Monday, January 7, 2008
A DESPERATE MAN
Desperation does not become him.If Roger Clemens never dropped his pants to get shot up with performance-enhancing drugs, he is desperate to clear his name. Can’t blame him.
And if he did, he is desperate for us to believe his adamant, adam’s apple-bobbing, lip-licking denial.
You can believe him or not.
He’s practically begging you to believe him, knowing that the court of public opinion has already ruled against him.
I don’t like that, with his lawyer present, he taped the phone conversation he had last Friday with trainer Brian McNamee, then played it at his news conference.
I don’t like that he has a lawyer named Rusty. No offense to anyone named Rusty. (The only other Rusty that comes to mind is Rusty Hamer, who played Danny Thomas’s son on “Make Room for Daddy.” But I digress.)
I don’t like that he used “60 Minutes” and Mike Wallace to launch his campaign, but that’s a complaint about “60 Minutes” and Mike Wallace. (Wallace is 89. What’s his boss’s excuse?)
I don’t like that he denied knowing that Andy Pettitte took human growth hormone. (C’mon, they’re joined at the hip for heaven’s sake.)
But what I really don’t like is that there’s no rock-solid proof of anything. Not from Clemens, not from McNamee, not from the Mitchell Report.
Without irrefutable proof, all you’ve got is a desperate man.
And guilty or not, desperation does not become Roger Clemens.
Posted at 9:17 PM by Gerry
4 Comments:
Roger looks like he's been through a meat grinder. Sadly, because I was a fan when he played for the Sox, I don't believe his denials. Too little, too late, too many discrepancies and inconsistencies.
I agree with ladypatsfan..He looks like a poor deer in the headlights
Be interesting to see how he handles a Congressional inquiry.
I haven't been much of a Roger fan since 1986 World Series at Shea. Where he whined about the mound being too soft. How many Sox fans remember that? Hurst pitched on it and didn't complain.
But back to the drug issue. I don't blame him either if he wants to deflate a 15 minute of fame seekers ego.
But if he did it just admit to it and move on.
Pettite sort of admitted to it.
Bill Clinton should have admitted to his trysts in the white house.
"I did it I admit it . Take me as I am, I am human!"
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