Today, the long awaited Mitchell Report on Steroids in Baseball was released. So naturally, I decided to not work and followed the news all day on ESPN.com, SI.com Deadspin, The Yankee Lohud Blog, various message boards, and WFAN. I also talked to Brett about all the proceedings, because I didn't have access to a TV and he did.
Brett (10:25:25 AM): DOWN GOES CLEMENS!
Jason (10:25:08 AM): haha i know
Jason (10:25:17 AM): he was the most obvious big name
Brett (10:26:00 AM): i thought for sure selig would protect him
Jason (10:26:00 AM): i knew he'd get named
Jason (10:26:07 AM): the yanks are apparently in for a bad day
Brett (10:26:51 AM): thats the rumor
Brett (10:27:02 AM): the spin is gonna be out of control
Jason (10:26:34 AM): i'm guessing andy's in there too unfortunately
Brett (10:27:11 AM): the report will be torn to shreds by 5pm
Brett (10:27:22 AM): its credibilty will be questioned
Brett (10:27:31 AM): by the big names
Brett (10:27:33 AM): including clemens
Jason (10:27:15 AM): if there are no prominent red sox then i'd think the report has no teeth
Jason (10:27:24 AM): although u could argue that clemens is a prominent red sox
Brett (10:28:21 AM): pettite is def in there
Jason (10:27:55 AM): yeah i'm expecting andy
Brett (10:28:46 AM): sheffield
Brett (10:29:18 AM): RIVERA?!
Jason (10:28:54 AM): i read somewhere that jeter and mo are safe
Brett (10:29:37 AM): breakeing news - espn
Brett (10:29:53 AM): mitchell report to be officially released at 2pm - Clemens is confirmed,
Brett (10:30:04 AM): clemens is named by his longtime personal trainer
Brett (10:30:37 AM): and clemens also had a 2nd source
Jason (10:30:32 AM): clemens was obvious
Jason (10:30:51 AM): russo and francesa said that one name made their jaws drop yesterday
Brett (10:33:33 AM): jeter
Brett (10:33:37 AM): goodnite derek
Brett (10:33:45 AM): its either jeter or mariano
Jason (10:33:34 AM): that would be crushing, but i dont think either of them are
Brett (10:34:33 AM): ya know who's absolutely loving the mitchell repeort right now....
Brett (10:35:25 AM): bobby petrino
Jason (10:35:16 AM): oh yeah
Brett (10:39:39 AM): buster olney just said hes not voting for roger for
Jason (10:39:26 AM): figures
Brett (10:41:44 AM): i cant wait to hear what Hank 2 says
Brett (10:41:48 AM): or rather Boss 2
Jason (10:41:36 AM): yeah
Jason (10:41:42 AM): he's great, he has something to say about everything
Jason (10:48:04 AM): i'm surprised no other names leaked
Brett (10:50:42 AM): clemens is the appetizer
Brett (10:51:06 AM): brb
Jason (10:50:41 AM): he's a pretty big appetizer
Brett (10:51:25 AM): well i mean the appetizer to hold us off until 2
Brett (10:51:34 AM): when they feed us the rest of our meal
Jason (10:51:06 AM): true
Jason (10:51:13 AM): this'll have people talking till then
Brett (10:51:49 AM): hes a shrimp cocktail
Brett (10:52:11 AM): brb
Brett (11:00:17 AM): PETTITE just got named
Jason (10:59:53 AM): really?
Brett (11:00:30 AM): yup, they just broke it
Brett (11:00:32 AM): espnews
Brett (11:00:39 AM): he came from clemens trainere
Jason (11:00:10 AM): ugh that sucks
Jason (11:00:13 AM): i expected that though
Brett (11:00:54 AM): u shoudlve expected that
Brett (11:00:59 AM): i bet rivera is in there too
Jason (11:00:41 AM): that really would be devastating
Brett (11:01:24 AM): who else was tight with clemens
Brett (11:47:32 AM): Brady Anderson, Manny Alexander, Rick Ankiel, Jeff Bagwell, Barry Bonds, Aaron Boone, Rafaeil Bettancourt, Bret Boone, Milton Bradley, David Bell, Dante Bichette, Albert Belle, Paul Byrd, Wil Cordero, Ken Caminiti, Mike Cameron, Ramon Castro, Jose and Ozzie Canseco, Roger Clemens, Paxton Crawford, Wilson Delgado, Lenny Dykstra, Johnny Damon, Carl Everett, Kyle Farnsoworth
Brett (11:47:55 AM): Ryan Franklin, Troy Glaus, Rich Garces, Jason Grimsley, Troy Glaus, Juan Gonzalez, Eric Gagne, Nomar Garciaparra, Jason Giambi, Jeremy Giambi,
Jose Guillen, Jay Gibbons, Juan Gonzalez, Clay Hensley, Jerry Hairston, Felix Heredia, Jr., Darren Holmes, Wally Joyner, Darryl Kile, Matt Lawton, Raul Mondesi, Mark McGwire, Guillermo Mota, Robert Machado, Damian Moss, Abraham Nunez, Trot Nixon, Jose Offerman, Andy Pettitte, Mark Prior, Neifi Perez, Rafael Palmiero, Albert Pujols, Brian Roberts, Juan Rincon, John Rocker, Pudge Rodriguez, Sammy Sosa, Scott Schoenweiis, David Segui, Alex Sanchez, Gary Sheffield, Miguel Tejada, Julian Tavarez,Fernando Tatis, Maurice Vaughn, IJason Varitek, Ismael Valdez, Matt Williams and Kerry Wood.
Jason (11:47:26 AM): is that confirmed?
Brett (11:49:09 AM): no
Brett (11:49:13 AM): a rumored leaked list
Jason (11:49:39 AM): a lot of those names make sense
Jason (11:49:50 AM): wow pujols
Brett (11:50:30 AM): Pujols would be AWESOME!
Jason (11:50:53 AM): that would be gigantic
Jason (11:50:55 AM): VARITEK!
Brett (11:51:38 AM): Clemens > Varitek
Brett (11:51:42 AM): i love seeing nomar on there
Jason (11:51:11 AM): clemens > varitek
Jason (11:51:19 AM): clemens > everyone
Brett (11:52:06 AM): Pujols would be great to see on there
Brett (11:52:12 AM): id love to see ehim tumble
Jason (11:52:06 AM): that'd be pretty incredible
Brett (11:54:46 AM): r u listening to mike and mad dog
Brett (11:55:02 AM): they must be goin nuts
Jason (11:54:47 AM): no i'm gonna tune into them now
Brett (11:56:07 AM): marien jones is banned from attending the summer olypmics, even as a spectator
Jason (11:56:05 AM): http://www.wnbc.com/sports/14845845/detail.html
Jason (11:56:15 AM): news sites are starting to report on the list
Jason (11:56:39 AM): http://www.cnbc.com/id/22243678\
Brett (11:58:26 AM): awesome
Jason (11:58:47 AM): dog and francesa go on the air at 1
Brett (12:01:24 PM): oh yea
Brett (12:04:57 PM): gammons is already doubting the credibility
Jason (12:04:29 PM): of course he is
Jason (12:04:34 PM): his boyfriend jason varitek just got named
Brett (12:05:09 PM): "this isnt saying they failed a test, it just means they may have been associated with steroids"
Jason (12:07:23 PM): at least jeter and mo aren't on it
Jason (12:07:31 PM): sucks about andy though
Brett (12:08:44 PM): will that really change the way yanks fans look at him though?
Brett (12:08:53 PM): is he gonna suddenly get booed or something?
Jason (12:09:55 PM): oh no, i love pettitte
Jason (12:10:20 PM): i bet he gets a standing ovation when he takes the mound next year
Brett (12:10:58 PM): of course
Jason (12:10:33 PM): i bet red sox fans do the same for varitek
Brett (12:11:13 PM): he'll deny it, and he'll have the yankees machine behind him, and it will be like it never happened
Jason (12:10:47 PM): definitely
Jason (12:11:06 PM): hank will come out in total support for andy
Brett (12:11:56 PM): "we believe in andy, and the weay he does and always has conducted himself"
Brett (12:12:00 PM): blah blah blah something like that
Jason (12:11:33 PM): oh yeah
Brett (12:15:37 PM): YouTube - Loop attack
Jason (12:15:50 PM): hahahahaha
Brett (12:18:06 PM): i want to do that to someone
Jason (12:17:40 PM): that looks fun
Brett (1:33:45 PM): any new names
Jason (1:33:39 PM): jon heyman from SI.com says chuck knoblauch
Jason (1:33:49 PM): david justice
Brett (1:34:33 PM): neither are surprises
Jason (1:34:30 PM): the suspense is killing me
Jason (1:40:32 PM): mike francesa says the full report is being released at 1:45 for the media, then mitchell goes on at 2
Jason (1:41:30 PM): dog says it's hard to be a fan and be impartial, and says he's not gonna stop being a fan
Brett (1:44:37 PM): 1 minute away
Brett (1:44:41 PM): START THE COUNTDOWN!
Jason (1:44:34 PM): what a moment in sports
Jason (1:44:44 PM): this is like baseball meets new years meets christmas
Jason (1:49:11 PM): dog and francesa hasn't gotten the list yet
Brett (1:50:45 PM): i think we're just excited
Jason (1:50:30 PM): mitchell is gonna release it at the last second so no one will have hard questions ready
Jason (1:50:39 PM): about specific players
Brett (1:55:01 PM): cossack is already destroying this
Brett (1:55:10 PM): "what if clemens says "prove it"
Jason (1:54:43 PM): thats exactly whats gonna happen
Jason (1:54:57 PM): i wonder if roger cossack gets overtime
Brett (1:55:34 PM): JEREMY SHAPP
Brett (1:55:36 PM): HAS IT IN HAND
Jason (1:55:06 PM): YES!
Brett (1:55:46 PM): hes reading an excert about clemens
Brett (1:56:03 PM): YES
Brett (1:56:19 PM): YES CLEMENS WAS INJECTED WITH WINSTROL THROUGHOUT THE 98-99 SEASON
Jason (1:55:52 PM): wow
Brett (1:56:48 PM): loduca
Brett (1:56:59 PM): this is aweesome
Jason (1:56:26 PM): not too surprising
Brett (1:57:16 PM): shapp has the report , which has photographs of checks written by players for steroids
Jason (1:56:50 PM): WOW
Brett (1:57:29 PM): karl ravech is already putting the disclaimer on it
Jason (1:57:02 PM): karl ravech would
Brett (1:57:39 PM): "just because a player is named, it does not mean they used steroids"
Brett (1:57:47 PM): fernando vina
Jason (1:57:24 PM): dog and francesa are going through the names
Jason (1:57:59 PM): todd hundley
Jason (1:58:06 PM): matt franco
Jason (1:58:21 PM): dog yelled "WOW" when francesa said "roger clemens"
Brett (1:59:07 PM): lol "wow"
Jason (1:58:34 PM): he's the best
Brett (1:59:24 PM): it will be available shortly on MLB.com in it's entirety
Brett (2:00:26 PM): its up there now
Brett (2:00:29 PM): lol, with a giant graphic
Brett (2:00:33 PM): it looks like ewwe.com
Brett (2:00:39 PM): theres a big dramatic image of george mitchell
Jason (2:00:28 PM): what a douche mitchell is, he released the report at the last second before anyone could process it
Brett (2:01:31 PM): well
Brett (2:01:42 PM): its good damage control
Jason (2:01:18 PM): it is
Brett (2:02:59 PM): i wonder if selig will field questions during his press conference
Jason (2:02:28 PM): the PDF is on MLB.com
Brett (2:03:06 PM): or if he'll just make a statemet and take off
Brett (2:03:09 PM): yup 409 pages
Brett (2:08:09 PM): "I sent a memorandum to every active player in Major League Baseball encouraging each player to contact me or my staff if he had any relevant information. The MLBPA sent out a companion memo that effectively discourage players from cooperating. Not one player contact me in response to my memo.
Brett (2:12:43 PM): are eu reading it
Jason (2:12:18 PM): i'm scrolling through it looking at the names
Brett (2:13:05 PM): im reading it, on page 29
Brett (2:35:39 PM): this is shitty
Brett (2:35:47 PM): no varitek
Jason (2:35:12 PM): i know, disappointing
Jason (2:35:28 PM): no brady anderson or brett boone
Jason (2:36:32 PM): mitchell talked to like 3 trainers who were willing to give info
Brett (2:39:38 PM): all this report really did was expose clemens
Brett (2:39:54 PM): everything else verified what we already knew
Jason (2:39:27 PM): yeah i know
Jason (2:39:48 PM): even then it just confirmed clemens, most people suspected him
Jason (2:39:58 PM): and tejada
Brett (2:43:15 PM): i wonder if MLB did some editing since they got the report on tuesday
Jason (2:42:55 PM): francesa says "this report didn't rock baseball, it rocked the clemens and pettitte households"
Brett (2:43:46 PM): exactly
Jason (2:43:45 PM): and even then they had to know
Jason (2:43:52 PM): i'm disappointed in george mitchell
Brett (2:45:01 PM): im dissapointed in Allen H. Bud Selig
Jason (2:44:47 PM): bud is gonna spin this as a major breakthrough
Brett (2:46:05 PM): i dont even understand what mitchell is recommending
Jason (2:47:19 PM): george mitchell is allen h.'s lapdog
Brett (2:47:59 PM): oh shit
Brett (2:48:08 PM): did u hear this last question to mitchell
Jason (2:47:49 PM): no my feed got cut off
Jason (2:47:53 PM): he sounds stern right now though
Brett (2:48:57 PM): the dude basically said "outside of the mcnamee interview citing clemens and petetite, it seems like you didnt report anything new outside of what was already previously reported"
Jason (2:48:46 PM): exactly
Brett (2:53:57 PM): clemens took it in the ass
Brett (2:54:22 PM): "injected in the buttocks multiple times by mcnamee"
Brett (2:54:23 PM): OH SHIT
Brett (2:54:25 PM): pettite
Jason (2:53:55 PM): what's happening?
Brett (2:54:40 PM): pettite repeatedly called during his rehab from elbow surgery asking for HGH
Brett (2:54:51 PM): asking how he "can speed up the recovery process"
Brett (2:54:56 PM): what a cocksucker
Jason (2:54:23 PM): yeah i dont think thats a big deal
Brett (2:55:02 PM): sure it
Brett (2:55:05 PM): sure is
Brett (2:55:09 PM): he asked for HH
Brett (2:55:11 PM): HGH
Jason (2:54:51 PM): he wanted to help his team by recovering faster
Jason (2:55:02 PM): it's cheating but whatever, he's not the only one who's done it
Brett (2:56:12 PM): fuckin yankees fan
Jason (2:56:19 PM): i still support andy pettitte
Brett (2:57:09 PM): i love this, espns fernando vina was named
Brett (2:57:19 PM): i wonder if Vina will quit to avoid being roasted
Brett (2:57:29 PM): he'll prolly do an emotional tell-all
Brett (2:58:10 PM): i bet they are saving Vina for the 6pm sportscenter
Jason (2:57:43 PM): maybe tim kurkijan will let him cry on his shoulder
Brett (3:00:33 PM): The report says Pettitte, from April 21 to June 14, 2002 when he was on the disabled list with elbow tendonitis, he "wanted to speed his recovery and help his team." The report says "McNamee traveled to
Jason (3:00:47 PM): yeah
Brett (3:01:29 PM): After the 2001 season, Pettitte, like Clemens, continued to use McNamee's services and to serve as a source of income after McNamee was dismissed by the Yankees. In a 2006 article, Pettitte 'acknowledged an ongoing relationship' with McNamee. Pettitte was quoted as having said that he still talked to McNamee about once a week.
Jason (3:00:56 PM): this is the roger clemens and andy pettitte report
Brett (3:01:39 PM): dude pettite is a scumbag
Brett (3:01:44 PM): that whole image he has is bullshit
Brett (3:01:54 PM): the yankees cheated to win the world series
Brett (3:01:57 PM): in 2000
Brett (3:01:59 PM): yo
Brett (3:02:00 PM): do you realize
Brett (3:02:15 PM): clemens legit had roid rage when he piazza in the head, and when he threw the bat at him
Jason (3:01:48 PM): yeah, obviously
Brett (3:02:40 PM): he started juicing again mid season 2000
Jason (3:02:12 PM): clemens was a lunatic that year
Brett (3:03:05 PM): he really was
Jason (3:02:28 PM): dog says this keeps clemens out of the hall of fame
Jason (3:02:36 PM): he says this just embarasses pettitte
Brett (3:03:26 PM): well wasnt pettite headed to the hall anyways
Brett (3:03:34 PM): based on yankee propaganda and his impeccable image
Brett (3:03:47 PM): im not saying i thought he desereved it, but it seems like he was gonna ride the yankee train in
Jason (3:03:31 PM): i dont think so, maybe if he didn't go to
Jason (3:04:03 PM): if he didn't he'd probably own a couple of yankee pitching records
Brett (3:04:41 PM): this will be the ultimate test for clemens bulletproof image
Brett (3:04:54 PM): can he survive this or not
Jason (3:04:18 PM): i wonder how suzyn waldman is taking this news
Jason (3:04:27 PM): i hope suzyn is alright
Brett (3:05:06 PM): OH MY GAWD, THE MITCHELL REPAWT IS BIASED
Brett (3:05:14 PM): shes gotta be freakin out
Jason (3:04:47 PM): MY GAWD, GEORGE MITCHELL HAS JUST THROWN ROGER UNDER THE BUS!
Brett (3:05:32 PM): peter gammons is excited again
Brett (3:05:40 PM): its now a "good thing for everyone"
Brett (3:05:46 PM): now that varitek is clear
Jason (3:05:24 PM): of course gammons is, his husband jason varitek was nowhere to be found
Jason (3:05:37 PM): gammons needs to retire
Brett (3:06:22 PM): "senator mitchell did a tremendous job in the way he presented this report"
Brett (3:06:24 PM): wtf
Brett (3:06:34 PM): 2 hours ago he was protesting it
Jason (3:06:32 PM): he's ridiculous
Jason (3:06:44 PM): where's olney and kurkjian
Brett (3:09:05 PM): i like how roger cossack is seated with the white house in the backdrop behind him
Jason (3:08:47 PM): roger cossack has really become an ESPN institution this year
Brett (3:09:32 PM): is that suppoeed to make him the authority or something
Jason (3:09:29 PM): oh yeah, roger cossack is the authority on all legal issues facing this country
Brett (3:10:33 PM): i think thats a green screen
Brett (3:10:47 PM): cuz thers no office buildings thats close to the white house
Jason (3:10:14 PM): are we gonna hear from donald fehr today?
Brett (3:11:34 PM): i think mlbpa is declining to speak today
Jason (3:12:07 PM): dog says MLBPA is going up after selig
Brett (3:12:52 PM): eh
Jason (3:12:20 PM): dog says the report has no juice
Brett (3:13:00 PM): they are all oging to say the same shit
Brett (3:13:04 PM): it does have no juice
Brett (3:13:10 PM): it took down clemens, end of discussion
Jason (3:12:41 PM): hahaha he just said "if you wanted to say WOW WOW WOW! you're disappointed"
Brett (3:13:27 PM): its like any other "AP REPORT" that says so and so received a shipment of steroids
Brett (3:13:43 PM): if they didnt ahve clemens, it would be a massive failure
Jason (3:13:22 PM): i think it is a massive failure
Brett (3:14:10 PM): eh, its still a big win for me and ny mets fans
Jason (3:14:17 PM): yeah aside from todd hundley
Brett (3:15:23 PM): please
Brett (3:15:26 PM): he is so far removed
Brett (3:15:30 PM): most people dont evenn remember hundley
Jason (3:15:13 PM): i do, but whatever
Jason (3:15:41 PM): i hope andy stays on the juice and wins 20 games next year
Brett (3:16:44 PM): that would be a great fuck u
Jason (3:19:26 PM): hank steinbrenner should hold a press conference
Brett (3:22:33 PM): he really should
Brett (3:22:38 PM): he could seize the headlines
Brett (3:22:47 PM): if he came out with some fireworks, i bet he could trump mitchell
Jason (3:22:37 PM): hank should come out with andy pettitte and express his support
Brett (3:23:23 PM): that would be some scene
Brett (3:23:34 PM): i really wish we were in season right now so we could hear from suzyn
Jason (3:23:22 PM): i wonder where she hides during the winter
Brett (3:24:38 PM):
Brett (3:24:40 PM): gotta be
Brett (3:24:57 PM): wait wait... pettite was buying steroids from radomski, and having them injected by mcnamee!
Brett (3:24:58 PM): this is great
Brett (3:25:18 PM): this radomski guy is quite the player
Jason (3:25:21 PM): radomski threw everyone under the bus
Jason (3:25:27 PM): what a rat
Jason (3:29:36 PM): where does it say pettitte was buying roids from radomski?
Brett (3:30:51 PM): espn
Jason (3:32:45 PM): francesa is talking about how there's no paper trail traced to clemens
Jason (3:32:56 PM): clemens can just call him a liar
Jason (3:32:59 PM): and he probably will
Brett (3:33:39 PM): of course
Brett (3:33:49 PM): these guys are all going to be fine
Brett (3:33:54 PM): clemens will be slightly tarnished
Brett (3:33:56 PM): same with pettite
Brett (3:34:00 PM): but its not gonna change etheir lives
Jason (3:33:39 PM): oh yeah
Brett (3:34:30 PM): bonds is the face of it
Brett (3:34:34 PM): hes the heel
Jason (3:33:59 PM): russo just said "clemens took four shots in the fanny"
Brett (3:34:38 PM): LOL
Jason (3:34:02 PM): he's on fire right now
Brett (3:34:57 PM): lol ive gotta find a live feed
Jason (3:34:41 PM): http://www.wfan.com/
Brett (3:35:49 PM): that photo of steve somers is troubling
Brett (3:36:09 PM): r they at commercial?
Brett (3:36:16 PM): its not working for me
Jason (3:36:08 PM): yeah they're at commercial
Brett (3:36:51 PM): ah here we go
Brett (3:37:15 PM): "4 shots in the fanny" is the greatest quote ive ever heard
Jason (3:36:55 PM): he's really on his A game today
Brett (3:37:42 PM): so francessa is in damage control i take it
Jason (3:37:45 PM): oh yeah, he basically just outlined the roger clemens defense
Brett (3:38:34 PM): and mad dog is riling people up
Jason (3:38:00 PM): there's no paper trail whatsoever, clemens can just deny it and call the guy a liar
Brett (3:39:37 PM): hundleys home run record was broken
Brett (3:39:44 PM): by javy lopez
Brett (3:39:51 PM): javy lopez escaped btw
Jason (3:40:23 PM): yeah, a lot of guys just dodged a bullet
Jason (3:41:01 PM): i can't believe brady
Brett (3:41:45 PM): YES
Brett (3:41:46 PM): !
Brett (3:41:54 PM): "PIAZZA GETS THE LAST LAUGH" says the caller
Jason (3:42:18 PM): yeah piazza dodged a bullet too, i was convinced he was gonna be on the list
Brett (3:43:02 PM): no way
Brett (3:43:06 PM): piazza was always a big dude
Brett (3:43:11 PM): he was never overly muscular
Jason (3:45:25 PM): maybe, we'll never know because george mitchell didn't do his job
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