Are Red Sox fans truly naive enough to think that just because no Red Sox appeared on the Mitchell Report...?

Question

...that none of them ever juiced? The report was centered around New York, with Mcnamee and Radomski as the informants. That's why there were so many Yankees and Mets. Plus George Mitchell holds a high position within the Red Sox organization...I'm just saying....

Answer 1

It's been established that Mitchell does NOT hold a position within the organization. He was a legal consultant to the Board of Directors, a far cry from being a member of the organization. Whether you liked the report or not, Senator George Mitchell has established a well-deserved rep for integrity, the main reason no team objected to his selection as investigator. Plus, the only clear trail they had ran through New York, not through the Yankees or Mets, but through thye NY area.

Answer 2

First off, you are about 6 months late to the Mitchell Report party. Secondly, stop with the conspiracy stuff about Mitchell and the Red Sox, thats just an easy cop out of an excuse.

However....I do agree with you that because of the certain informants, more people playing for NY teams at the time got busted. I also am smart enough to realize that the Mitchell Report caught probably less than 10% (and that is being VERY generous) of people who took steroids/HGH.

I live in Boston and have not heard fans say that since no players in the report took the drugs while on the Red Sox that we are clean in our history. I'm sure there are other teams out there with the same situation as the Sox in the Report, but for fans of ANY of those teams to assume no one on their team ever juiced, is just plain ignorant.

(by the way - you really need to stop with all the sox fans bashing questions. We get it, you don't like them. Its part of sports so you're gonna have to get over it.)

Answer 3

I could see this type of question being asked if you saw a whole bunch of questions from Red Sox fans saying

"Since we didn't have any players on the Mitchell report, that means we are clean and you are not"

But, I have yet to see that.

So, why isolate Red Sox, because you are a Yankee fan or because of Mitchell's connection to them.

If the person responsible for investigating used to or has ties to the Yankee's organization, do you think they would have risked their reputation omitting players when they had similar evidence?

Probably not.

But, you hit the nail on the head, the informants were two NY 'trainers'.

So, don't centre on the Red Sox players.  

Most informed and intelligent baseball fans know that tons of people weren't named.  It specified that it wasn't a definitive list.  

Why aren't you posting this old type of question about Marlins, Royals, Angels, Nationals, Reds, etc?

Your homer loyalty to the Yankees is making you look neurotic, it reeks of jealousy and it makes you look like you think other baseball fans are morons and they can't see the forest for the trees.

Answer 4

I think your little screen name says everything about you..... i think you are a little jealous about the sox..... why would you just all of a sudden bring this up??..... does the mitchell report really still bother you that much?????.... who cares?!?!... how could you say that there are red sox players that have juiced before???.... i havent seen a decrease in performance from any of them..... there are no signs that they have juiced, except for the fact that they are good, and thats just talent..... you cant accuse anyone of juicing until its found out that they have..... and the yankees have been discovered.... sorry!!!

Answer 5

Valid points you make, and yes, it does seem curious about george and new york. Not necessarily to defend him, but i think the seattle mariners still lead the league in number of organizational players suspended for illegal drug use, but being a small market team and with few "big name" players, most often the press under reports this. That said, i doubt all the red sox players are "clean". Nothing against boston, at all, i'm just saying...

Answer 6

That still bothers you after almost 7 months since it's been released?

Answer 7

I'm a Yankees fan, and there are definitely some Yankees, Red Sox, and players from probably every other team that evaded the Mitchell report.

Answer 8

You're wrong, there were Red Sox players named in the report......Eric Gagne and Brendan Donnelly, neither of them are with the Sox anymore but they were on their roster in 2007.  Also, can't forget about Mo Vaughn.

Who cares how many from what team, what this should be about is hoping the game is cleaned up and we don't have to worry about this stuff anymore.

Answer 9

Yes

I dont kno why

Answer 10

The Mitchell Report wasn't all inclusive.  Many players went un-named.  The people that Mitchell found that would talk were ones that were from the Met and Yankee organizations.  Radomski and Clemens trainer were only a couple of the many people that dealt with steriods in the Majors.  

The was I look at the Mitchell report is that it shows us that steroids were and is still rampant in baseball.  Most of the league was doing some form of it, and only a few actually started talking.  Bond's trainer, Greg Andersen, didn't say anything to the authorities, and I bet he has quite a few names to add on to the ones we know, besides Bonds.  

The league also couldn't punish the people from the Mitchell report because they know it is not complete, and it would only let the others to get off scott free.

Answer 11

I may be assuming too much...but how did you react to SPYGATE. I'm guessin you assumed your team did not do this sort of thing and blasted the pats by repeating phrases like "Beli-cheat". Do you deserve any different? You don't seem to like your team to be considered cheaters...I'm just sayin.

So your agreeing and admitting that your doing the same thing as people are doing to the yankees, to the pats?

Answer 12

Im a Sox fan and I dont think that just because no sox were on the list dont mean none of them did roids. Any Sox fan who really believes David Ortiz never did steroids is just dumb. Look at his career before 2003, then he gets bigger and better. And im gonna say that Nomar did roids too. He was a great player his first few years then he got huge over one off season, then his body started to deteriorate. He started having ligament problems and thats a a big sign off steroid use

Answer 13

Well, I'm a Red Sox fan, but honestly, I don't care about George Mitchell or his little report. I read it all (just to be informed) and it was basically all hearsay.

My opinion of the players mentioned hasn't changed after I read it. I didn't pay that much attention to all the Mitchell Report hype, to be honest with you.