The ball club had struggled mightily with the dubious distinction of having an owner who was also the acting commissioner of Major League Baseball.

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Mitchell's name returned to the front pages in 2006 when Commissioner of Baseball Bud Selig asked him to investigate the steroid use by Major League Baseball players.

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Yesterday, Doubleday filed a lawsuit in which he accused baseball commissioner Bud Selig of conspiring with an accountant who is also a consultant to Major League Baseball (MLB) to place an "artificially" low price on the team by manufacturing "phantom operating losses" in MLB's books.

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The Mitchell Report capped off a 20-month investigation that began after the former senator was tapped by Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig to examine the use of steroids in the game.

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