This time, no one was going to get away with telling Congress they didn't want to talk about the past.
Baseball commissioner Bud Selig and union leader Donald Fehr were to
head to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, three years after a theatrical hearing
where both men were chastised for what lawmakers called a lax steroids
policy.
Selig and Fehr had to share the spotlight with the author of the
Mitchell Report, but not with players, unlike on March 17, 2005.
That was the day Mark McGwire repeatedly said, "I'm not here to talk
about the past,'' while Rafael Palmeiro pointed his finger for emphasis
and told congressmen: "I have never used steroids, period.'' Palmeiro
was suspended by baseball later that year after testing positive for a
steroid.
Baseball commissioner Bud Selig and union leader Donald Fehr were to
head to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, three years after a theatrical hearing
where both men were chastised for what lawmakers called a lax steroids
policy.
Selig and Fehr had to share the spotlight with the author of the
Mitchell Report, but not with players, unlike on March 17, 2005.
That was the day Mark McGwire repeatedly said, "I'm not here to talk
about the past,'' while Rafael Palmeiro pointed his finger for emphasis
and told congressmen: "I have never used steroids, period.'' Palmeiro
was suspended by baseball later that year after testing positive for a
steroid.
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