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Originally Posted by Temporary_User
I havent been following this too closely...
I havent read the report, nor do I plan to. I did however scan through the list of names from the link posted...
From the very few things I've read, it seems a few teams turned a blind eye or even encouraged this a bit more than others. How is each team involved in this?
I'm a Mariner's fan, I sadly saw a few M's on the list, how do they stack up compared to other teams? which team would people say was the worst?
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Well these names are only from a few sources (like 3-5 people), so this isn't comprehensive. Heck, some of the names may not even be true since there is quite a bit of hear-say involved in a few of the names (while others they have signed receipts).
And the teams and commissioner are very culpable. Some of these reports specifically mentioned how a team clubhouse manager or a traveling manager would "accidentally" discover needles and vials, report to the commissioners office, be told the commissioners office will investigate, then hear nothing back. Other managers told staff to just forget about it because it was none of their business (Tom Kelly - Twins).
Much of this evidence in this report wouldn't be good enough for court. But that said, there is plenty of smoke from only speaking to a few people. With hundreds of players and staff at the MLB level, and untold thousands more in the minors.
The real test is what happens now. Baseball seems to be saying, "Lets now go forward with a clean slate". But I don't see that they have done anything yet. They had someone create a nice document. Beyond that, nothing so far.