I'm already getting scads of emails on the topic, so I've decided to simply issue a statement here rather than repeat myself:

I have not yet read Game of Shadows, the anticipated book from Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams. I did read today's excerpt in Sports Illustrated and was impressed, though not surprised, with the amount of detail the authors acquired. I look forward to reading the book and will likely discuss it at some point at Baseball Prospectus.

If true, the accusations and evidence are certainly damning, though they do not change anything I have stated before in regard to steroids, Bonds, or the effect of performance-enhancing drugs on the game. I would advise everyone to read Keith Scherer's work on the legal ramifications of the BALCO case in The Juice. Those statements were prescient and powerful.

I am available to discuss this in the media. For interview scheduling, contact me through the Baseball Prospectus website.