Article: Baseball created a culture of neglect in steroid controversy.

Byline: Terry Pluto

AKRON, Ohio _ Major League Baseball is about to pay for its sin of neglect, of knowing something had been very wrong with the game for years but refusing to do anything about it.

Don't forget that, as baseball tries to clean out its ugly attic of steroid use.

Commissioner Bud Selig has hired his friend, former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, to lead an investigation into the problem. Mitchell also happens to be on the board of the Boston Red Sox. Can he see past those connections to have a truly unbiased investigation?

Those ties to the baseball establishment don't seem to make him the ideal choice. But ...

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