Let's wait until the evidence is actually made public before we start celebrating or mourning anything -- other than that it's really screwed up that this whole situation was allowed to happen in the first place.

http://files.mlb.com/mitchrpt.pdf

is the Mitchell report in any way a positiv list like all players not named are clean?

did the situation change because of the report (besides some silly namecalling from the MLB)?

if i personally get the impression (through what circumstances ever) he is clean and was for his whole career, i will say: "sorry, was wrong on that one."

on the other hand i accepted that professional sports was like that till now (and will be like that in the near future) and the players are not the only ones to blame.

i did not put the players on a throne so i do not have to kick them out of it (and back in because a report did not mention them).

this is just sports.

the PRESS CONFERENCE - I saw on ESPN that Canseco actually showed up there - and they wouldn't let him in!   Hahahaaaaaaa

Ol' Bud & George were probably afraid he'd start yelling out a bunch of names that SHOULD be on the list!

No one is claiming Bud Selig is saving MLB, I can't think of one person that doesn't think he did this to save face. It had to happen, and any other commissioner would have done the same thing. He is at fault for letting this go on and should step down, but before he does that, he had to make an effort to save his image, any human being would. When it comes down to situations like this, you'll always try to save yourself.

Mpieretti,  you've done nothing on this board besides yell about how bogus it is, how terrible Selig is, and you have yet to bring anything decent to the discussion other than say it's BS. Have you even taken the time to read any of the report? I seriously doubt that Selig or Mitchell would let a report like this out without the time and research that Mitchell has put into it. There are probably hundreds of cases that he didn't report because there wasn't enough evidence against the players, but these 75 or so players that are named in it, they obviously came up enough in the past, giving them a reason to include them in this report. Not trying to be accusatory, but I don't remember seeing you on this site that often in the past (I don't post often so you might be in the same situation as me, big reader who rarely contributes), but you just come in out of no where yelling about how it's a scam which leads me to believe that you're a Yankees fan or something that is outraged that your players our mentioned and none of our current players are, in which case you really have no need to be on this board. And if you're not, than I'm sorry, I would just like to see you back up why you think this is a scam when Mitchell has dedicated about 2 years of his life to it, and you are just a fan who has no real insight to how the inner workings of the MLB are run. Until then, I'll take Mitchells word that these guys are suspect.  

Besides that and the Theo/Gagne part (from the report that I've mentioned earlier), the other thing that bothers me is what Bigbie did to Brian Roberts. Roberts had a 2 paragraph section and the only thing about him was what Bigbie told Mitchell. That he did not participate when he and Segui did, but then goes on to throw him under the bus by saying Roberts admitted trying it once or twice. It just seems like there was no need to do that to Roberts. He never suspected Roberts, and if he had never gone to Bigbie as a friend and admitted to trying it once or twice, his name never would have surfaced. Just seemed like Bigbie was grasping and trying to save himself by turning in whoever he could. I feel bad for Roberts slightly. (This information was on page 158 of the report at the bottom)