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Answer: The Boston Red Sox. Question: For which MLB team's front office has George Mitchell worked?
Answer: The Boston Red Sox. Question: For which MLB team did George Mitchell's 2007 report find no player involvement in performance enhancing drugs?
Answer: The Boston Red Sox. Question: With which team are the two biggest names in this season's wave of steroid use revelations/charges (Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz) most prominently associated?
The NYT on Monday was the first printed reference to this fact that I'd seen, and it noted that the former Senate majority leader denied that his association with the Red Sox influenced his report. And probably that is so, but who among us -- even former Senators -- would look equally thoroughly at allegations regarding our friends and those we don't directly know and like?
Personally, I imagine this sort of dialogue:
Mitchell: "Theo, about the use of performance enhancing substances among the Red Sox..."
Theo Epstein: "Senator, Terry and I have talked to all the guys and they all say no one's doing it. Nothing going on in our clubhouse, no ways."
Mitchell: "Well, maybe I should talk to a few of the players, or maybe a clubhouse employee."
Epstein: "C'mon, George, I told you Terry and I have checked it out. You know we're good."
Mitchell: "Yes, you're right, sounds thorough to me."
Epstein: "Great. Have a good trip to New York. You heard about that former clubhouse guy there...?
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