President Bush has spoken out about a report exposing the widespread use of steroids and performance enhancement drugs in Major League Baseball. The President said steroids have “sullied” the game of baseball.

President Bush: “I think it’s best that all of us not jump to any conclusions on individual players’ name, but we can jump to this conclusion: that steroids have sullied the game. And players and the owners must take the Mitchell report seriously. I’m confident they will. And my hope is that this report is a part of putting the steroid era of baseball behind us.”

President Bush is a former part-owner of the Texas Rangers. Four prominent players named in the report played for the Rangers when Bush owned the team: Jose Canseco, Rafael Palmeiro, Juan Gonzalez and Kevin Brown.