Bottom Line - Post-Mitchell Report...

...baseball still goes on.

What's up people...who said this was the off-season?After 48 hours of Mitchell Report breakdown to close the week, this weekend has been just as busy in the news and a pair of things have really caught my attention. First of all, we ALL know that in the NL West, the only way to win is to pitch, pitch and pitch some more. If anyone in that group could actually hit maybe we'd actually see some seperation one of these seasons! The D-Backs pulled off a HUGE move in my opinion picking up Danny Haren and by doing so, they have put together one of the nastiest if not THE nastiest one-two punches in the National League with Webb and Haren at the front end. So, kudos to them! But, don't you have to question what in the WORLD the A's are doing? Do they EVER want to win a ring? And then just when you thought a couple of huge hot stove moves would make you forget about the "Steroid era" here comes Andy Pettitte in a move that completely suprised me. I thought that for sure, we would see all of the big names on that Mitchell list deny any involvement especially in the cases like Andy's where everything was related to hearsay. But his admission, which I have a lot of respect for as a baseball fan, all but cements the legacy of his boy the Rocket, because they both were in this report and under suspicion for their relationship with Brian McNamee. If Andy is guilty then most will believe - AND it is probably the case - that Clemens is as well. Now all the Hall of Fame conversation can continue. What do I say at a moment like this? Serenity now...that's the Bottom Line!