Thursday, December 13, 2007

Exposed

George Mitchell released a report today. It is more than 400 pages and took almost two years and $20 million to complete.

It was supposed to be a broad and comprehensive examination of dangerous drugs in baseball, but all it did was protect the wealthiest men in the room.

This was always about taking down the players and the trainers and the Union and making sure the owners didn’t get anything on their shoes.

Mission Accomplished.

Mitchell covered the owner’s backs and bank accounts and turned this into a sideshow of blacklisted players. Senator Joe McCarthy would be proud.

Why do any serious work or invest any serious thought that might actually get to the root of the problem when a juicy list of names is all you need to exploit the situation?

And Mitchell knows all about exploitation.

As a member of the United States Senate, Mitchell helped further trade agreements and foreign policy initiatives that impoverish countries like the Dominican Republic. Those policies have ensured an endless stream of cheap labor for Major League Baseball. Mitchell now exploits that cheap labor in his position as a Director for the Boston Red Sox.

Players who started as desperate kids at Major League Baseball run academies in the Dominican were named today. Mitchell got guys like Miguel Tejada and Jose Guillen coming and going. And the former Senator figured out how he could make money on all of it.

Mitchell has always been an opportunistic bully and he has used his influence to amass a huge personal fortune. Along the way he made people in Maine poorer and people in the United States poorer and people around the world poorer. He now makes the game of baseball poorer.

Mitchell and the owners are, of course, richer because guys like that always walk away with all the money. The players they blacklisted probably won’t be able to walk without pain when they’re 60.

The injustice of this whole sorry episode is hard to get a handle on. Pull one of a thousand threads and it tumbles out: corruption, exploitation, intimidation, and money, money, money.

George Mitchell blacklisted a lot of decent men in a report today.

Yeah, Senator McCarthy would be proud.

10 comments:

Pete said...

That is a heck of a lot of time and money to accomplish nothing. Thanks Senator McCarthy, err, um, Mitchell.

Henry said...

Wow, you are questioning the integrity of the GREAT SENATOR MITCHELL who entered public office with no money and is now a multi-millionaire?

Shocking!

LOL!

JoeyBoy said...

I have no doubts that Mitchell is a sleezeball. This whole thing was a stunt. Why he was picked to lead this investigation is baffling.

SOXRULE said...

EAT SHIT NIGGER BOY!
NO SOX ALL YANKS!
BOSTON RED SOX WIN AGAIN!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!

Donna said...

Great, this Boston nut is back. Joy.

SOXRULE said...

MITCHELL CAN LOCK UP YOU AND YOUR KIND IN GUANTANAMO NOW! THEN COME BACK TO WORK FOR WORLD CHAMP RED SOX!!!!!!!

sports fAnAtIc said...

Hey I'm a die-hard Yanks fan too but just learn to accept that a few Yanks and former Yanks were on steroids. It happened, and theres nothing we can do about it now. Dont try to blame their using steroids on some senator, and just keep looking forward to next year.

sports fAnAtIc said...

ya ummmm whoever soxrule is needs to remember that the evil empire has won 26 World Championships and have a great young team coming up ready to add to it. Quit being jealous.

Pete said...

sports fanatic,
Your attitude is perfect for George Bush’s America. Believe anything you are told by the Ruling Class. They are always right.

You are smarter than that. Take a look at what is really in this “so called” report.

Larry Jaffe said...

Look I am not for athletes taking steroids but all the reports in the world will not change it. What will change it is better solutions to the problem than pumping juice. Sports has gotten out of hand. But then again maybe it always was more about the entertainment than the sport. I must be too old school. I don't like the players to juice, I don't like the sport putting that kind of pressure on the players. Sportsmanship is part of the past and that sucks big time.