If we believe The New York Times, the issuance of George Mitchell's (or to use his apparent full name, Former Senator George Mitchell) report on steroid use in baseball is right up there with the release of the Pentagon Papers.
Not only front page news, but just over half a dozen sidebars, plus the complete text of the report, and (in the online edition) copious blogs, fan reactions and fency-schmency graphics.
And what's the bombshell in this report? Well, hey, it turns out some major league players used steroids. Wow. I did not see that coming.
Despite the hollow promises of MLB commissioner Bud Selig to make necessary reforms (as if Selig has ever given a rat's ass about this anyway) and the predictable indignation of player's union weenie Donald Fehr, the report is essentially toothless. Mitchell makes general suggestions rather than sweeping demands for reform, and doesn't even recommend punishment for the players named.
So what, exactly, was the point?
