10 questions leading into spring training

0 Comments | USA TODAY, February, 2008 | by Bob Nightengale

They will be wearing baseball uniforms and walking on green grass in spikes, not dressed in suits and strolling on drab courtroom floors with polished wingtips.

They will be trying to convince their fans they are good enough to win a playoff berth, not persuading a roomful of congressional members they are telling the honest-to-God truth.

Finally, it's spring training 2008, where George Mitchell can't be found on a scorecard, no one is testifying under oath and autographs, not affidavits, are being signed.

It has been four months since the Boston Red Sox won their second World Series championship in four years. But instead of talk about a possible dynasty, the spotlight has been on Mitchell's steroid investigation, the verbal battle between Roger...