Gary Sheffield calls Mitchell probe 'witch hunt'; says Players Association told him so

Gary Sheffield says he has no truck with no steroid investigation.  Story in the Detroit Freep and in USA Today.   Not only is Shef not talking, he says the MLB Players Association told him this is crap.

Tigers slugger Gary Sheffield joined Barry Bonds on Monday among players who don’t plan to cooperate with former Senator George Mitchell’s MLB steroid investigation. 

Mitchell has urged players tied to the BALCO drug scandal to submit to interviews and turn over their medical records, but Sheffield said he has been advised by the Major League Baseball Players Association not to assist in his probe.

“The (players) association told us this is just a witch hunt,” Sheffield told USA TODAY. ”They don’t want us to talk to them. This is all about getting (Bonds).

“If this was legitimate and they did it the right way, it would be different. But this a witch hunt. They’re just trying to collect a lot of stuff that doesn’t make any sense and throw the (expletive) against the wall.”

Meanwhile the Players Association executive Donald Fehr is singing a different song to the press.  Of interest too, Mitchell requested medical records from player, sending the medical release form  in the letter.

Donald Fehr, executive director of the players association, said he has offered advice to players but it's the players' choice whether to cooperate.

"We have not been commenting on the investigation," Fehr said, "but we will advise players on what their rights are. They make their individual decisions."

Mitchell, who threatened that Congress might intervene if players don't cooperate, sent a letter Feb. 1, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, imploring Bonds and Sheffield to help.

"Nothing is more important than the integrity of the game of baseball," the letter said, according to the Chronicle. The letters were accompanied by medical waiver forms that would allow investigators access to a player's medical records.

What no mention of 'witch hunt' by Fehr in his press release?

If we were former Senator George Mitchell this morning, we would be just a bit bent out of shape...perhaps more like enragged.  Either Fehr has been talkig behind Mitchell's back, or Shef has it wrong.  The Nation suspects Shef has it right from the warlock's mouth.

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