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PCThe reason that certain teams are over-represented on the list of names is very simple to explain -- there was someone associated with the team and/or the players on the team that was willing to talk.
Which highlights one of the worst things in the report that has not been discussed in the press (yet), and that is the almost total silence and uncooperativeness with the investigation by the players. I understand that they are only acting in their own self-interest, but they are all complicit.
And I disagree with anyone that says nobody was disadvantaged in the steroid era because the use was so rampant. When you see marginal guys like Scott Schoenweiss on the list, and Randy Velarde (whose career was extended by steroid use), then you have to feel for the dozens of clean minor leaguers who could have (and should have) taken their spots, but never got their shot. And that scenario plays itself out down the chain in the minor leagues, all the way to the high school prospects.