After all, if it made that much of a difference to one’s prowess, the Orioles and Dodgers would have dominated the past decade.

And what’s up with Mitchell, who has a financial interest in the Red Sox, giving the Red Sox more than a clean slate?

Hmmmmm. Come to think of it, Fred is a Red Sox fan as well. Hmmmmm.

Go Yankees (whatever it takes)!!!!!

But can’t we be both? Aren’t we both?

Frank> If the game really becomes about who has the best chemist, what’s the point?

But if the game isn’t about who has the best chemist, what’s the point? What’s the point of games generally?

I’m not disagreeing with you, exactly, and I guess those questions are rhetorical, since I don’t expect you to have any quick answers to them and I don’t have any answers myself.

I’m personally glad that we have the Mitchell report out there, but I see doping as an issue that requires a lot of work to understand — probably more work than can be done in the popular news media.

And thanks so much for that link! That report makes for interesting reading (much better, I imagine, than what they’re saying on ESPN at the moment).

http://www.bioethics.gov/reports/beyondtherapy/chapter3.html

The key issue is whether we pursue excellence as human beings, or as artifacts of scientists. If the game really becomes about who has the best chemist, what’s the point?