So, it was a quiet week for baseball, no? Forgive me if I can’t get real excited about the Mitchell Report. I had long ago accepted there was doping going on and gotten over it. Both ownership and the players ignored the elephant in the room for years, so I can’t work up much righteous indignation against Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds. I don’t approve of what they did, but no one working for the league saw much point in the “integrity of the game.” I can’t even get worked up about the fact that Peter Angelo$ had a lot of players listed in the report.

Oh and when it comes to George Mitchell, a director for the Boston Red Sox, I’ll add that in my business there is a saying “the appearance of a conflict of interest means you have a conflict of interest.”

New Nats catcher Paul Lo Duca apparently used something while with the Mets. I’m much more interested in the fact that Mike Stanton, Nook Logan, Jose Guillen (no way) and Gary Bennett showed up in the report as well. Seeing them as users of performance enhancers says “Just Say No!” rather well doesn’t it?

Nats Were Unaware About Lo Duca – The Post

Kasten discusses report – The Wash. Times

Kasten on report: Nats weren’t ‘told anything’ – The Free Lance-Star

Newly acquired OF Elijah Dukes is in trouble again (nationals.com). Somehow, I don’t think he will be let go just yet.