So the Mitchell report is out, naming names in major league baseball, of players who aren’t “clean”. The blame is all laid on the players, like bloated superpitcher Roger Clemens, not on major league baseball that never made any attempt to do drug testing, ban substances or set penalties.
U.S. baseball fans who bought $6 billion worth of major league tickets are complicit too; the ‘chicks dig the long ball’ (and blazing strikeout) entertain-me-at-all costs philosophy excuses the players and the leagues. Yes, I booed Barry Bonds this summer–but I paid for our tickets to do so.
As long as there are sports there will be cheaters. Some countries like East Germany made a national fetish of creating super-athletes, often using the same tools today’s baseball players tried.
But baseball, with its focus on records, history and tradition (from the national anthem to the 7th inning stretch and ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame’) will suffer more than most sports if the playing field is not leveled. The hallowed Hall of Fame will be hollow indeed if cheaters and man-monsters like Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, Mark McGuire and the rest are ‘enshrined.’
December 15, 2007 at 12:10 am |
I have reserved several domains in regards to The Mitchell Report and the MLB Steroid Era. The domain names are as follows:
1. MLBSteroidEra.com
2. SteriodBaseballEra.com
3. MitchellHDHReport.com
4. MitchellSteroidReport.net
5. MitchellSteroidReport.org
6. BaseballSteroidEra.net
7. BaseballSteroidEra.org
8. WhiteCollarsofBaseball.com
These domain names are for sale on Ebay. Here is a link.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220183938457
The reservation of this collection of domain names was inspired by the recent findings in The Mitchell Report (http://www.MitchellSteroidReport.com) on Major League Baseball’s Steroid Era.
As a lifelong baseball fan, I am sadden by the way the White Collars of Baseball handled these allegations and represented the legacies of some of my all time heros.
In my opinion, the Major League Baseball Corporation is to blame for the steroid era, not the players. The MLB Corporation and its trademarks is a multi-billion dollar a year business. The white collars of baseball should of had the policies, systems and procedures in place to protect their product. the game of baseball, my and America’s Favorite Pastime.
The way I see it, the players care about the fans more than the white collars. So therefore, I am loyal to the players. The white collars of baseball control the game and baseball owners/management earn far more profits in comparison to player salaries than people realize.
The players want to give the fans the best performance possible. When I have children and grandchildren, I am going to say it with pride that I saw perhaps the best player and pitcher ever, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens compete on equal playing field. If asked about the MLB Steroid Era, I am hoping there would be a propaganda and political free reference movie, documentary, blog, or book about the White Collars of Baseball era.
All of these domains are Search Engine Friendly and if you have ideas for web sites they will rank high based off search engine domain name relevancy. By owning this package of domain names, you can virtually have an online monopoly from competitors.
“White Collars of Baseball” could be an excellent name for a documentary, movie, book, blog, or web site.
All the best,
Anthony Ragland
AnthonyRagland@gmail.com
http://www.AnthonyRagland.com