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Not sparing anyone his rod, former Senate majority leader George Mitchell let it be know that everyone involved with Major League Baseball shares responsibility for the results of the 20-month long investigation into performancing enhancing drugs.

"Everyone involved in baseball shares responsibility," Mitchell said during a news conference. "Commissioners, club officials, the Players Association and players. I can't be any clearer than that."

He's right. Baseball has winked at the use of steroids, and the increasing use of human growth hormone by players, which has been banned since January 2005. Although baseball commissioner Bud Selig did suspend players Jose Guillen and Jay Gibbons for receiving human growth hormone after the ban,  it's being challenged by the Players Association.

Like mentioned here, it undercuts some of the records recently set in baseball, which are among the most prestigious: the single season home run record, and the all-time home run record. Now baseball has to live with that under a shadow.

Some of the big names released in the report, although many already known to use banned substances are: Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, Mark McGuire, Jason Giambi, Gary Sheffield, Miguel Tejada, Andy Pettite, Jose Canseco and Keven Brown. You can see the entire report and list here.

This report is probably very accurate, in spite of some of the sources used, simply based on the reputation of George Michell, who has a lot to lose there if things weren't painstakingly researched and confirmed.

Baseball has a chance here to right itself, if it's willing to take it. From top to bottom there are a lot of problems, and Mitchell's comment that everyone in basball was responsible, is more true than most know.

All of this happened with everyone involved knowing it was happening. That's poor leadership and disrespect for Major League Baseball and its fans, who expect honesty of performance when watching the game being played. With everyone in basball sharing responsibility, Mitchell is obviously saying it was allowed to go on by all involved. That has to change if baseball wants to continue to be a legitimate sport.

The message also sent to young people that it's ok to cheat and gain advantage by using performance-enhancing substances is probably the worst thing that happened in all this. There's a lot baseball has to answer for there. The question is if they have the will. In the past they haven't.