XM MLB Chat: Misinformation about the 2000 Yankees

A poster to Neil Best's Watchdog blog left an inaccurate comment about the 2000 Yankees and PED use. According to the Mitchell Report, only 1 name was mentioned in connection with that year, which was Clemens. My 2 attempts to politely reference this were not accepted for some reason, so I'm posting my comment here. To the poster who wants the 2000 trophy back, where do the players you misrepresented get their reputations back? What about players on other teams who used but weren't 'mentioned'? From Watchdog blog:

"Posted by cmm | September 23, 2008 14:11

Hey Hank--

The 2000 Yankees finished with the 5th best record in the AL, behind CWS, OAK, SEA, and CLE. Between that and the fact that half the team was on PEDs, are you going to hand back that trophy?"

The comment I submitted (which wasn't accepted) would have been comment #17:

"First comment is incorrect referencing the 2000 Yankees. If you're going by the Mitchell Report, only 1 name was mentioned for anything during the 2000 season while a Yankee which was Clemens. Everyone is free to look up what is said about each name in the report. (I list links with detailed references at the end of this post),

Media have freely portrayed inaccurate information about the team knowing few people will go to the trouble of looking it up. The name David Justice was mentioned for the year 2000 but the mention was for something after the 2000 World Series, there was no evidence of it, no canceled check (customary at the time), and has been denied by Justice.

Knoblauch was never mentioned for use in 2000, was mentioned for 2001. Evidence against GlenAllen Hill is in the form of a check in March 2001 at which point he was not on the Yankees. I've looked up every name and searched for other references, and still it's only Clemens.

George Mitchell's own organization, the Red Sox, made Clemens an offer of $18 million to join them in the 2007 season, reported in 5/6/07 in the Boston Globe. Around that time, Clemens accepted the Yankee offer. 3 months later in August 2007, Mitchell had his first sit down with McNamee."

Posted by: susan mullen | September 23, 2008 5:08 PM