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23Yngwie Einstein wrote:409 pages to skim and I didn't see anything about Sammy Sosa.
only this
mitchell report wrote:During the course of this investigation, we interviewed a number of coaches, club personnel, former teammates, and other persons who know McGwire. Only Canseco, who repeated the allegations from his memoir, said he had knowledge of McGwire’s alleged use of steroids. Through his personal lawyer, I asked McGwire to meet with me for an interview about these issues, but he declined to do so. I then sent his lawyer a list of specific questions about whether McGwire had ever used steroids or other performance enhancing substances without a prescription during his major league career, in the hope that McGwire would be willing to provide a response outside of the context of an interview. Neither McGwire nor his lawyer responded to that letter. (I sent similar letters with specific questions to lawyers for Barry Bonds, Rafael Palmeiro, Sammy Sosa, and Gary Sheffield, none of whom provided answers to myquestions either.)
FYI = You can search within pdfs.
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24Yngwie Einstein wrote:CNN.com has a PDF you can download.
yeah, and then you can search for stuff.
There's no laundry list per se, but there's a long section in the middle with descrips of diff guys and how they got their shit (from this guy McNamee, who was a trainer dude w/the Jays and Yankkes).
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25barndog wrote:Yngwie Einstein wrote:409 pages to skim and I didn't see anything about Sammy Sosa.
only thismitchell report wrote:During the course of this investigation, we interviewed a number of coaches, club personnel, former teammates, and other persons who know McGwire. Only Canseco, who repeated the allegations from his memoir, said he had knowledge of McGwire’s alleged use of steroids. Through his personal lawyer, I asked McGwire to meet with me for an interview about these issues, but he declined to do so. I then sent his lawyer a list of specific questions about whether McGwire had ever used steroids or other performance enhancing substances without a prescription during his major league career, in the hope that McGwire would be willing to provide a response outside of the context of an interview. Neither McGwire nor his lawyer responded to that letter. (I sent similar letters with specific questions to lawyers for Barry Bonds, Rafael Palmeiro, Sammy Sosa, and Gary Sheffield, none of whom provided answers to myquestions either.)
FYI = You can search within pdfs.
No shit. Still, with many of the others listed in the report, there were canceled checks, receipts, etc. So there is exactly one reference to Sosa. That still astonishes me. This, after all, is supposed to be a thorough report.
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26Looks like the Orioles were one of the worst organizations. So many players in the report had played for them at one time. So much for steroids enhancing one's performance. Gives new meaning to The Oriole Way. Cal Sr. is rolling in his grave.
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28mitchell report wrote:During the course of this investigation, we interv. This, after all, is supposed to be a thorough report.
Are Mitchell and MLB actually making the claim of being 'thorough' or 'comprehensive'? i doubt it.
and even if they did, i still would be exteremely skeptical.
D. Perino deduced: "The Cuban Missile Crisis?...“It had to do with Cuba and missiles, I’m pretty sure.”
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29I don't think they had the power to subpoena anyone - this wasn't a criminal investigation. So, no - it wouldn't be complete.
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30Dr. O' Nothing wrote:mitchell report wrote:During the course of this investigation, we interv. This, after all, is supposed to be a thorough report.
Are Mitchell and MLB actually making the claim of being 'thorough' or 'comprehensive'? i doubt it.
and even if they did, i still would be exteremely skeptical.
They didn't describe themselves as "blowhards" or "witchhunters," either, but that doesn't mean it isn't true.