There’s been a lot of baseball buzz around the water cooler lately following last week’s curve ball…AKA “The Mitchell Report“. But when I first heard about it one of the questions I had was, “What the heck is that all about?” And, “Who is Mitchell?” So here’s the scoop, courtesy of Wikipedia.org:

The Report to the Commissioner of Baseball of an Independent Investigation into the Illegal Use of Steroids and Other Performance Enhancing Substances by Players in Major League Baseball, also known as the “Mitchell Report”, is the result of former United States Senator George J. Mitchell’s investigation into the use of anabolic steroids and human growth hormone in Major League Baseball (MLB). The 409-page report, released on December 13, 2007, covers the history of the use of illegal performance-enhancing substances by players and the effectiveness of the MLB drug testing program. Mitchell also advances certain recommendations regarding the handling of past illegal drug use and future prevention practices. The report names 88 Major League Baseball players who are alleged to have used steroids or drugs.