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Mitchell's report won't single-handedly cleanse the game. There's still no good test for HGH, and cheating players and their operatives are going to stay one step ahead of the curve. But if Mitchell's report did do one thing, it could provide a deterrent for some players who are on the fence. If it does that alone, it was worth it. Mitchell accomplished a lot here. He even got one big concession out of players union chief Don Fehr, who rarely concedes a thing. And that was this: "In retrospect, perhaps we should have done something sooner.''