REALLY Big Papi

OK...so maybe I was a bit off on picking on George Mitchell. But the fact he worked for the Red Sox while investigating a problem in baseball was a total conflict on interest. But the other conflict on interest, The Boston Globe's, was brought up by many sources. Just saw this bit from The Boston Phoenix (and I really, really wanted to use their picture):

Now note that, in Sunday's Globe story, Jared Remy recalled swapping steroid techniques with Ortiz's former personal assistant. That's a bombshell of a claim. And if it had been unearthed after Remy's firing last fall, it could have been the catalyst for a broader, groundbreaking look at PED suspicions involving Ortiz and others. Ditto the fact that the other fired employee, Nicholas Cyr — who was busted with steroids at Wollaston Beach in July — ran errands for Ramirez.

Whenever the Globe covers the Red Sox, readers should remember that the two entities share an owner, and that the team's success is good for the paper. (The Globe's online store, for example, features 60 pages of Sox merchandise.) As Sunday's Globe exposé and a tough Tuesday editorial show, that doesn't mean the Globe is in the tank for the team. Still, the awkward fact remains: the security-staff firings, and MLB's subsequent investigation, only became news several months after the fact — and only after journalists from outside the Globe's sports department got involved.

Just saying...