After the Mitchell Report came out, I told the Professor that I was not going to comment on it until it came to a conclusion. Well, the court of public opinion has already found Roger Clemens guilty of some type of performance enhancing use. On the drive to the lunch meeting we were going to, I asked the Professor to indulge my musing on this theory.
I started by saying that I thought Brian McNamee was a weasel; the kind of guy that hangs out at the local gym pumping iron with his crew of muscle heads. In the years that McNamee worked with the Rocket I'm sure that he injected something into Roger. He has admitted to being injected. This is where it gets shady.
There are reports that seven years after the alleged action, McNamee has turned over vials, syringes, and gauze pads with steroids, HGH, and blood on them. I'm sure that they were kept in evidentiary condition.
Imagine working out and being approached by a personal trainer. He seems to have your best interests at heart, and you have the means to hire him. After working out a lot of athletes inject B-12 and lidocaine [the same thing you get at the dentist] into their system in order to speed the absorption, just like a physician would inject an antibiotic or give you an oral treatment. The injection is faster and easier on the body.
After working out with your trainer he gives you a pill that he says is a supplement, and a safe one at that. Shortly thereafter you are recovering at a good rate and working harder in your sessions. Like most people in the world who take daily pills, I would get a shot once a month instead of having to worry about my liver and kidneys working overtime. Your trainer gives you this as an option - and you bite.
The supplement pill works, but the injections work faster and you get into better shape. Getting into shape is the reason you have the trainer in the first place. Your feeling like you're on top of the world and do your job with energy to spare. I don't think you are changing anything in you regiment, and know you're referring all your friends to your trainer. His business is booming and he is getting paid.
Since most of us don't have the cash flow that Roger Clemens has, one must think in grander scale. With his endorsement of the trainer, Brian McNamee was hired by the New York Yankees. Now he has 25 highly paid athletes looking for his services. As we have found out, some of them bit also. Andy Pettite has admitted to using HGH, supplied by McNamee. Most of the names in the Mitchell Report were Yankees.
McNamee has since been busted for steroid distribution. In a plea bargain with Federal Prosecutors, McNamee agreed to cooperate. He was deposed by Senator Mitchell for the Report in which he gave names of numerous MLB players, one of whom was Roger Clemens, the guy who was his ticket to the "Bigs." The biggest chum line in the boat, that would certainly help in leniency from the judge.
Roger Clemens lawyered up and mounted a defense. Now it's Roger v. McNamee. That's a fancy way of saying, "It's on!" The media asks if you're innocent. Sue? Well, Roger has now filed a civil suit against McNamee and only after Roger Clemens goes under oath, in Congress, does this 'evidence' show up. What kind of a person keeps something like used syringes and vials? How was it stored? Where was it stored? And for the sake of audience, I'll stop with this question: If you kept it, why only Roger Clemens junkie kit and not Andy Pettite, or anyone else?
McNamee goes under oath today at Congress. He releases this material the day before his testimony. He has to stick to his story, or he goes to jail for a long time. Where was this evidence when he talked to Senator Mitchell? Jack Ford of True TV, formerly known as COURT TV, was interviewed by Mike & MIKE in the Morning. His opinion was that it was in no way admissable in court, but that means real court. Public opinion is a whole 'nother animal. Nevertheless, it is out there now.
Roger Clemens has asked to come back to Congress and rebut the testimony of Brian McNamee. That sounds like a showdown in front of the Congress and the world. The Senators will give their scripted baseball stories and their opinions, pro and con...basically grandstanding like they don't have anything better to do, but that is another story.
Is it possible McNamee has manufactured evidence to make his story sound better in public, and keep himself out of jail? What it all comes down to is Roger Clemens v. Brian McNamee. Mano y Mano. Roger dotted his own kid in batting practice after hitting a pitch over the wall. Brian McNamee is now in the box, lookin' out at the Rocket's Red Glare, and the only thing he can hope for is that the gauze is more historical than the "Shroud of Turin!"
I started by saying that I thought Brian McNamee was a weasel; the kind of guy that hangs out at the local gym pumping iron with his crew of muscle heads. In the years that McNamee worked with the Rocket I'm sure that he injected something into Roger. He has admitted to being injected. This is where it gets shady.
There are reports that seven years after the alleged action, McNamee has turned over vials, syringes, and gauze pads with steroids, HGH, and blood on them. I'm sure that they were kept in evidentiary condition.
Imagine working out and being approached by a personal trainer. He seems to have your best interests at heart, and you have the means to hire him. After working out a lot of athletes inject B-12 and lidocaine [the same thing you get at the dentist] into their system in order to speed the absorption, just like a physician would inject an antibiotic or give you an oral treatment. The injection is faster and easier on the body.
After working out with your trainer he gives you a pill that he says is a supplement, and a safe one at that. Shortly thereafter you are recovering at a good rate and working harder in your sessions. Like most people in the world who take daily pills, I would get a shot once a month instead of having to worry about my liver and kidneys working overtime. Your trainer gives you this as an option - and you bite.
The supplement pill works, but the injections work faster and you get into better shape. Getting into shape is the reason you have the trainer in the first place. Your feeling like you're on top of the world and do your job with energy to spare. I don't think you are changing anything in you regiment, and know you're referring all your friends to your trainer. His business is booming and he is getting paid.
Since most of us don't have the cash flow that Roger Clemens has, one must think in grander scale. With his endorsement of the trainer, Brian McNamee was hired by the New York Yankees. Now he has 25 highly paid athletes looking for his services. As we have found out, some of them bit also. Andy Pettite has admitted to using HGH, supplied by McNamee. Most of the names in the Mitchell Report were Yankees.
McNamee has since been busted for steroid distribution. In a plea bargain with Federal Prosecutors, McNamee agreed to cooperate. He was deposed by Senator Mitchell for the Report in which he gave names of numerous MLB players, one of whom was Roger Clemens, the guy who was his ticket to the "Bigs." The biggest chum line in the boat, that would certainly help in leniency from the judge.
Roger Clemens lawyered up and mounted a defense. Now it's Roger v. McNamee. That's a fancy way of saying, "It's on!" The media asks if you're innocent. Sue? Well, Roger has now filed a civil suit against McNamee and only after Roger Clemens goes under oath, in Congress, does this 'evidence' show up. What kind of a person keeps something like used syringes and vials? How was it stored? Where was it stored? And for the sake of audience, I'll stop with this question: If you kept it, why only Roger Clemens junkie kit and not Andy Pettite, or anyone else?
McNamee goes under oath today at Congress. He releases this material the day before his testimony. He has to stick to his story, or he goes to jail for a long time. Where was this evidence when he talked to Senator Mitchell? Jack Ford of True TV, formerly known as COURT TV, was interviewed by Mike & MIKE in the Morning. His opinion was that it was in no way admissable in court, but that means real court. Public opinion is a whole 'nother animal. Nevertheless, it is out there now.
Roger Clemens has asked to come back to Congress and rebut the testimony of Brian McNamee. That sounds like a showdown in front of the Congress and the world. The Senators will give their scripted baseball stories and their opinions, pro and con...basically grandstanding like they don't have anything better to do, but that is another story.
Is it possible McNamee has manufactured evidence to make his story sound better in public, and keep himself out of jail? What it all comes down to is Roger Clemens v. Brian McNamee. Mano y Mano. Roger dotted his own kid in batting practice after hitting a pitch over the wall. Brian McNamee is now in the box, lookin' out at the Rocket's Red Glare, and the only thing he can hope for is that the gauze is more historical than the "Shroud of Turin!"
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