Really Roger???

After watching the hearings with Brian Mcnamee and Roger Clemens it becomes obvious that there is no innocent party. It is true that Mcnamee was not truthful in earlier proceedings. It is true that we are talking about someone who illegally obtained, distributed, and administered steroids and HGH to athletes he trained. However, most of those lies were to protect Roger Clemens, and he is a small fish in a large pond when it comes to the HGH and steroids distribution. It is also true that some of the people injected by Mcnamee are close friend and teammate of Clemens, Andy Pettitte along with Clemens’ wife and Chuck Knoblauch. The only doubt seems to be about round of golf, and parties at which Clemens may or may not have been. Aside from that, Knoblauch and Pettitte are backing what Mcnamee has said. This is of particular importance because of Pettitte's relationship with Roger Clemens. Pettitte grew up idolizing Clemens and ended up become great friends with him during their time together in New York and Houston. This is someone who would be one of the last people he would ever want to defraud. However, Pettitte submitted a sworn affidavit saying that Clemens spoke with him about taking HGH. This is the smoking gun. A person with nothing but his conscience to fear speaks out against his hero. When Clemens was asked why Pettitte would say these things if they were not true Clemens responded, "I believe he misremembers". Really? Really?? That’s the explanation we get? That is not even a word! What’s worse is Clemens said on three separate occasions that Pettitte "misremembers". That goes in the same category with words like "chalant" and "irregardless". Clemens tried to bully around congress the same way he bullied around hitters. At one point attempting to argue with one of the congressmen, which then drew the gavel being slammed down to maintain order. After which Clemens was reminded that this was not his place to argue. The next step the federal government will take is to try to convict Roger Clemens on perjury charges. However perjury is going to be tough to prove, and Clemens has the resources to be able to fight hard enough to create reasonable doubt and escape jail time. I do expect that when the dust settles, Clemens will try to be incognito, and try to stay out of the public eye. It is a shame to see someone once high and mighty fall so fast and violently.