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March 19, 2008

Steve Forbes Goes After Mitchell, Bud & Fehr

Via Steve Forbes from the magazine with his name:

Two years ago, to mollify critics, Selig contracted former Senator George Mitchell to conduct an investigation. Mitchell is a director of the Boston Red Sox, so it came as no surprise that his report named twice as many Yankees as Red Sox players. His list of suspected players was acknowledged to be woefully incomplete. Moreover, Mitchell refused to release the supporting documents.

The entire steroids affair is an ethical and moral disgrace. Baseball should appoint a new commissioner and the players union a new leader. Testing for banned substances--which should include blood samples, not just urine samples--should be more frequent and truly unannounced. And investigations of past usage and prosecutions connected with them should cease.

Any guesses as to what team Forbes roots for? Attaboy Steve.

Posted by Steve Lombardi at March 19, 2008 11:25 PM

Comments

The Republican Party?

J/K (true, but joking).

Forbes has been a long time Yankee fan....and also a sports critic at times.

Posted by: Sonny M [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 20, 2008 12:21 AM

Uh oh, I agree with Steve Forbes.

Posted by: Rich [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 20, 2008 07:05 AM

Dan Shaughnessy sharply criticized Mitchell's use in at least 2 of his columns. He reached his conclusion without being a Yankee fan (according to reports over many years). Anyone who knew the difference between right and wrong would agree. It was mainly an HGH report, not a steroids report. Also, MLB intervened with certain players about whom there was proof, not demanding they see Mitchell (as Giambi was forced to). The facts about this are in the Mitchell Report but have not been highlighted by the media.

Posted by: susanmullen [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 22, 2008 12:25 AM