Well, the Congressional hearings into steroid use in baseball grind on like so many dentists drills with half the promise of results. Roger Clemens has dug himself into a deep 3-2 hole and his best pitches are looking more and more like the efforts of someone desperately trying to convince his date that he really was a big star at Podunk Jr. High, and his date isn't buying it.
When the Mitchell report first came out, I was skeptical about its merit, but jaded enough about drug use in sports that I just nodded my head thinking, "we all know they're dirty...now prove it." This McNamee character seems to have none and I figure that it will take a lot more than this typical feeble effort by baseball's commissioner to whitewash a bad situation to take down some of the big names in the game.
Reading reports about Clemens' testimony before Congress, and his pathetic attempt to flex his dwindling credibility, I am reminded of The Picture of Dorian Gray. A classic tale of a man so desperate to keep his youth, that he sells his soul for it. His inability to own up to his misdeeds is shameful and increasingly pathetic. Face the music Roger, you are making Canseco look like an honest man in comparison to you.
Shoeless Joe might have been innocent, perhaps not, but he took the punishment handed out to him with dignity. Roger Clemens has none left to protect.
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Kent,
It is people like Roger who are causing the sport to be like wrestling. What is real anymore?
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I find this interesting. For years we have said of people accused:
1. Deny it
2. Testify under oath
3. Sue your accuser.
Then we will believe you.
Many have done 1, some have done 1 & 2. Clemens has done all 3 and we still don't believe. Innocent till proven guilty (not in a court of public opinion; in a court of law).
That goes for Bonds too. Palmerio has actually failed a drug test, he is different.
Most people have owned up to doping but Clemens is just defiant against the odds. However, McNamee has told multiple lies and just seems to be a shady character and untrustworthy. If Clemens isnt guilty, his name will still be soiled. Oh Well...I didnt get paid a couple of $$$ to throw a ball....so back to work. Great Point!
McNamee is not a creditable witness, he's lied under oath before when he was a New York Policeman. He wants publicity and to keep him out of jail, which is where he belongs. I will withhold my opinions of Clemens until proven guilty with evedence, not the word of a criminal.
But Petitte is a different story. I am leaning towards the other side because of him, but then again, he is trying to save face as well.
Kent,
This could have been done so much better......without the politicians getting involved......in the whole world this is just not that important, and to just say going forward we are testing and handling out punishment would suffice.
Integrity just dosen't seem to fit the game anymore, each player looks for an edge and when it becomes public then we worry.....who didn't know these players were enhancing their abilities. If MLB wanted to stop it (and they knew what was going on) they would have.....they chose not to.
I say just write it off as an enhanced era....and move on. I was entertained and as for the records, well if MLB was worried again they would have stopped it and not cashed in on it.
Fantasy Baseball certainly enjoyed the growth in numbers.....I know I enjoy it.
Eric, Dan--Can I Get An Aaaayyyymennn on that thought? Congressional hearings...what do you want to bet there's "fact-finding" junkets to the playoffs & world series in the future for some of these "concerned" legislators? Dan, you are echoing my sentiments exactly.
Nicholas--I think the truth is something that will not be discovered by anyone involved in these hearings.