Mitchell Report

A couple days ago the results of an 18 month investigation was released to the public after much speculation regarding the state of steroids in baseball and the players who had been taking them. George Mitchell, a former United States Senator was appointed by Commissioner Bud Selig to lead an investigation to dig up everything that he could about the history of steroids, its infiltration into baseball, and recommendations for the future. After the report was released, it was discovered that All Star and future Hall of Famer Roger Clemens had ties to steroids through the admissions of his former personal trainer.
The problem with that the Mitchell Report is that it does not include any hard evidence such as drug tests that unequivocally tie the players mentioned in the report to the steroids that they are accused of using. Furthermore, the people that Mitchell relied on for the bulk of the rep form the government to tell them what they wanted to know or else they were under severe pressure to go to jail. Relying on evidence from these type of people does not warrant the scrutiny that will follow these players for the rest of their careers and ultimately prohibit them from entering the hall of fame such as in the case of Roger Clemens, the greatest pitcher of this era.