Re: Dowd: Bad call by MLB


GaryFL wrote:
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/story/404614p-342656c.html

The former prosecutor who investigated gambling allegations against
Pete Rose says former Maine senator George Mitchell is a terrible pick
to lead MLB's steroids investigation.

"I don't think it is a good choice," attorney John Dowd told the Daily
News yesterday. "I have absolutely no confidence in this or in Sen.
Mitchell."

Dowd speaks from personal experience. He clashed with the former
Senate majority leader when he represented Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)
during the savings & loan scandal of the early 1990s. Five senators,
including McCain, were investigated for their relationships with
Charles Keating, the tycoon who was later sent to prison for his role
in the collapse of the S&L industry. The case against McCain was
negligible, Dowd says. But McCain was the only Republican under
scrutiny, and Dowd says Mitchell, the Maine Democrat, went out of his
way to publicly humiliate his client.

"McCain told me this was worse than being in the Hanoi Hilton," Dowd
said.

Dowd said Mitchell's many ties to MLB rule out his ability to conduct
an objective investigation. Mitchell is a part-owner of the Boston Red
Sox and chairman of Walt Disney Co., the parent of ESPN, a national
broadcast partner with baseball. He is a former director of the
Florida Marlins and helped write a report on baseball economics in
1999 that the Players' Association and other critics said was
one-sided and slanted toward the owners.

"Integrity should be the central point of the investigation," Dowd
said. "There are plenty of good people out there who could do this. It
should be somebody without a relationship to Bud Selig.

"This is just sloppy," Dowd added.

Dowd believes the commissioner chose Mitchell to shield baseball from
further congressional scrutiny. "These guys all love each other, even
after they retire, so nobody will criticize Mitchell."

It is a tactic, however, that could backfire. McCain, perhaps
baseball's biggest critic on Capitol Hill, won't tolerate a whitewash,
Dowd said.

"John won't roll over," he said. "I'm sure John will call this
straight."


Well, Dowd is right again.

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