The Mitchell Report

The long awaited George Mitchell report was finally released yesterday...and along with it, Barry Bonds' one way ticket to Cooperstown. You see, the report released 80+ names of players that have somehow been linked to performance enhancing drugs...most of this information coming from just one source. People are now forced to look at Bonds as just one of many who were using something to gain an edge...when really, using it just put them at an even playing field. The biggest "surprise" in the report was the information on Roger Clemens. I haven't read the whole report, and i don't plan to...but from what I understand Clemens had the 2nd largest portion of the report devoted to him (behind, of course, Bonds). Do I think any differently of Clemens now? Not really...I'm not a fan of Roger Clemens, and i was already convinced he had to have been using to have been better in his 2 years with the Astros (his early to mid 40's) then he ever was in his Hall of Fame career. What this does mean is that there is no real ground to let Clemens, arguably the best pitcher ever, into the Hall of Fame, and keep Bonds, who i consider undeniably the best baseball player ever, out.