Few Mariners listed in Mitchell report

I’ve been proven wrong.  Contrary to an earlier post, it appears that the Mariners’ don’t have the major leagues’ most juiced clubhouse.  Of the latest names of ballplayers to be listed in George Mitchell’s report having links with performance-enhancing substances only two had connections with the Seattle Mariners: Ron Villone, who pitched in 127 games for the M’s in 1995 and 2004-05, and current ESPN Baseball Tonight analyst Fernando Vina, who played in 24 games with the M’s when broke into the majors in 1993 and who was invited to the Mariners’ spring training in 2006, where he failed to make the club.

It remains to be seen what the outcome will be for these two players, as well as the rest of those on the list, which includes names of such stars Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, Eric Gagne, and Kevin Brown.  With Miguel Tejada and Brian Roberts joining a list that had all ready included Rafael Palmeiro, Jason Grimsley, Jerry Hairston Jr. and Jay Gibbons, it might be safe to say that the Baltimore Orioles’ had baseball’s most juiced clubhouse, which may help partly explain their decade of futility.

As a matter of fact, it’s quite surprising to have Sammy Sosa’s name be absent from George Mitchell’s list.