Posted March 30, 200618 yr From ESPN.com Mitchell to head steroid investigation ESPN has learned that George Mitchell, former U.S. Senate majority leader from Maine, will be hired by Major League Baseball to head an investigation into past steroid use by major-league players, most prominently Barry Bonds. Mitchell will not be the lead investigator, but he will head the investigation effort. ESPN's confirmation of Mitchell as the head of the investigation comes after Wednesday's New York Times reported that commissioner Bud Selig was on the verge of announcing an investigation into steroid use by Bonds and other players as detailed in the book "Game of Shadows" and that Mitchell's name was being floating around baseball circles as the outside person to head such an investigation. ESPN has learned that Bonds and any other current player who may be part of this investigation will be allowed to play while the investigation is ongoing. Commissioner Bud Selig has been under pressure for weeks to form an investigation. Two books that are being released this spring accuse Bonds of using steroids, human growth hormone and insulin for at least five seasons beginning in 1998 -- "Game of Shadows," written by two San Francisco Chronicle reporters, and "Love Me, Hate Me: Barry Bonds and the Making of an Antihero" by Jeff Pearlman. Baseball did not ban performance-enhancing substances until after the 2002 season, and Bonds has denied ever knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs. Selig also faces pressure from Congress. Two weeks ago, Rep. Cliff Stearns, who previously sponsored legislation calling for tougher drug testing in pro sports, sent the commissioner a letter asking about his role in policing steroid use from 1998 to 2002. Mitchell is the chairman of the board of the Walt Disney Company, the parent company of ESPN. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
March 30, 200618 yr great move for baseball. Should move all speculations on certain players aside, but like most players in interviews say, we hope it's best for the game, and doesn't affect fans interest.
March 31, 200618 yr Wasn't Mitchell once assigned by MLB to come down here and figure out how to (wait for it................) build a stadium for our Fish? The results speak for themselves. I don't expect anything out of Georgie this time either.
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