Knoblauch interviewed by Congress

Former major leaguer Chuck Knoblauch carried his toddler son in his arms on his way out after speaking for about 1 ½ hours with congressional lawyers investigating drugs in baseball.

Accompanied by his wife and a lawyer, Knoblauch did not reveal any specifics of what he was asked or what he told staff members on Friday from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Asked whether there were questions about himself or other baseball players, Knoblauch replied, "I only know about myself."

His lawyer, Diana Marshall, said: "Everything was fine. He answered all the questions."

Knoblauch's closed-door interview was part of the committee's preparation for a Feb. 13 hearing focused on Roger Clemens' denial of allegations in the Mitchell Report made by the pitcher's former personal trainer Brian McNamee.

Knoblauch, a former teammate of Clemens on the New York Yankees, also was among the more than 80 baseball players cited in the Mitchell Report. Knoblauch agreed Monday to speak to the committee after initially failing to respond to an invitation to testify.

"It's an important thing that they're doing here in Congress," Knoblauch said while walking through a marble hallway in the Rayburn House Office Building. "I want baseball to be fair and healthy, just like everybody else."

At one point, he told his 3-year-old son, Jake, to look at the cameras tracking them as they headed for an exit.

"Maybe one day, when he grows up, he won't have to be worried about drugs in sports," Knoblauch said. "That's why I have him here today, to learn a very valuable lesson: If you do something in life, be prepared to talk about it openly and honestly. That's it."