Comments on: Clemens, McNamee, and Other Vermin http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/clemens-mcnamee-and-other-vermin/ Major League Baseball News from Spring Training to the World Series Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:49:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Geoff Young http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/clemens-mcnamee-and-other-vermin/comment-page-1/#comment-1458 Geoff Young Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:43:17 +0000 http://www.knucklecurve.com/clemens-mcnamee-and-other-vermin/#comment-1458 Yep, Doug, grandstanding is the right word. This is all supposed to convince the public that Something Is Being Done. Yawn. Wake me when it's over. Yep, Doug, grandstanding is the right word. This is all supposed to convince the public that Something Is Being Done. Yawn. Wake me when it’s over.

]]> By: Doug Fulkerson http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/clemens-mcnamee-and-other-vermin/comment-page-1/#comment-1455 Doug Fulkerson Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:54:46 +0000 http://www.knucklecurve.com/clemens-mcnamee-and-other-vermin/#comment-1455 The saddest thing was I could never figure out what was the point of the whole exercise. Ok, Clemens got to call McNamee a liar under oath, while McNamee got to say once again that he did a horrible thing but only because the players asked him to. The politicians got to grandstand a bit. Both the player and the trainer agreed that taking steroids and hgh was dangerous and people shouldn't do it. Nothing was resolved, but then again who expected that to happen. No one was even sure if criminal charges for perjury would even be pressed. Someone, I think it was Waxman, said the only reason it happened was because Roger Clemens asked that it happen. Why? Clemens has a lawsuit going against McNamee already. Wouldn't that be a more appropriate arena to establish Clemens' innocence than a question and answer session with a bunch of Congressmen? Even if, as Waxman and Davis both said afterwards, Congress' main concern was that MLB needs to adopt all the recommendations in the Mitchell Report to clean up the game it sure was a silly way to do it. The saddest thing was I could never figure out what was the point of the whole exercise. Ok, Clemens got to call McNamee a liar under oath, while McNamee got to say once again that he did a horrible thing but only because the players asked him to. The politicians got to grandstand a bit. Both the player and the trainer agreed that taking steroids and hgh was dangerous and people shouldn’t do it. Nothing was resolved, but then again who expected that to happen. No one was even sure if criminal charges for perjury would even be pressed. Someone, I think it was Waxman, said the only reason it happened was because Roger Clemens asked that it happen. Why? Clemens has a lawsuit going against McNamee already. Wouldn’t that be a more appropriate arena to establish Clemens’ innocence than a question and answer session with a bunch of Congressmen? Even if, as Waxman and Davis both said afterwards, Congress’ main concern was that MLB needs to adopt all the recommendations in the Mitchell Report to clean up the game it sure was a silly way to do it.

]]> By: Albert Bianchi http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/clemens-mcnamee-and-other-vermin/comment-page-1/#comment-1110 Albert Bianchi Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:10:37 +0000 http://www.knucklecurve.com/clemens-mcnamee-and-other-vermin/#comment-1110 I was even less impressed with the government officials. Each one of their questioning sessions seemed to start with them condemning the whole event as a circus, then finishing off with 10 minutes of them doing the government equivalent of juggling fire. The whole thing was loathsome. I was even less impressed with the government officials. Each one of their questioning sessions seemed to start with them condemning the whole event as a circus, then finishing off with 10 minutes of them doing the government equivalent of juggling fire. The whole thing was loathsome.

]]> By: Geoff Young http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/clemens-mcnamee-and-other-vermin/comment-page-1/#comment-1066 Geoff Young Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:28:25 +0000 http://www.knucklecurve.com/clemens-mcnamee-and-other-vermin/#comment-1066 RD, that's why I steer clear of this stuff as much as possible without completely ignoring it. I'll drop good money on Cirque de Soleil if I want that. Well said, Jodie; it wouldn't surprise me if <em>both</em> of them are lying at this point. RD, that’s why I steer clear of this stuff as much as possible without completely ignoring it. I’ll drop good money on Cirque de Soleil if I want that.

Well said, Jodie; it wouldn’t surprise me if both of them are lying at this point.

]]> By: Jodie http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/clemens-mcnamee-and-other-vermin/comment-page-1/#comment-1411 Jodie Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:01:30 +0000 http://www.knucklecurve.com/clemens-mcnamee-and-other-vermin/#comment-1411 Two guys swearing the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth . . . but telling tales that directly contradict one another. Somebody's pants are on fire, that's for sure. Two guys swearing the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth . . . but telling tales that directly contradict one another.

Somebody’s pants are on fire, that’s for sure.

]]> By: Rain Delay http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/clemens-mcnamee-and-other-vermin/comment-page-1/#comment-1410 Rain Delay Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:55:15 +0000 http://www.knucklecurve.com/clemens-mcnamee-and-other-vermin/#comment-1410 You're right Geoff, people suck. I listened to a lot of it on XM 175 this morning. And it seemed more posturing than anything. Though Clemens seemed to have this "I'm Roger Clemens damn it!" attitude going with him today. Ugh...it was like nails on a chalkboard. You’re right Geoff, people suck. I listened to a lot of it on XM 175 this morning. And it seemed more posturing than anything.

Though Clemens seemed to have this “I’m Roger Clemens damn it!” attitude going with him today. Ugh…it was like nails on a chalkboard.

]]> By: Geoff Young http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/clemens-mcnamee-and-other-vermin/comment-page-1/#comment-1408 Geoff Young Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:19:51 +0000 http://www.knucklecurve.com/clemens-mcnamee-and-other-vermin/#comment-1408 Can't say that I'm surprised. There's way too much at stake to come clean now. Like I said, people suck... Can’t say that I’m surprised. There’s way too much at stake to come clean now. Like I said, people suck…

]]> By: Eric SanInocencio http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/clemens-mcnamee-and-other-vermin/comment-page-1/#comment-1060 Eric SanInocencio Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:09:23 +0000 http://www.knucklecurve.com/clemens-mcnamee-and-other-vermin/#comment-1060 I wrote a piece about this Geoff. We sure didn't learn a whole lot today. There were a lot of lies spewed today. I wrote a piece about this Geoff. We sure didn’t learn a whole lot today. There were a lot of lies spewed today.

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