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I added a summary of the steroid investigation. I 'm wondering if anyone can add links to my writing, for guys like Pete Rose, John Dowd, Voctor Victor Conte, Greg Anderson, etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.100.163.31 (talk • contribs) 19:32, 30 March 2006

I think 68 just didn't know how to code outward lks (which are now there), & was not asking for the creation of inward lks to their conrib.
--Jerzy•t 13:32, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Current event 2 Any question about there being 2 GJMs? 3 WikiProject class rating 4 George Mitchell Bio 5 Lack of Red Sox in steroids reports

[edit] Current event

I removed the "current event" tag as this is more appropriate on the article dealing with the steroid investigation, not this biography. Cheers.--Marysunshine 01:04, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Any question about there being 2 GJMs?

_ _ Under the headline "Push to Question Bonds Companion", the NYT began on Sat 2006 June 10 as follows:

George J. Mitchell is not taking no for an answer. A former United States attorney and the chief of baseball's steroids investigation, Mitchell is eager to meet with [Kimberly Bell]....

_ _ IMO that description of GJM is not up to the NYT's standards if he is the diplomat & former senator. So i am left uncertain that we are right to say that the senator and diplomat is also the US attorney (which BTW, as our lk supports, is something substantially more than an attorney practicing in the US), baseball troubleshooter, and potential commissioner. I'm encouraged that we have it right in light of the middle initial, but someone please document here a reliable source that either says they are the same person or says "sometimes confused with". _ _ If the common identity is verifiable, his entry in the George Mitchell Dab needs to mention baseball.
--Jerzy•t 13:32, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

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[edit] George Mitchell Bio

There is no reference to his military background so can we assume he was successful in getting a waiver based on who he knows? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.209.106.116 (talk) 15:40, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

We certainly could; but, that would not be any guarantee: we could assume, as well, that some journalist had asked him, & that he might have clarified it in some fashion. Someone, find the quote,.... please.

[[ hopiakuta Please do sign your signature on your message. ~~ Thank You. -]] 19:25, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

We could, as well, assume that he has had some reason to release his baseball report @ this moment, in order to preempt the msnbc version of a Democratic debate. He must have some reason why he wants someone to be distracted from one, or both. As soon as he would explain about that, there should be a paragraph.

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[[ hopiakuta Please do sign your signature on your message. ~~ Thank You. -]] 19:25, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lack of Red Sox in steroids reports

I removed the comment implying possible bias in the Mitchell report as to the large number of Yankees and low number of Red Sox for the following reasons:

1. It was not NPOV. Mitchell has repeatedly denied such allegations, and these denials were not mentioned.

2. While there were no current Red Sox mentioned in the report, there were a number of former Red Sox (such as Clemens)

3. The reason why there were a number of Yankees it easily explained by the fact that McNamee was one of the key sources of the report, and he works in the Yankees club house

There are any number of reasons why I dislike the report that Mitchell put out, in fact I think it was very poorly research and a silly press gimmick. However to accuse the former senate majority leader of doctoring the report due to fandom without evidence is not something that belongs on this site. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.65.168.215 (talk) 17:38, 10 February 2008 (UTC)