"Spring Training"

Got up around 5 pm and saw that MSNBC was carrying live the House Government Reform Committee's hearing on baseball's steroid problem. Maybe I'll be able to expand on some of this tomorrow (kinda got some unwanted "blocks" right now), but I found most interesting the grilling the committee members from either party gave Commissioner Selig, Union Chief Fehr, and most noticeably harsh towards VP Manfred. Some of the harshest came from Representative Waxman, the ranking Democrat, while VP Manfred really showed frustration when Republican Representative Shays gave him a run for his money (which I applauded Shays for when he was finished).

Some of the specifics for this topic I have to wait for until I can find a transcript or even partial transcript, as long as its the entirety of the part of the session involving MLB Management. Yeah, I'll have to compile something tomorrow, I've got to head of to work in about an hour now, so I'll just save any further notes on what to perhaps add in an upcoming post to Wordpad or something.

Two things I will also note here aside (and perhaps again in a later more comprehensive post) from the first paragraph's contents are:

1. The committee was pretty sternly bipartisan, so much so that it almost represented what I'd consider an ideal legislative body to where party affiliation and party line and special interests have no play at all in the affairs and the stances of the representatives.

2. Keeping 1 in mind (to later frown at how it was a one time deal), Congress has more pressing concerns -- but I digress on that partially because I think Congress has a right to demand that wealthy sports athletes be held to the same criminal standards as most of the populous -- and Congress should tackle those concerns with the same candor the Gov. Affairs Committee is using on the Baseball Steroids matter.

But it won't.