Arkansas Blog

Baseball created the biggest mess in sports history. Now: names NAMED, others not - what to believe? A friggin' REPORT from the King's Man about Humpty Dumpty is not going to fix/resolve anything. Operative: "Let's all move on." What a crock!

The Mitchell Report is indeed sound and fury signifying nothing. No new information, the reputations of 80 men sullied by the words of one or two clubhouse stewards who may or may not have an axe to grind. Didn't tip the trainer enough, Mr. Clemens? He's found a way to get even.

Maybe all the accusations are true. Maybe all these super-duper atheletes--you know, like Cody McKay and Gary Bennett--are all juiced up. But to pillory them on a national stage without more proof than this is unforgivable.

"Ah, good old football, where the performance enhancing drugs issue is handled quickly and swiftly."

OR just completely ignored/hidden. Please don't kid yourself into thinking MLB is the only major sport with steroid/HGH issues...it's a joke that football hasn't come under similar scrutiny. I mean, in MLB there's constant talk about comparing the sizes of today's players vs. their counterparts from previous decades, as well as all the talk about all the heralded records being broken. Correct me if I'm wrong here, but look at the sizes and freakish ability of today's players compared to the old days. Today's LBs run like yesterday's CBs and are HUGE. Dick Butkus would be lucky to be a special teams star in today's game. And the records? True, unlike MLB, the numbers aren't quite as important to people--but the single-season TD record has been broken numerous times in the last few years, much like all the HR marks have been shattered in baseball. I LOVE both sports, and honestly I'm not nearly as upset as many are about PEDs in today's sports (heck, I knew McGwire was taking something, I loved those moon shots anyway), but it's certainly not fair how the NFL gets a pass and MLB takes all the heat for something I'm positive plagues BOTH sports.