Where is their message on dangers of steroids?
By Nick Cafardo, Globe Staff | June 15, 2008 It’s understandable that players want to “turn the page” – to borrow one of their favorite phrases – on steroids. It’s understandable that some players are bitter about being named in the Mitchell Report while many of their peers got off scot-free. But in the six months since the Mitchell Report was released, how often have you heard about a player going to a classroom to lecture kids and denounce the use of steroids? There have been a few, but too few. There are still players out there denying they did anything. There are players who don’t dare utter the word ever again. There are those who “explain it” by saying, “I only did it because of an injury.” It doesn’t really matter why anyone did it. What matters is that they “turn the page” on making excuses and help kids not make the same mistake. Mitchell is showing great patience as this unfolds. “It’s premature to make a judgment on that at this point,” said Mitchell. “I’d like to give it mo
