I'm struck by the similarities between the BFEE and Major League Baseball

[mac56]

And I'm a diehard baseball fan. :banghead: Maybe that's where * honed some of his talents, huh?

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http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-steroids033006&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

Selig's gesture rings hollow

If George Mitchell's investigation into steroid use in baseball is as fair, impartial and thorough as Major League Baseball promises, there can be only one result.

Bud Selig's resignation.

And that's what makes this whole exercise laughable, nothing more than a case of poorly executed crisis P.R. Any worthwhile investigation does not seek only information, as Selig announced baseball's would do Thursday. It lays blame. Instead of attacking the arms that flail in every direction, it goes for a kill shot to the head. At the end of this, if the truth and nothing but the truth were told, Selig would be too embarrassed to continue as baseball's commissioner.

Of course, that won't happen. The investigation will last a few months and, by all indications, focus almost solely on players and distributors. It may uncover a skeleton or two. Baseball will parade those around like trophies, much as it does all of its minor victories. Barring some kind of a bombshell that almost certainly would have been rooted out already, the investigation will change nothing.

Because the crux of the whole issue is already there for public consumption: Players cheated, baseball ignored it.

Teammates ignored it and managers ignored it and scouts ignored it and general managers ignored it and owners ignored it and the union ignored it and, worst of all, Selig ignored it.

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[izzybeans]

1. Two symptoms of a broader trend of incompetence among

the upper class.