Posted on 12/14/2007 8:40:56 AM PST by meandog
On Clemens' stance regarding claims in Mitchell Report that he used and was injected with banned performance-enhancing drugs from 1998-2001: ``Roger Clemens adamantly, vehemently and whatever other adjectives can be used, denies that he has ever used steroids or whatever the word is for improper substances. ``He is really concerned and upset that he has been named in this report based on the allegations of apparently, reading the report, based on a trainer (Brian McNamee) that he has had in the past. ``That's not a standard somebody should be held out in public to have done something as serious as have used steroids in baseball.''
In a release by Hardin's office earlier Thursday, NcNamee is described as a "troubled and unreliable witness" and "a former trainer who worked with Clemenson the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees, (who) has repeatdedly denied these current claims, including in June of this year whe he was first contacted by federal investigators. According to McNamee, after a day of repeated denials to federal investigators, he changed his story under the threat of federal criminal prosecution. He says he was then forced by those federal prosecutorial authorities to tell the same story for inclusion in the Mitchell Report."
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I've been giving some thought to the Gambling/Steroids equation & I have to say Gambling is still worse because it undermines the competition totally. Many of the names on the Mitchell steroid list are non-star calibre players. I don't think a couple of journeyman juicers can have nearly the decisive affect on the outcome as a single better.
That's exactly the point that was made on "Mike & Mike" this morning. Clubhouse attendants are always getting paid by players to act as gophers. Tipping & fronting money for various puposes is done all the time. Doesn't prove much by itself unless the guy receiving the compensation testifies as to what it was for.
Apparently Roger Clemens. Land in Framingham is a lot cheaper, so you get a lot more for your buck. The cops in Weston or Dover will pull over any low riders with Brazilian flags, so the need for protection isn't quite as pressing there. There are some really nice parts of North Framingham, but ...(My daughter played a soccer game in Weston once, the person assigned "orange and water" duty didn't show so I covered. I nearly had to mortgage my house to get two dozen oranges and a couple of gallons of bottled water.)
I also suspect that anyone in Weston or Dover who wants a pistol permit gets one unless they're a convicted mass murderer. I just couldn't believe the Chief of Police would make a statement like that in to the press. It's an open invitation to rob his house. And it was Clemens last season in Boston after that.
If you recall, the press looked in his locker while Mark was standing there and asked "What's in those bottles?". Mark said Andro. Then Mark said "you can buy this bottle at any shopping center. It's perfectly legal."
I used to buy it in my shopping center, and was quite pissed they stopped selling it. Andro is like 1/100th of a shot of Steriods. There's no reason to ban it.
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