Clemens evidence tests positive for banned substances
Turns out, Roger Clemens might have been lying all along about not taking performance enhancing drugs. Who would have thought?
Federal authorities investigating Roger Clemens on perjury charges have found performance-enhancing substances on the drug paraphernalia that his former trainer said he used to inject Clemens, according to people briefed on the case.
The discovery of the substances could bolster the claims of the trainer, Brian McNamee, that he used the various items — including syringes, vials and gauze pads — to inject Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone.
If the federal prosecutors move to indict Clemens and seek to use the substances found on the drug paraphernalia as evidence, Clemens’s lawyers are expected to question their authenticity and the chain of custody. Clemens’s lead lawyer, Rusty Hardin, said Monday night that he was not surprised to learn that performance-enhancing substances had been found.
“Duh,” he said with exaggeration. “Do you really think McNamee was going to fabricate this stuff and not make sure there were substances on there? The fact is Roger never used steroids or H.G.H.”
Clemens has been an arrogant S.O.B. the moment his name was linked to banned substances so even though it’s painful to back a weasel like McNamee, I’m rooting for the evidence to prove the Rocket has been lying this entire time. They’re both liars, but Clemens has just been so smug this entire time that it would be nice to see him put in his place. By the looks of the comment above, Clemens’ lawyer is arrogant and smug, too.
So he left them in the lurch in the mddle of a playoff race. Left without any grace. Left with a straight face. I don’t care. Stan turned himself around. And besides, he’s got the magic stick. He knows if he can hit once, he can hit twice. Ain’t that nice? So nice, he made the Hall of Fame. One of the best in the game. Say my name! Those 2,999 put Stan 26th all-time. Between Roberto Clemente with 3,000 hits and Sam Rice with 2,987. And, not for nothing, Stan was clearly safe by a step.
Does anyone have any idea what the previous comment means?
It certainly looks as though Clemens is guilty as sin, but can we please not waste any taxpayers’ money on deciding whether he should go to jail? That would accomplish nothing. Being a baseball player’s like being a gangster; you don’t rat out your family. If MLB honestly thought that these guys would flip on their teammates without extreme coercion, they’re high.