The Best of Epic Carnival Series: Our Book of Scrap

by DCScrap, Our Book of Scrap

Every Wednesday we thought we'd give you a little taste of what goes on at the home sites of our many fine writers. Amazingly enough, when they're not here entertaining you at Epic Carnival, they all have Web sites of their own in which they plan the deaths of various ESPN personalities express their opinions and display their deranged senses of humor. This way you can get a small glimpse into why they were chosen to be a part of this conglomerate of crazy.

This week's entry comes to us from Our Book of Scrap ... enjoy!

So, Where Are All Of Those Names From The Mets' Ex-Batboy?

Remember back in May, when there was all this hubub about the former Mets batboy, Kirk Radomski? He said he could write a book that 'would make Jose Canseco's tattling autobiography, "Juiced," seem tame'. So why haven't we heard anything since?

Remember the 31 page affidavit with all the names blacked out? To quote the Daily News:

The names of players have been redacted, but the pin is out of that grenade now. As soon as the government releases the redacted names, whether through their own devices or through former Sen. George Mitchell's investigation, the game could see its biggest calamity since the original BALCO investigation.

Radomski has been avoiding the public eye, returning to the car wash he co-owns in Smithtown, NY, but his attorney, John Reilly, suggests there is more to come.

So when is that going to happen? And why has this "explosive" story all but disappeared from the public consciousness?

The Chronicle wondered this back in May:

When 14 home runs separated Barry Bonds from Hank Aaron, the former batboy who turned to steroid dealing remained anonymous. By the time the number dropped to 13, the batboy-turned-dealer had entered a plea bargain and promised to sing about major-leaguers. He wasn't tuning up for "Take Me Out to the Ballgame.''

What next? When the number reaches 10, will another clubhouse insider be cutting a deal? When Bonds gets to five homers, will we learn the names on the ex-batboy's client list?

Well, Bonds is there and we still haven't heard jack crap. I haven't even seen a story on this in weeks.

Maybe the delay has something to do with another line from that Chronicle article ...

The feds accomplished something by forcing Radomski to cooperate with George Mitchell's MLB-sponsored investigation. Care to bet how long it will take for that information to be released?

That's the question I want answered. As Gwen Knapp of the Chronicle so accurately ends her column, "Taxpayers have already picked up the tab for this investigation. They should know exactly what they paid for." And we probably will, but when?