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I thought I’d share an email exchange I had this morning with a Yankees fan friend of mine. Red Sox Nation, prepare yourself, NY fans are already whining about the integrity of the Mitchell Report
From: Ryne Crabb
To: Kristy Fasano
How excited are you for the Mitchell Report today? AP is reporting MVPs and All-Stars are on the list, and the Yankees have the most players on the list (Jeter and Rivera are NOT on the list, however)
Who do you think the biggest name will be? Piazza, Clemens, David Ortiz, Albert Pujols, Miguel Tejada, Ivan Rodriguez, Pettitte?From: Kristy Fasano
To: Ryne Crabb
From: Kristy Fasano
I know this is going to sound petulant because Im a Yankee fan, but I don’t expect to see any big name Bosox players on the list. I can’t imagine Big papi being called out when Mitchell is going back on the Sox payroll after all of this.
On that note, I think he is an intelligent man and if he doesnt incriminate someone on the Sox we will all think the whole report is baloney…so needless to say I am interested to see. I would be sad to see Pudge on it, everyone is expecting Clemens, and Tejada. And I think Piazza will most def be on it also.
What I am interested to see is at what level Good Old Bud is incriminated for this disintegration in baseball, and I am also very interested to see what the ramifications of this are. Do all 80 players get fined, or suspeneded; does baseball just chalk this one up to a learning experience and not punish everyone? What do you think the projected punishment for ending up on this list will be.
And…did you hear that Mitchell won’t release the document to the MLBPA until its released to the public? He said that he felt he didn’t owe them anything because of how little they cooperated with him- which made me respect the man a little more. What a way to put your foot down! I mean Im sure owners informed their players if they were on it, but still, I thought the jab was pretty poignant.
All I know is I hope he did a job well enough to be respected by the community and worthwhile. I would like to see some good come out of all this, and not have this whole thing have been a ploy to make baseball look better, when nothing is being changed. T
This is Bud’s one chance to to make up for tied All Star Games and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays…I mean Tampa Bay Rays- sorry, I know they changed their name and sometimes I don’t know how i forget that considering how eventful the celebration was and how integral Tampa is in the 30 team system….kill me.
… eventually Kristy makes some valid and interesting points, but I love how the first thing out of her mouth was questioning Mitchell’s allegiances. This ought to be a fun day!
