Two Good Clemens Reads

Boston Globe:
Former New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens (center) gestures as his attorney's [sic] Rusty Hardin (left) and Lanny Breuer (right, standing) try to address members questions during testimony on Capitol Hill.
(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Joe Posnanski: My Eight Favorite People in Congress

Hang in there and read the whole thing. His bloghead says "Curiously Long Posts", and he means it.

Gerry Callahan, Boston Herald: Congress sends in clowns
Republicans look like bozos

The Verdict is In

Roger Clemens is a liar.

No, you didn't mishear or misremember that. Liar.

MSNBC: Hall of Fame for Clemens? Try Hall of Shame
The longer he talked, the more he looked like a guilty man and a liar

Boston Herald: Roger the Dodger strikes out on stand

Boston Herald: Rocket misfires again
Wiser man would’ve cut losses long ago

Seattle Times: Clemens should try to misremember this day
LATimes: Clemens doesn't come off as a winner

Boston Globe: A strike on Clemens's character

Dallas Morning News: Clemens' credibility takes a crippling hit from shaky testimony

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Clemens the biggest loser of Steroidgate

Lawrence Eagle-Tribune: Who's telling the truth? No question it's McNamee

Steroid Hearings

Droning on in the background of my house.

My take: Roger Clemens is not the smartest person in the room.

Imagine if Congress spent as much time on Bush & the telecoms eviscerating the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution?

Nah.

'Roger the Red-Nosed 'Roider'

A new holiday video for the steroid era:



hat tip to Over the Monster (actually, to the Mom of blogger Roger Booth who forwarded it to him.)

Reactions To Roger's a 'Roider "News"

Clemens throws bat at Mike Piazza, Game 2 of 2000 World Series. 'Roid rage?
USAToady


The most prominent name in George Mitchell's report on steroids in baseball is 7 time Cy Young award winner Roger Clemens. I've suspected the Rocket for a long time because he got too big and stayed too good long into his 40s. I couldn't even play once a week competitive (and that's stretching it) softball after the age of 40 because my body was so beat up. He's been striking out 22-year-olds well into his middle 40s. That's just not normal.

Here's a roundup of media reaction:

Tom Boswell, WaPo: The Rocket's Descent (The Australian paper that picked up this article gave it a much better title: Twin peaks just freaks in steroid circus)

Harvey Araton, New York Times: All-Juice Team Has Finally Found Its Ace: Clemens

Dan Shaughnessey, Boston Globe: Tainted Gloves

Peter Gelzinis, Boston Herald: Did Rocket tell son about moon shots?

Bill Madden, NYDailyNews: Roger Clemens' bid for Cooperstown likely will end with strikeout

Jose De Jesus Ortiz, Houston Chronicle: Scandal to cost Clemens support for Hall
Baseball writers have mixed views on whether pitcher will get their vote

Wallace Matthews, Newsday: Clemens must be judged same way as Bonds