More Mitchell Report ramble...

Perhaps it's just me, but I'm bothered by two specific things about this whole thing.

First, Bud Selig has already made a change that was recommended by Mitchell. No longer will there be a 24 hour notice to the players that they will be tested. I'm not necessarily bothered by the fact that The commissioner is making the change, I'm more bothered by the fact that somebody had to suggest that for Selig to do it. It's almost as if Selig is saying, "yes, mr. mitchell. That's a good idea. Let's do that".

So...why isn't Senator Mitchell the commissioner, since he has all the good solutions?

The other thing that bothers me slightly is the obsession with the names in the report. From the reaction that I'm getting from Sportscenter, etc, is that "wow, look at all these cheaters!" But...is it that much of a surprise? Personally, I didn't need anybody to spend several million dollars to tell me that Bonds and Canseco cheated.

Its almost as if the purpose of this Report is to point fingers. Woopty doo! We don't need to point fingers, we need to fix this. To me, the names are almost irrelevant (excluding a few cases). People are cheating. Some who are cheating are setting records, others are having career years and then dwindling back into nothingness.

Let's not focus so much on the names but instead on what the report tells us.

If you ask me, the only reason dozens of names were included in this report was to please the fans...and I'm still glued to my TV screen on this stuff.