Word from Washington, as inside as it gets, says Andy Pettitte's testimony to Congress last week, corroborated Brian McNamee's accusations that teammate Roger Clemens used PEDs (most likely HGH and anabolic steroids).
As Clemens lobbies Congress,it seems the Rocket, if not shot down, appears to be on a slow burn to explosion. The Congressional committee chaired by Henry Waxman excused Pettitte, Knoblauch, and Radomski from tomorrow's hearing. This now gets down to McNamee v. Clemens, and Clemens is bloodied (so to speak), cut, and dazed.
Rep. Tom Davis, the ranking Republican on the congressional committee investigating steroid use in baseball, told Newsday that Pettitte, in his deposition last week, backed up the account of Brian McNamee, the former trainer of Clemens and Pettitte.
McNamee has said Clemens used steroids and human growth hormone.
Davis told the newspaper that Pettitte's testimony matches McNamee's in most details, but that Clemens, in his deposition last week, said both of them are mistaken.
One of Clemens's legal team responded this way:
"I think Andy Pettitte should do whatever is in Andy's best interest and whatever he thinks is best," said Lanny Breuer, one of Clemens' lawyers. "Roger Clemens is going to testify on Wednesday. He'll answer everything truthfully and forthrightly as he's done since the very beginning."
"Truthfully and forthrightly" is not the way most fans would describe the Rocket's diatribes thus far.
What is so bad about steroids that they need to be illegal?
Posted by: burningrabbit | 02/12/2008 at 16:20
What is so bad about steroids that they need to be illegal?
Posted by: burningrabbit | 02/12/2008 at 16:21
Why do you think your blog gets so little in the way people commenting to your posts?
It's almost as if people don't seem to care.
Why do you suppose we aren't hearing more about that HS football player who was selling steroids?
Seems to me, in reality, that that story is much more important and actually impacts the lives of many more people.
Posted by: Michael Lee | 02/12/2008 at 20:45
Why does this blog receive 'so few comments'?
1. Maybe we are bad bloggers.
2. Maybe most people get their news about PEDs and steroids from the major news networks and ESPN who have hundreds/thousands of professional writers; we have one writer, sometimes 2, who actually have other duties, like seeing patients.
3. Maybe no one does care.
Why nothing about the high school player dealing 'roids? Seems like a regional story. People are much more interested in the daily Clemens news. It's American...
Posted by: G | 02/13/2008 at 04:05
How sad are we Americans then?
Nice tabloid you run here.
Posted by: Malik Carr | 02/14/2008 at 22:00