Mitchell Report Leak

#5 has been listed on the leaked list from the Mitchell Report set to come out this afternoon.

I'm not going to say that this is entirely unexpected, but I always hoped for the best. I believe that Rick's used to come back from injury and that it was legal for use at the time. That does not mean that he deserves a pass, and certainly #5 doesn't either. McGwire will never make it to Cooperstown and his number probably will never be hung in Busch, either, and that's the way it should be. Yet, I still yearn for some explanation, some way to distinguish these circumstances from #25's.

This is definitely a ramble and emote session, but all my analytical faculties are tied up right now in legal stuff. I might reason this through later but the emotional harm I've sustained through this sports season has been difficult to deal with. Tragedy has been lurking around every corner, all brightness extinguished. In many ways, this sports year for me has been the mirror image of 2006. For all its joys, 2006 held some disappointments, to be sure but it has been nothing like 2007. There's not a single bright spot, not one. Even teams I moderately enjoy following, like the Redskins and Bears [a distant fifth place in my sports hierarchy] have endured great tragedy and competitive futility, respectively.

I have no other option but to bid good riddance to this entire sports year, for the sake of my grades, at least. However, from a purely emotional standpoint, I will not hesitate to say that this has been the most horrendous year in sports in my entire life.

[Update 2:14pm: According to CTRL-F, Pujols not listed in the report. Deep breath.]