Does MLB really expect me to believe what a politician/lawyer says in a report?

regardless of senator mitchell's record and reputation (which i know very little about) mlb could have easily avoided some of this criticism by picking someone who has no connections to any team. i have a hard time believing that they couldn't find another person who was as competent and has as good of a record/reputation as senator mitchell, who did not have any ties whatsoever to another team. just another example of the "unthoughfulness" so often displayed by selig and his cronies. i think selig will go down as, perhaps, the worst commissioner in baseball history.