Baseball; Rumors Running Rampant; Selig Must Step Up to Plate Again

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One of the goals of baseball's current drug policy was to eliminate at least some of the scandalous steroid rumors and innuendo that festered while everyone was busy "digging the long ball."

But the rumors haven't subsided.

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Baseball; Rumors Running Rampant; Selig Must Step Up to Plate Again

If anything, they've intensified.

The baseball establishment is learning a public relations lesson that political operatives have long understood: The only thing worse than a scandalous rumor is a scandalous rumor about a cover-up.

Even if you haven't driven within 30 miles of a major-league ballpark in the past few weeks, you've probably heard the chatter. Variations are echoing in press boxes, clubhouses, bullpens and on Internet bulletin boards...

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