Mitchell Report?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by GarthB

For the Bond apologists who insist he must be innocent because he never tested positive for performing enhancement drugs:

The report includes a mention that the San Francisco Chronicle has a tape of his trainer boasting that he always received advance notice of the testing.

I think the thing you do not understand, is some of us do not care if Bonds did or did not use drugs. The problem is that you have never proven that he took them and when other than hearsay information and very suspect evidence. You cannot say someone's hat size is the proof someone took drugs. If that is the case then I am a drug user because I have gained weight and look nothing like I did when I was in my early to mid-20s. The drugs that Bonds and others are accused of using were not illegal as it relates to the game of baseball. And even during some of that period of time, steroids were a legal substance by law in many jurisdictions. Major League Baseball had no drug testing like the NFL for example that banned many substances that are very legal by law, but illegal by NFL Drug Policy rules. I do not really care what someone thinks now after the fact. If MLB cared that much, they would have had a policy back then as did the NFL and other sports governing bodies (Olympics for example). Ben Johnson was banned in 1988 from the Olympics and stripped from his World Championship medals. If I recall correctly the NFL had a steroid and drug policy at that time. All MLB did was reinstate a pitcher about 8 times for taking cocaine and other drugs. To be so wrapped up in what Bonds and anyone else took is a little too late. And does the fact that Sosa and McGuire not listed in the report change your mind about whether they might have used? Probably not. I am sure this drug use was more widespread than less than 1% of players over many years.

Peace