Will the findings in the Mitchell report be good or bad for baseball?

Question

When I say good I mean to the extent that it is out in the open and everyone can deal with it, or bad because it will point out a cancer that is eating away at the game we love?

The report is due out this week for the public to see.

Answer 1

Good question!!! I think the answer really is that it is two fold.; it will be good to get all the information out in the open, get the responsible parties dealt with, it will be bad because when Selig goes after the guys who are accused from before 2003 he will lose and it will only further display how weak the Commissioner's office is. I also think it will prove very little, it will state more allegations, show findings of labs and name some names that everyone has suspected for a long time. I think that many fans will feel it is too partisan because of Mitchell's ties to the Red Sox, especially if no Red Sox player past or present is on the list.

I think it is a step in the right direction but a lot of it will be something that the league has no leg to stand on as far as suspensions go.

Answer 2

I think it will not have the bombshell effect everyone is looking for. Yes it will anger some but all in all baseball won't suffer for it. Baseball has survived a gambling scandal,a strike that cancelled a World Series and a moron commisioner. This won't hurt the game.

Answer 3

It will be good for the game. We must always remember that in the long run nothing really hurts the game for any length of time. Baseball is so perfect a game that not even the incompetence that runs it nor the cheaters that infest it can take away from it's perfection.

Answer 4

I really dont think there will be any big surprises on the report it will not even effect baseball but it will effect everyones views on the few players in the report

Answer 5

I'm thinking it will be, at worst, a tombstone on another scandalous era. Baseball has survived worse.