Baseball's Legal Season

Here's an article I wrote in mid-December regarding the various steriod-induced legal battles enveloping our national pastime.

The summation, to spare you the suspense:

At his press conference, Sen. Mitchell spoke at great length about the lessons learned from mediating the Irish troubles. All good points. But in both the Bonds and Mitchell cases, we all must remember another lesson from Northern Ireland: What happens to justice when the basic elements of legal process are missing, such as the ability to examine the evidence against you and confront your accusers.

We'll have plenty of chances to do so in the coming weeks and months, of course, since it's likely neither story is going away any time soon.

What's next? Congressional hearings in mid-January, a possible lawsuit by Roger Clemens, and a possible defamation lawsuit by Clemens' former trainer. Stay tuned, this one's going extra innings...