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| 16th January, 2008 - 5:12 pm | ESPN - Taking on baseball's steroids problem once again, Congress kept the finger-pointing and tough questioning to a minimum. Maybe that's because the people under the most scrutiny this time -- Miguel Tejada, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens -- were nowhere to be seen.
Commissioner Bud Selig and union leader Donald Fehr accepted responsibility for the sport's drug boom, and the author of the Mitchell Report defended his findings in the same wood-paneled House hearing room that hosted a far longer and far more contentious session in March 2005.
It didn't take long for the focus to shift to players Tuesday.
The hearing opened with word that Congress wants Tejada, the 2002 AL MVP, investigated for lying to federal authorities. The first witness, former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, testified he believes a former trainer's allegations that he injected seven-time Cy Young Award winner Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone. And, Selig told lawmakers that Bonds' San Francisco Giants should have reported concerns about the home run king's personal trainer. [READ] |
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