It’s good to see FLP Howie Clark stepping forward to discuss his part in the Mitchell Report.

“It was a mistake that I made. I was wrong for doing it, and I accept full responsibility for my actions,” Clark said Monday in the Twins’ clubhouse, shortly after taking part in his new team’s first workout of the spring.

Rather than stonewalling the media, or denying what he knew was true, he’s taken the straightforward approach with the admission.  The Twins are, quite rightly, impressed.

When the report was released, Clark responded, he said, in the only way his conscience would allow. He confessed.

“He called us a day later,” said Twins general manager Bill Smith, who signed the 34-year-old infielder to a minor league contract on Nov. 22. “He basically walked through what happened and why. He stepped up, and I really appreciated it. I respect the way he handled it, because he was very straightforward.”

Without getting into the morality argument, or even attempting to compare Howie’s case with some of the others that have been highlighted in the report, I will say this much:  I think that Howie, by confronting this in the manner he has, will find that the well of forgiveness will be pretty deep.