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BREAKING: Selig to Investigate Steroids (Bonds)
WSB Radio | 03/29/06

Posted on 03/29/2006 5:57:11 PM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights

Heard on radio tonight (WSB-Atlanta) Selig is serious. WIll investigate Bonds and others. May name former Senator George Mitchell to head investigation

Announcement shortly


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: barrybonds; bugsy; mlb; probe; roidhead; selig; steroids
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1 posted on 03/29/2006 5:57:13 PM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

Selig is shocked... SHOCKED!.. that MLBers were using roids... yeah, about as shocked as Vince McMahon was when he found out that WWF wrestlers were taking roids.


3 posted on 03/29/2006 6:00:00 PM PST by iPod Shuffle
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

Why is baseball the Congress' business? Let them cheat and pay the price in decreased ticket sales.


4 posted on 03/29/2006 6:00:29 PM PST by pabianice
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To: Baynative

I dunno. The guy on the radio seemed to think that Selig was very serious. One can only hope.


5 posted on 03/29/2006 6:00:43 PM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights (GOP, The Other France)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

Good. I don't want to see that sub-pig Bonds "break" any records. They should take away that "Season Home Run" record while they're at it.


6 posted on 03/29/2006 6:01:05 PM PST by Yossarian (The media is now simply running a 24/7 soap opera with Dubya cast as the arch villain.)
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To: Baynative
"A non-starter if I ever heard one."

Baseball got a big black eye letting a cheaters break the single season record..they need to do something before the lifetime record is corrupted.
7 posted on 03/29/2006 6:01:30 PM PST by gondramB (Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God that which is God's.)
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To: pabianice

"Former" Senator Mitchell. Maybe baseball is taking care of baseball.

Selig should have done this a while ago.


8 posted on 03/29/2006 6:03:29 PM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights (GOP, The Other France)
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To: pabianice
Why is baseball the Congress' business?

Because Baseball has a special Congressional anti-trust exemption due to being the National Pastime.

-PJ

9 posted on 03/29/2006 6:03:57 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (It's still not safe to vote Democrat.)
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To: pabianice
Why is baseball the Congress' business?

Because baseball wanted to have its precious anti-trust exemption (something no other league has).

If baseball hadn't invited the wolves, they would be fine.

They may fit congress's constitutional scope (inter-state commerce) but so does hockey, football and basketball, but you won't see congress getting involved with them because they didn't invites congress in.

10 posted on 03/29/2006 6:04:22 PM PST by Sonny M ("oderint dum metuant")
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights
Opps...I hear the shuffling of cards. Well, wattaya know, out pops the race card.


Doogle
11 posted on 03/29/2006 6:05:21 PM PST by Doogle (USAF ...7th AF...408MMS..Ubon ,Thailand..."69"..Night Line Delivery ..AMMO!!)
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To: iPod Shuffle
Sad to admit, but I'm a sucker.

I believed Palmeiro during his first appearance in Congress. I still shocked at the deception.

12 posted on 03/29/2006 6:05:24 PM PST by daivid
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights
Selig is awesome! At the first hint of possible steroid abuse this guy is all over it!

/sacrasm

13 posted on 03/29/2006 6:07:09 PM PST by Michael.SF. (Well, Kerry did win the exit polls.)
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To: gondramB

I have a 15 year old son who plays baseball in school. You cannot convince him steroids is cheating because his tiny little mind associates steroids with bulk and not power. I know he will learn as his brain matures (maybe 35?, 45? LOL!)


I want him to know the principles we teach at home apply in the real world.


14 posted on 03/29/2006 6:13:34 PM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights (GOP, The Other France)
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To: Political Junkie Too; Sonny M

The anti-trust exemption was common law made up by the Supreme Court in (I believe) Federal Baseball Club v. National League, 259 U.S. 200 (1922). The opinion was written by Holmes. Congress specifically did away with this common law exemption in the area of labor relations with the Curt Flood Act of 1998.


15 posted on 03/29/2006 6:17:49 PM PST by Cyclopean Squid (History is a work in progress)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

Just heard it on ESPN.


16 posted on 03/29/2006 6:21:41 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: pabianice
Why is baseball the Congress' business?

Baseball has an anti-trust exemption from Congress. Therefore, Congress are allowed to stick their noses in the sport.

17 posted on 03/29/2006 6:23:38 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (None genuine without my signature)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights
"I have a 15 year old son who plays baseball in school. You cannot convince him steroids is cheating because his tiny little mind associates steroids with bulk and not power. I know he will learn as his brain matures (maybe 35?, 45? LOL!)

I want him to know the principles we teach at home apply in the real world."

That's got to be tough as a parent... growing up in Atlanta, Hank Aaron was one of my childhood heroes - I was in 7th grade when he hit #714. in elementary school playing kickball we focused on home runs and pretended we were chasing Babe Ruth.

If we thought that we could take some pill and be like Hank Aaron we would probably have done it.
18 posted on 03/29/2006 6:23:51 PM PST by gondramB (Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God that which is God's.)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights
* Barry Bonds

* Mark McGuire

19 posted on 03/29/2006 6:24:15 PM PST by TexasCajun
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To: pabianice
Why is baseball the Congress' business?

That little thing called the "anti-trust exemption."

20 posted on 03/29/2006 6:24:38 PM PST by dfwgator
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