As we all know, there has been an investigation on steroids in the MLB for a couple of years. Senator George Mitchell led his own investigation which led to the Mitchell Report. The biggest name on the Mitchell Report was Roger "The Rocket" Clemens. Clemens' former trainer Brian McNamee gave most of the names which appear in the report. Almost all of the players on the list admitted to steroid use after being caught, except Clemens. Clemens filed a defamation lawsuit against McNamee. Clemens was furious that McNamee gave Clemens' name up to steroids.
This whole situation and the events surrounding it are very strange. About a month ago there was a recorded phone conversation between Clemens and McNamee. It didn't reveal much because both men were under their lawyer's supervision and couldn't elaborate on things. Clemens and McNamee were good friends which makes me wonder why McNamee would do this to Clemens. Even if Clemens is indeed guilty, wouldn't his pal save him by not giving up the name? Or maybe McNamee was threatened by Senator Mitchell to give up every name or else he would be arrested. The story gets stranger when McNamee recently turned in evidence of Clemens' steroid use.
McNamee turned in a plastic bag full of syringes and bloody gauze pads to Congress. He claims that Clemens' DNA is in all of this evidence. First off, what kind of psycho saves this stuff? The syringes and blood were from the year 2000. Eight years later, the guy still has all of this. Clemens now has to turn in a sample of his own DNA to see if both match. I think this is just ridiculous for a number of reasons. McNamee could have saved Clemens' blood and somehow added traces of steroids into it. This means McNamee was framing Clemens from the beginning. He knew that the players would eventually get caught for steroids, so he kept proof of it. I don't know what to believe because if it turns out that it is indeed Clemens' blood, I don't know if he really did the steroids. Clemens was known to take shots of B12, which is a normal and legal vitamin. Clemens could have had his B12 shot and McNamee could have planted traces of illegal substances. I hope that the truth comes out and we find out who is really lying. The Rocket- A Hall-of-Fame pitcher, or Brian McNamee- A drug dealer.
This whole situation and the events surrounding it are very strange. About a month ago there was a recorded phone conversation between Clemens and McNamee. It didn't reveal much because both men were under their lawyer's supervision and couldn't elaborate on things. Clemens and McNamee were good friends which makes me wonder why McNamee would do this to Clemens. Even if Clemens is indeed guilty, wouldn't his pal save him by not giving up the name? Or maybe McNamee was threatened by Senator Mitchell to give up every name or else he would be arrested. The story gets stranger when McNamee recently turned in evidence of Clemens' steroid use.
McNamee turned in a plastic bag full of syringes and bloody gauze pads to Congress. He claims that Clemens' DNA is in all of this evidence. First off, what kind of psycho saves this stuff? The syringes and blood were from the year 2000. Eight years later, the guy still has all of this. Clemens now has to turn in a sample of his own DNA to see if both match. I think this is just ridiculous for a number of reasons. McNamee could have saved Clemens' blood and somehow added traces of steroids into it. This means McNamee was framing Clemens from the beginning. He knew that the players would eventually get caught for steroids, so he kept proof of it. I don't know what to believe because if it turns out that it is indeed Clemens' blood, I don't know if he really did the steroids. Clemens was known to take shots of B12, which is a normal and legal vitamin. Clemens could have had his B12 shot and McNamee could have planted traces of illegal substances. I hope that the truth comes out and we find out who is really lying. The Rocket- A Hall-of-Fame pitcher, or Brian McNamee- A drug dealer.
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