>You know that I don't really follow sports anymore (used to when I was much younger), but I don't understand why a Congressional committee is investigating steroid use in baseball. Why the heck is Congress involved in this? OK, so steroid use is illegal (except when prescribed by a doctor), so yeah, I guess there should be an investigation into it ... but isn't that better handled by law enforcement agencies (like DEA perhaps).
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>Someone care to enlighten me?

How about because Congress gave baseball the anti-trust exemption that allows there to be only one show in town.

Tamar