As to your first point, I can't say I was interested or not - I was too busy slinging lead to pay any attention.
For the other two, though...I'm all for the free market value of players being in control. A baseball player is worth whatever someone will pay him, so if you're A-Rod and can command a $225,000,000.00 contract, then more power to you. HOWEVER: I don't think it's really a secret that baseball is on a long slide downhill, and picking up speed all the time. This is in large part to the explosion in players' salaries, which has led to a league that has only slightly more real competition than the WWE (consider: it's a major sports news story if the Yankees don't make the Series...). As a Brewers fan, I'm particularly sensitive to this issue: given the way the league is, there is essentially a zero percent chance of my team being in the Series anytime this decade. (Of course, as a Brewers fan, I can also attest that this would be the case even were the league better-run, but that's a different issue). Since the Majors enjoy exemption from antitrust law, they are also beholden to Congress to produce product of an acceptable quality. Insofar as that's the case, I can certainly see the size of player's salaries - and the unlikelihood of the league managing to voluntarily reign in its own behavior regarding guaranteed contracts and total payout size - being something Congress is concerned with. Of course, if it's just pandering to the audience, complaining about players' salaries because "no one deserves that much money," then it's stupid. Like I said, I didn't see it, so I don't know which it was.
The steroid issue is similar. MLB is responsible to Congress to produce a good product, and part of that involves respect for tradition (baseball is nothing if not traditional). Steroids put that tradition at risk, since their widespread use devalues modern athletic accomplishments relative to historical ones. More importantly, the fans are, by and large, offended by the notion of athletes "cheating" through steroid use. Again, since baseball not only doesn't have any competition, but is legally allowed to prevent there being any competition, Congress has the right (and, even, responsibility) to ensure that the customers, the fans, get what they want.
