Here is the list of Minnesota Twins players named in the Mitchell Report:

1. Rondell White

Quotes from Mitchell Report:

"Rondell White is an outfielder who has played for seven teams in Major League Baseball from 1993 to the present, the Montreal Expos (8 seasons), Chicago Cubs (parts of 2 seasons), New York Yankees (1 season), Kansas City Royals (part of 1 season), San Diego Padres (part of 1 season), Detroit Tigers (2 seasons), and Minnesota Twins (2 seasons)."

"According to [Kirk] Radomski, White started buying performance enhancing substances from him in 2000. White bought both human growth hormone and Deca-Durabolin."



Here is one of the seven checks that was used in the report as evidence of a connection between Kirk Randomski and Rondell White.


2. Chuck Knoblauch

Quotes from Mitchell Report:

"Chuck Knoblauch played as an infielder for three teams in Major League Baseball from 1991 to 2002, the Minnesota Twins (7 seasons), New York Yankees (4 seasons), and Kansas City Royals (1 season)."

"Knoblauch played for the Yankees during 2000 and 2001, the two years when
[Brian] McNamee served as the Yankees' assistant strength coach. McNamee provided personal
training services to Knoblauch."

3. Denny Neagle

Quotes from Mitchell Report:

"Denny Neagle pitched for six teams in Major League Baseball between 1991 and
2003, the Minnesota Twins (1 season), Pittsburgh Pirates (5 seasons), Atlanta Braves
(3 seasons), Cincinnati Reds (2 seasons), New York Yankees (part of 1 season), and Colorado
Rockies (3 seasons)."

"[Kirk] Radomski said he met Neagle at a club in New York City in 2000 when Neagle played for the Yankees. After they met, Neagle called Radomski 'looking for HGH.' "

4. Chad Allen

Quotes from Mitchell Report:

"Chad Allen is an outfielder who played with four teams in Major League Baseball between 1999 and 2005, the Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, Florida Marlins, and Texas Rangers."

"Radomski believed he made between three and five sales to Allen involving Winstrol, testosterone, and Deca-Durabolin."

5. Daniel Naulty

Quotes from mitchell Report:

"Daniel Naulty pitched for two teams in Major League Baseball from 1996 to 1999, the Minnesota Twins and the New York Yankees."

"We contacted Naulty as part of our effort to interview former players. During his telephone interview, Naulty admitted to using steroids, on and off, for seven years, and human growth hormone for one year."

"Naulty said that he went 'from an A-ball pitcher to a major league prospect in a matter of two years.' "

Other Twins references in the Mitchell Report:

"In 2000 or 2001, a visiting clubhouse manager working for the Minnesota Twins found a used syringe on top of a trash can in the visitors' clubhouse. He brought the incident to the attention of the Twins manager, Tom Kelly, who told him to dispose of the syringe and to be careful doing so. Kelly confirmed the incident and said that he did not report the incident to anyone because he felt it "wasn't any of [his] business" and that it was the other team's issue to address."

"Judge Larry M. Boyle, wrote a letter to Commissioner Selig...According to the letter, [Greg] Anderson told Boyle that Sheffield's team was playing the Twins that week and Anderson had "come to work with him."...Anderson confirmed to Boyle that his "best client" was Barry Bonds."


Misc:

Juan Rincon was not named in the report but he did test positive for prohibited substances in 2005 and served a ten game suspension.

'Amazingly' all but, Chad Allen played for the New York Yankees, probably because Kirk Radomski was employed by the NYM, and Brian McNamee worked with the NYY. These two seem to be the two main sources in the report. Without these two, this report would be awfully thin.

It almost seems fitting. On the last weekend of the college football season until the bowl games, both the number one and number two teams lost. Missouri lost to Oklahoma 38-17, but the Sooners were expected to win, at least by me. West Virgina lost Pittsburgh, now that is shocking. The top two teams should never lose in the same week. This year, it has happened twice in two weeks. This is the year for a playoff, but unfortunately there won't be one.

A playoff would be great because no one on earth would know who would win it all. Every other level of college football has a playoff, why can Division I-A have it? The playoff system would be so exciting to watch. Can you imagine LSU vs USC and the next week LSU vs Ohio State? For the people that are concerned about their precious bowl games, you can keep them ALL. (Even the Pirates of the Caribbean 3 bowl!) The bowl games would just have a different meaning.

In my blog exactly seven days ago I said it there should be an eight team playoff. After deep reflection and meditation (otherwise known as watching football), I think there should be a playoff of the top twelve teams in the nation, just like in the NFL. The top four teams in the BCS would have a first round bye and the other teams would be assigned to their playoff game accordingly.

I don't think it would be a bad thing to give some of the bowl games more meaning!

The loss today by West Virgina, 13-9 to Pitt, proves that number two is cursed. The second ranked team now has a record of 2-7 since Oct. 1st. This is simply amazing.

On a beautiful New Jersey day, Eli Manning threw for four TDs against the Minnesota Vikings. The only problem was three of his TD passes were interceptions. When all was said and done, Manning had thrown four intercepts and handed the game on a silver platter to the Vikings.

The Vikings, for a second consecutive week, had a big play to start the game off. On the second play from scrimmage, Tarvaris Jackson connected with a streaking Sidney Rice for a 60 yard TD pass to put the Vikings up 7-0. The Giants responded with an impressive 8 play, 65 yard drive that tied the score at seven all.

After a Vikings punt on the ensuing drive, the Giants got the ball back at their own 10 yard line looking to take control of the game. On the third play of the drive, Manning threw his first interception to Darren Sharper, who took it in for the score to put the Vikings ahead 14-7.

The two teams then traded possessions, the Giants got the ball back at their own 20 yard line. Eli Manning then threw his second interception to Dwight Smith, who returned the ball to the Giants' 8 yard line. On the next play, Chester Taylor had a bruising run into the end zone to extend the Vikings lead to 14 points. After tacking on a Ryan Longwell field goal, The Vikings took a 24-7 lead at half time.

VIKINGS LEAD 24-7 AT HALF

The Giants started the third quarter with a 10 play, 48 yard drive that resulted in a Lawrence Tynes 48 yard field goal to place the score of the game at 24-10. The Vikings then had a drive of their own that took 9:24 off of the clock and ended with a field goal by Ryan Longwell to put the score at 27-10.

Eli Manning and the Giants then engineered an impressive drive down to the Minnesota 11 yard line. Eli Manning then threw a quick slant to Jeremy Shockey, but the the ball was tipped by the Vikings' Ben Leber. Dwight Smith intercepted the tipped pass for his second interception of the day and took it 93 yards to the house to put the Vikings ahead 34-10. On the next Giants possession, Eli Manning through another INT for a TD via Chad Greenway, Manning's third INT for TD of the game.

The Greenway interception for a touchdown placed the Vikings in firm control of the game at 41-10. After the Giants added a late touchdown, they had one final chance to score 24 points in 5:09. On fourth down, Eli Manning was sacked for a 26 yard loss, and any hope (there was none) that the Giants could come back was crushed.



Final Score: VIKINGS 41 GIANTS 17

Of Note:

- Eli Manning threw four interceptions in one game for just the second time in his career, the other coming against the Vikings two years ago.

- The Vikings won their second straight game without Rookie star Adrian Peterson.

- Manning has thrown 8 interceptions in his last two meetings with the Vikings

Kansas lost about 30 minutes ago. LSU lost yesterday. Wait a second, that means that both the number one and number two teams in the nation lost in the same week! I check my trusty calendar and yes it is November, late November to be more precise. In a season where the number two teams are cursed (The teams are 2-6 since Oct. 1), and the number one teams are not invincible, it is not surprising that the "top" teams are faltering late in the season. Is this a sign that there should be a playoff? Yes.

I like the idea of keeping the BCS around and using it to select the schools for an eight team playoff. All four of the BCS bowl games would be played as usual to select the four teams that advance to the semifinals. After the semifinals are played, then comes the mother of all bowl games: the BCS Championship Game. Then there would be no debate as to which team is number one. This format for the playoffs also extends the college football season by two weeks. This allows for two more weeks of distraction from your favorite underachieving NFL team. (cough, Vikings)