Selig: Giants should’ve reported issues concerning Bonds’ trainer-Congress calls for probe into Tejada’s testimony

Even though no players were present, unlike the theatrical March 2005 session, the names of career home run leader Bonds, seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens and 2002 AL MVP Miguel Tejada all were raised during the 4-hour, 15-minute proceedings prompted by last month’s Mitchell Report.

Selig and union leader Donald Fehr sat side-by-side before a House committee friendlier in tone than three years ago yet still concerned about how serious baseball is in dealing with its doping problem.

Before any of Tuesday’s testimony, which began with former Senate majority leader George Mitchell appearing for two hours, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Henry Waxman announced he and ranking Republican Tom Davis asked the Justice Department to look into whether Tejada lied to committee staffers when questioned in connection to Rafael Palmeiro’s perjury case in 2005.

Since the release of Mitchell’s findings, the focus largely has been on Clemens, the star pitcher scheduled to testify at a separate hearing Feb. 13, along with his former trainer, Brian McNamee, who said he injected Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone.

Clemens has vehemently denied the allegations.

But Bonds was brought up by Waxman, who asked Selig whether the Giants should have reported their concerns about Bonds’ trainer, Greg Anderson, and the slugger’s alleged steroid use to the commissioner’s office.

‘Of course,’ Selig responded.

Pressed by Waxman about whether Giants general manager Brian Sabean violated baseball rules by not doing so, Selig said: ‘It’s a matter that I have under review,’ perhaps hinting that Sabean or other team officials could face discipline.