Comments on: Orioles Still Unloveable http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/12/17/orioles-still-unloveable/ D.C. News, Politics, Media, Arts, and More Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:36:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Tony Lumpkin http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/12/17/orioles-still-unloveable/comment-page-1/#comment-82887 Tony Lumpkin Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:19:24 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/12/17/orioles-still-unloveable/#comment-82887 It would be fairer (and accurate) to work backwards and assume that all athletes are using performance-enhancing drugs. Cripes, many of the guys I know that have serious competitive sports hobbies are on something. It would be fairer (and accurate) to work backwards and assume that all athletes are using performance-enhancing drugs. Cripes, many of the guys I know that have serious competitive sports hobbies are on something.

]]> By: Chris http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/12/17/orioles-still-unloveable/comment-page-1/#comment-82872 Chris Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:56:51 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/12/17/orioles-still-unloveable/#comment-82872 Not defending the O's here - and I'm a diehard fan, still - but teams like the O's and Yankees have a right to be upset that they were portrayed, by omission, as the only teams in MLB who had guys on the juice. The Mitchell Report was limited by which sources they could get to speak; just because the Red Sox (just for example) had no notable players named in the report, does not mean that none of their players were juicing. It just means that their resident steroid supplier hasn't been unmasked yet. Not defending the O's here - and I'm a diehard fan, still - but teams like the O's and Yankees have a right to be upset that they were portrayed, by omission, as the only teams in MLB who had guys on the juice.

The Mitchell Report was limited by which sources they could get to speak; just because the Red Sox (just for example) had no notable players named in the report, does not mean that none of their players were juicing. It just means that their resident steroid supplier hasn't been unmasked yet.

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