Baseball Just Can't Let The Dr. Galea Thing Go

Michael Schmidt and Serge Kovaleski report that after 14 months, Major League Baseball investigators have not stopped asking questions about Alex Rodriguez's dealings with Dr. Anthony Galea, a.k.a. Dr. Spaceman.

It is unclear why baseball has been reluctant to take Rodriguez at his word. But were its investigators to learn that Galea or his associates had implicated Rodriguez in any involvement with banned substances, baseball could move to punish Rodriguez.

A spokesman for Major League Baseball would not comment.

So far, it appears the federal authorities in Buffalo have rebuffed Major League Baseball’s efforts to learn more about the substance of their case against Galea, and their knowledge of any wrongdoing by athletes.

Quite a contrast from golf, where Dr. Spaceman's only patient will never be investigated, much less questioned by the PGA Tour and its anti-drug testing commissioner.