Good points, David.

But isn't it possible, maybe even likely, that the leaker wasn't from MLB, but from the Yankees organization?

MLB might want to "take Giambi down," but the Yankees have a $40-plus million commitment to the guy.

I see the "Giambi issue" getting worse. Who again signed him to that back loaded deal? And, you mean to tell me that the Yankees had "no idea" that Giambi was taking substances that were subsequently banned from MLB? I don't have any sympathy for the Glorious Yankees.

On another note, I think that at some point here, MLB and its ESPN cronies are going to regret that they haven't marketed the game much beyond the Red Sox v. Yankees. There are so many other great stories out there and so much for us baseball fans. Instead, we're dealing with (and unable to overcome) an aging slugger who had a short window of success and wants so badly to discuss his transgressions and an aging slugger who's treated as the anti-Christ and who won't admit to anything. Too bad.

For my money, read Joe Sheehan's open article at Baseball Prospectus. That's were I'm coming from.

Thank goodness for the Internet and sites like this one that allow us fans to enjoy the game beyond what we're told to believe by former players and broadcasters.

I see the "Giambi issue" getting worse. Who again signed him to that back loaded deal? And, you mean to tell me that the Yankees had "no idea" that Giambi was taking substances that were subsequently banned from MLB? I don't have any sympathy for the Glorious Yankees.

On another note, I think that at some point here, MLB and its ESPN cronies are going to regret that they haven't marketed the game much beyond the Red Sox v. Yankees. There are so many other great stories out there and so much for us baseball fans. Instead, we're dealing with (and unable to overcome) an aging slugger who had a short window of success and wants so badly to discuss his transgressions and an aging slugger who's treated as the anti-Christ and who won't admit to anything. Too bad.

For my money, read Joe Sheehan's open article at Baseball Prospectus. That's were I'm coming from.

Thank goodness for the Internet and sites like this one that allow us fans to enjoy the game beyond what we're told to believe by former players and broadcasters.

Oops, sorry for the double post.

Walt,

From my point of view, it doesn't matter if it's the Yankees or MLB. Leaking this information threatens the drug testing agreement. If this sort of thing keeps up, at some point the union says, "You're not living up to your end of the deal, we're telling all our players to refuse testing." That would be bad for baseball.

And Mitchell wants access to the players' medical records. To me, that request is DOA to begin with, but these leaks (there's one about Barry too) make it worse.

I just read about Giambi over at Highbrid Nation and the writer over there really put things in perspective for me. The media has really blew the whole "performance enhancing drug" thing out of proportion. Seriously, I'm not saying its ok to use these drugs but can we please stop acting like these drugs give athletes some kind of super human advantage over thier peers.

i think this put the stake in the heart of mitchell's investigation - the players can't possibly think that MLB can be trusted for one second.