Roger Clemens... Guilty

By now, all of you know that Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee were in Washington D.C. for a congressional hearing, and the main question now is who is telling the truth? I watched a lot of the hearing and I reheard a lot of it, too. Hands down, I believe Brian McNamee is telling the truth. A lot of things make me come to this conclusion.

We can look at Roger Clemens’s stats. From 1986-1998, Roger’s WHIP (Walks plus Hits divided by Innings Pitched) was 1.148. By 1998, Roger was 36 years old, and anyone would assume that old age would start to kick in and your athleticism would start to deteriorate quickly. It just so happens that it did. From 1999-2003, Roger had a WHIP of 1.312. From then on, you would presume that his stats would continue to deteriorate even more, but then it happened. McNamee testified and said he shot illegal performance enhancing drugs into Clemens, and what would you know from 2004-2006 Roger had a WHIP of 1.070. This makes no sense to any doctor if you believe Roger did not take illegal performance enhancing drugs.

During the statements we had two sides to the story: Roger Clemens’s side and everyone else’s side. Everyone else included his long time good friend and training buddy, Andy Pettitte, Andy’s wife, Brian McNamee, Chuck Knoblauch, and most significantly Roger’s wife. If you want to believe Roger Clemens, you have to believe this: not only is Brian McNamee against him, but so is his best friend, his best friend’s wife, another teammate, and his wife.

If my best friend was innocent in a trial and I had evidence to help prove him innocent, I would be there in a, how you call, “New York Minute” (a phrase Roger used to try and lighten the mood and sway ‘voters’). According to Andy Pettitte's wife, Pettitte had told her that Clemens was using performance enhancing drugs. Knoblauch has said that he took performance enhancing drugs which corroborates with McNamee’s statements in the Mitchell Report. Now, the kicker, Roger’s wife. Debbie Clemens agreed to the fact that McNamee gave her HGH to help her get fit for her 2003 Sports Illustrated swimsuit photo shoot. Now let's get this straight, McNamee, who was still Roger’s trainer, gave Debbie HGH without Roger knowing that his wife was taking it? We also have to believe that Debbie, knowing that Roger was a world class athlete, a gym rat, and extremely dedicated to his body, did not ask her husband about HGH. Come on, seriously?

How can anyone believe Roger? Not only would all of these people have to be lying, but also they would have to have a reason for lying. Why would your best friend, his wife, a former teammate, your former trainer, and your wife want to make something up like this? Still pondering an answer? I got one... There isn't one. That is it; there is no reason why so many people would want to betray Roger Clemens.