Mitchell Report

So, the Mitchell Report on performance enhancing drugs in baseball was released.

A couple of big "new" names were mentioned (although if anyone was actually surprised by Roger Clemens, then you aren't paying attention).

Mostly though, the players named range from journeymen to "who is that?"

My favorite on the list was Chuck Knoblauch and his alleged use of HGH. A once very good player who in his last couple of years completely lost the ability to throw the ball straight - which was good for fans sitting along the first base line hoping for a souvenir, but not so good for the outcome on the field.

At first, I was surprised he was a juicer, and then I ran across this picture of his early, pre-HGH days, which made it all clear:



(With apologies to Eddie Gaedel)