The people responsible for the way Major League Baseball is run began their Congressional depositions on Tuesday and while there wasn’t a great deal to be revealed (wait until the players take the stand), both Donald Fehr, head of the Players Association and Commissioner Bud Selig shared responsibility for the apparent widespread steroid use that evidently permeated throughout baseball.
“I’ll take the responsibility,” Bud Selig said during a nearly 55-minute session in which he and Don Fehr, the executive director of the union, were cross-examined by members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. “That’s why I wanted this report.”
Fehr echoed Selig’s statement by saying, “Certainly, we didn’t pay attention soon enough.”
As fans yearn for baseball to move away from this damning era, statements like these are part of the healing process… as long the powers that be continue to move forward on purging performance enhancers and their users from the sport. With Spring Training just around the corner, steps like these go a long way in regaining the trust of their money-spending fanbase.
Speaking of Spring Training, do you think the Boston Red Sox will repeat as World Series Champions or will a team like the Mets or the Yankees overtake them? Will the Johan Santana situation be worked out before the first pitch is thrown? These are just some of the questions faced by baseball fans as the season gets closer and closer.
Will you be there for Opening Day?
