Next Thursday!!!

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:19:15 -0500

I would venture to know why George Mitchell was selected to head the investigation in the first place? How could a guy that does business with the Red Sox and is a close friend of the commisioner have been given such a task. If this were corporate America (where I am a IT director), this whole show would have been a severe conflict of interest. Hell, if this were a fortune 500 company, the whole investigation would have gotten so much atention in the media heads would roll; alas, there would ...

Colluding against ARod?

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:04:12 -0500

So MLBPA executive director Donald Fehr doesn't seem too concerned about the possible fallout from Former Senator George Mitchell's impending steroid report. But he is upset over rumors that came out of the recent general managers' meetings relating to the sharing of information between clubs as to their plans regarding players. Baseball's labor contract says that teams may not act in concert with regard to free agents. And specifically, Fehr and others are worried that commissioner Bud Selig is trying to hold down the price of Alex Rodriguez's next contract. Although if Scott Boras isn't even allowed in the room, perhaps no "collusion" will be necessary. In baseball, management has a long history of screwing players over with the now outmoded "reserve system," which was indentured servitude at its finest and lasted until the 1973 collective bargaining agreement (CBA), when the players union finally leveraged enough bargaining power to demand a salary arbitration provision from the owners. In fact, it was later written by Gerald Scully, in Pay and Performance in Major League Baseball for the American Economic Review in 1974, that until the '73 agreement (which was later amended in '76 to include the six-year framework for player free-agency), on average players were (at best) paid only 15% of their market value by the owners! It is interesting to note that in the 1980's, players won three collusion grievances against management, cases that were settled for $280 million after arbitration. The practice (seemingly) more or less subsided then. But leave it to this year's meetings' co-chairs, Boston's Theo Epstein and Florida's Larry Beinfest, to thrust it back into the spotlight, allegedly flaunting the idea of management sharing information about their respective free agent plans, and defending the practice by arguing that many GM's said they found it to be "useful." Well, duh. Of course it's useful. But is what at least some general managers are allegedly doing bona fide "collusion," in contravention of the current CBA? Check out sports law professor Rich Karcher's post over at Sports Law Blog, where he weighs in on the subject, and also links to the recent TIME article on the matter where he is quoted. The key portion of the piece: "To establish a collusion claim? would require fairly strong evidence that two or more teams were discussing in specific terms how much they would be willing to spend on a particular player or players generally. Discussions regarding team philosophies, priorities and overall objectives do not rise to the level of collusion. But there is somewhat of a thin line between information that teams can and cannot discuss, and it can also turn on which particular teams are having the discussions." So is that line being crossed? Again? ??" Jason G. Wulterkens

The WWE's John Cena Speaks On Steroid Use

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:40:12 -0500

Catch him if you can. I would say John Cena's statement is pretty much gonna sum up any interview George Mitchell's baseball steroid investigation is able to land.

This Week's Losers (Oct 13th - Oct 20th)

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 01:17:46 -0500

George Mitchell flip flopping on revealing the names of MLB's steroid users. The honorable New England Patriots hunting down fans who want to sell their tickets, and more college criminals.

Key footage of the George Mitchell steroid investigation released

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:13:51 -0500

The Sports Hernia was able to get their hands on some exclusive, highly sought after footage of the ongoing George Mitchell steroid investigation today. Although somewhat brief, the video proved to be the most informative to date -- and the warm, passionate soldier carrying that giant afro pick deserves a medal for his raw, unfiltered feedback.