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For nearly 20 years, Bud Selig has ruled over Major League Baseball. Now, with the end of that reign supposedly in sight, here's why he might be rethinking retirement.

A guilty verdict on one of the charges against Barry Bonds means baseball's worst nightmare is one step closer to becoming a reality: The game's greatest players are discrediting it.

It's always a harbinger of hope, sure. But in this year's mixed-up, locked-out sports world, baseball's Opening Day is something else, too. It's shelter from the storm.

It's always a harbinger of hope, sure. But in this year's mixed-up, locked-out sports world, baseball's Opening Day is something else, too. It's shelter from the storm.

The discussion of the Mitchell report has been focused almost exclusively on the players. As ESPN.com's Howard Bryant writes, Congress should hold baseball management, ownership and former Sen. George Mitchell accountable, too.

Without information from government cases involving BALCO and Kirk Radomski, and without pressure on Roger Clemens' personal trainer, Brian McNamee, the Mitchell investigation would have been severely limited, writes ESPN.com senior writer Howard Bryant.