Where does it stop??

Hello, my name is Bobby Smith and I am the man who will be covering the Cincinnati Reds in their rise to greatness. Although I am the Reds coverer, I decided to post about the latest and seemingly worst happening in the MLB since the White Sox World Series scandal: the Mitchell Report.

I'm sure you have all heard about the Mitchell Report concerning steroids in the MLB. Thing is, I have never understood why a senator, retired or not, ended up investigating the MLB. It doesn't make sense. Last time I checked, it was an MLB problem to be dealt with by the MLB.

George Mitchell is a seventy-four year-old former Senate majority leader (D-Maine) who, for some reason, was called in by the MLB to investigate steroids and human growth hormone (HGH) use in the MLB. After his investigation, he published the Mitchell Report.

On the list in 409 page report were Roger Clemens, who was mentioned significantly, Barry Bonds, who we already know about, Miguel Tejada, and Andy Pettite, all major players in the sport. Other players listed were Eric Gagne, Jason Giambi, Gary Sheffield, Gary Matthews Jr., Paul Byrd, Jose Guillen, Brian Roberts, Paul lo Duca, Rick Ankiel, Rafael Palmiro, Kevin Brown, Benito Santiago, Lenny Dykstra, Chuck Knoblaugh, David Justice, Mo Vaughn, Todd Hundley, and Fernando Vina, all of whom made the Mitchell Report.

To add to this, many people who used to work for Major League teams have now admitted to selling steroids and HGH to players on their team. One such is Kirk Radomski, a former New York Mets bat boy and clubhouse employee, who plead guilty in a court hearing to selling steroids for over a decade. After his guilty plea, he gave up on baseball and now is working with Mitchell while running his Long Island business.

Speaking of senators, the fact that the players mentioned in the Mitchell Report will have to appear before Congress. CONGRESS! The way I understood it, the legislative branch of the government made laws for the people, not investigate the peoples entertainment. Also, isn't it the the job of the judiciary branch to enforce the law? Thought so. So I have one question for all those politicians: why are my senators/congressmen investigating my entertainment? And why is this such a Federal deal? They broke MLB rules, not Federal laws, so its the MLB's problem. If the MLB wants to prosecute, let them do it in the judiciary branch, not the legislative.

-Bobby