MLB 2008

[Dan Gould]

Don't worry, Clemens and Bonds have a far greater chance of making the Hall than Gagne, who didn't dominate long enough to ever get consideration, steroids or no steroids. He'll fall off of the ballot in two, maybe three years after his first year of eligibility. Or if he doesn't regain his form and show that he can be dominant in the steroid-testing era, he'll drop off the ballot right off the bat by getting less than 5% of the vote in his first year.

Speaking of Clemens and Bonds and the Hall, I saw an interesting segment on PTI. In the aftermath of the whole "who else slept with Roger Clemens?" reporting, they asked to give odds on Clemens making the Hall. Kornheiser said that Clemens is "radioactive" now and that there is a maybe a 20% chance he'll get in, via the Veteran's committee. Wilbon said he was full of shit, there's a 96% chance he goes in on the writer's ballot.

And I have to say I was somewhat surprised to see the AP reporting that Rusty Hardin stated he would discuss with Clemens whether or not he should go forward with the suit, saying that "he's getting pummeled" and "in some ways, I think we're on uncharted ground."

And McNamee's lawyer isn't exactly being gracious at this news:

"It's much too rational a move for them to make," he said. "Everything about the way they've handled this case is irrational, so I wouldn't expect them to act rationally now."

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[Dan Gould]

I think Mussina vs Hernandez is a day game, which sucks because the Fox nationwide blackout covers all games starting before 7:05 pm. So I'll be able to watch the Sox but not the Yankees.

A good argument for getting the MLB package from DTV, which I plan to do as soon as my move is done with.

Won't help you. The national blackout rules apply to the Extra Innings package as well as MLB.TV, which is how I am watching (1/2 the price of Extra Innings, and with my new, extra large flat screen monitor, a perfectly good picture):

ESPN BLACKOUT INFORMATION: ESPN maintains their exclusive national broadcast window for all Major League Baseball games on Sunday nights, therefore, no telecast can be made available for out–of–market distribution. As their rights are for night games only, any games which start after 5:00pm ET (2:00pm PT) cannot be distributed out–of–market. However, on the first Sunday after the All–Star Game (7/15/07), no game with a start time after 3:00pm ET (12:00pm PT) can be distributed out–of–market.

FOX NETWORK BLACKOUT INFORMATION: For every Saturday of the regular season, the FOX Television Network has the exclusive national rights to broadcast games up until 7:00pm ET (4:00pm PT). So, while you will not receive Major League Baseball games on your MLB EXTRA INNINGS channels any of those Saturday mornings or afternoons, you will receive the available Saturday night games that begin after 7:00pm ET (4:00pm PT). For Saturday morning and afternoon games, check out the FOX Network local schedule.

http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global/conte...assetId=1100045

[Dan Gould]

I'm glad I now know the difference between "nice" & "lucky".

Glad to be of service.

BTW in that "lucky" win over the Cubs, Gallardo tore his ACL.

Perhaps that was karma doing its thing. Anyway, definitely a lucky victory marred by an unlucky injury.

[papsrus]

I think Mussina vs Hernandez is a day game, which sucks because the Fox nationwide blackout covers all games starting before 7:05 pm. So I'll be able to watch the Sox but not the Yankees.

A good argument for getting the MLB package from DTV, which I plan to do as soon as my move is done with.

Won't help you. The national blackout rules apply to the Extra Innings package as well as MLB.TV, which is how I am watching (1/2 the price of Extra Innings, and with my new, extra large flat screen monitor, a perfectly good picture) ...

Thanks for the info. I hadn't familiarized myself with the details. ... I'm pressing on!! It's not as though there's a shortage of baseball on TV, but I'm frankly going to need more than the Rays this summer -- and I'd like to watch some of the teams out West, Arizona in particular. I've thought about MLB.TV, but I use a laptop, and it doesn't have a big screen. If I can hold out, maybe DTV will offer some deals after the All Star break. ... But, I doubt I'll hold out. Lets be real.

[Soulstation1]

Anyone see that Brad Penny pitch?

[papsrus]

... well this is a revoltin' development ...

Each team loaded the bases in the fourth, but Pena decides to stroll home on a flyout to Manny in the top half of the inning and he's out by a mile at the plate. In one freakin' pitch we go from bases juiced with one out to inning over. ... Shields yanked in the bottom of the 4th.

[Tim McG]

Don't worry, Clemens and Bonds have a far greater chance of making the Hall than Gagne, who didn't dominate long enough to ever get consideration, steroids or no steroids. He'll fall off of the ballot in two, maybe three years after his first year of eligibility. Or if he doesn't regain his form and show that he can be dominant in the steroid-testing era, he'll drop off the ballot right off the bat by getting less than 5% of the vote in his first year.

Speaking of Clemens and Bonds and the Hall, I saw an interesting segment on PTI. In the aftermath of the whole "who else slept with Roger Clemens?" reporting, they asked to give odds on Clemens making the Hall. Kornheiser said that Clemens is "radioactive" now and that there is a maybe a 20% chance he'll get in, via the Veteran's committee. Wilbon said he was full of shit, there's a 96% chance he goes in on the writer's ballot.

And I have to say I was somewhat surprised to see the AP reporting that Rusty Hardin stated he would discuss with Clemens whether or not he should go forward with the suit, saying that "he's getting pummeled" and "in some ways, I think we're on uncharted ground."

And McNamee's lawyer isn't exactly being gracious at this news:

"It's much too rational a move for them to make," he said. "Everything about the way they've handled this case is irrational, so I wouldn't expect them to act rationally now."

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I get your point, Dan. And in some respects you are absolutely right.

Here's my problem: How about all that Clemens slept with some woman bullshit...like it really matters relative to the case the government has trumped up against him?

It tells me the government has no case [and as with Bonds...I mean, c'mon, tax evasion is all they have? Such bullshit.] is trying to find some dirt, any dirt to destroy his character.

Now I know how you feel about this Dan, but this is way outside the boundaries of a fair and reasonable prosecution. It borders upon cheesy headline grabbing bullshit.

Edited May 4, 2008 by GoodSpeak

[papsrus]

It tells me the government has no case ...

This might be jumping to conclusions. Didn't Clemens make his reputation an issue in the first place? When you invite a bunch of lawyers to examine your reputation, don't be surprised if they find things your reputation might not like. ... at least, that's what I always say ...

Edited May 4, 2008 by papsrus

[papsrus]

12-4 final ....

[Dan Gould]

Don't worry, Clemens and Bonds have a far greater chance of making the Hall than Gagne, who didn't dominate long enough to ever get consideration, steroids or no steroids. He'll fall off of the ballot in two, maybe three years after his first year of eligibility. Or if he doesn't regain his form and show that he can be dominant in the steroid-testing era, he'll drop off the ballot right off the bat by getting less than 5% of the vote in his first year.

Speaking of Clemens and Bonds and the Hall, I saw an interesting segment on PTI. In the aftermath of the whole "who else slept with Roger Clemens?" reporting, they asked to give odds on Clemens making the Hall. Kornheiser said that Clemens is "radioactive" now and that there is a maybe a 20% chance he'll get in, via the Veteran's committee. Wilbon said he was full of shit, there's a 96% chance he goes in on the writer's ballot.

And I have to say I was somewhat surprised to see the AP reporting that Rusty Hardin stated he would discuss with Clemens whether or not he should go forward with the suit, saying that "he's getting pummeled" and "in some ways, I think we're on uncharted ground."

And McNamee's lawyer isn't exactly being gracious at this news:

"It's much too rational a move for them to make," he said. "Everything about the way they've handled this case is irrational, so I wouldn't expect them to act rationally now."

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I get your point, Dan. And in some respects you are absolutely right.

Here's my problem: How about all that Clemens slept with some woman bullshit...like it really matters relative to the case the government has trumped up against him?

The government has nothing to do with the reports about Roger-the-family-man's paramours. The reporting has been done almost exclusively by the New York Daily News, which has been out front and exceptionally accurate in its investigation of the Mitchell Report as it relates to Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte. I have no possible clue why you would relate this reporting to any governmental prosecution for perjury. The reporting relates solely to Clemens "reputation" and how much McNamee's statements could have damaged it, should Clemens prevail in his defamation suit.

Its all about that, not the government's investigation.

Which brings up something else: How can you claim that a case is "trumped up against him"? His PED supplier has turned state's evidence against him. Everything he has told the Feds (and Mitchell, and Congress) has been proven true (He told them he injected Pettitte, Pettitte says that's true. He says he injected Knoblauch, Knoblauch says that's true. He says he injected Debbie Clemens, Debbie Clemens says that's true. He's told the truth about everyone except Roger? That doesn't pass the laugh test, and we haven't even gotten into the testimony of Andy Pettitte.

The evidence of perjury is as far from "trumped up" as it gets, and it has nothing to do with Roger's whoring around.

It tells me the government has no case [and as with Bonds...I mean, c'mon, tax evasion is all they have? Such bullshit.] is trying to find some dirt, any dirt to destroy his character.

I don't know what you've been reading, but the indictment returned by the BALCO grand jury is for perjury and obstruction of justice. There is no tax evasion charge.

Yet.

[Dan Gould]

12-4 final ....

Well, its great to see the bats really come alive and not wilt against Shields again. I'd love to see a sweep but Kazmir is so darn tough against us I'd be surprised if it happens. Best bet, fortunately, is for a lot of rain in the area. Maybe we'll get lucky and get Kazmir out of there early with a lengthy rain delay after the first couple of innings, or more likely would be a rain out anyway. Otherwise, they need to make him work since he will surely be on a pretty tight pitch count in his first start of the season.

[Dan Gould]

Well forget about a rainout today. It looks like the last of the showers will pull out of the Boston area in the next hour. Probably a chance of some spotty rain in the afternoon but that killer weather system is finally getting out of here.

[papsrus]

Big goings on here in Sarasota to get the Red Sox to relocate their spring training here. Fort Myers is frankly not nearly as attractive as Sarasota -- on a variety of fronts. The Sox can escape their deal with Fort Myers in 2009 by paying them a mere $1 million. So if the muckety mucks here want them, they need to make it happen. We're losing the Reds after next spring, and the thinking is that the Sox will attract much more tourism dollars, enough to justify the cost of building a new stadium. It's early in the process, but they're already talking about building a park with a Green Monster, and fairly close to downtown. ... Now that would be cool.

I look for the Rays to have a short leash on Kazmir today.

Cubs keep rolling. Tonight's game vs. Cards for first should be good. Nice job by the Angles last night vs. the O's. Gotta like their chances again today with Saunders on the bump. And here's hoping Silva gets it done today vs. Yankees. ... Basically, I'm pinning my hopes on the fact that everybody else loses in the AL East today, cause I think the Sox are hungry for a sweep and some payback, and I'm not sure what to expect from Kaz. If he's on, we've got a good shot. ... We'll see.

[papsrus]

Ortiz is a late scratch.

[Dan Gould]

Ortiz is a late scratch.

And Brandon Moss, who threw a runner out at the plate and then hit a long homer in Friday's game, had an emergency apendectomy last night and is probably out for four weeks! They decided not to make a roster move until after today's game, and they have to move Manny to DH and play Ellsbury, Crisp and Drew in the OF. The injuries may not be as catastrophic as the Yankees (and some other teams) but its not been easy, that's for sure.

At least this keeps Coco Crisp off the trade market for a while. I'm not even sure who the best OF option at Pawtucket is, but I've really liked watching Moss play. Apparently a number of GMs have inquired about him but the Sox have no interest in moving him.

[BERIGAN]

Giants in 3rd place, with the Padres and Rockies below them!

[papsrus]

Bah! ... Kaz looked inconsistent. Good velocity but location was a bugaboo, and lead-off batters for the Sox reached on him in all four innings he pitched. Took him 90 pitches to make it through four and that's all they wanted from him. ... Great catch by Ellsbury seemed to take the wind out of the Rays' sails early. But ... Bartlett and Aki are finally coming around. ... The Sox just keep coming though.

Damn Yankees buried Seattle with a 6-run third.

[Dan Gould]

Bah! ... Kaz looked inconsistent. Good velocity but location was a bugaboo, and lead-off batters for the Sox reached on him in all four innings he pitched. Took him 90 pitches to make it through four and that's all they wanted from him. ... Great catch by Ellsbury seemed to take the wind out of the Rays' sails early. But ... Bartlett and Aki are finally coming around. ... The Sox just keep coming though.

Damn Yankees buried Seattle with a 6-run third.

Ah, my world has meaning again.

Probably the best time to get Kazmir was in his first start after a lengthy rehab. He wasn't sharp with his off-speed stuff and with the bats already looking alive lately, we were ready to go get 'im. I'm still torn about Lester as he throws too many pitches still but his walk rate has declined and he isn't giving up too many hits. An ERA under 4.0 from your number five starter is pretty good. The big difference though between him and Buchholz is that when Lester gets in trouble, he needs to make a quality pitch to induce contact, and hope that his defense makes the play. Clay on the other hand has the stuff to get out of jams by getting swings and misses.

It seems like the Yanks get decent teams at the right time - the M's really look bad, and up next is Cleveland, after they got swept out of KC. At least the Indians have Lee going who has been on quite a roll.

[Chalupa]

Report: Clemens had relationship with Mindy McCready

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080428/ap_on_...dFnW54AeVX34494

Roger Clemens had a decade-long relationship with country star Mindy McCready that began when she was a 15-year-old aspiring singer and the pitcher was a Boston Red Sox ace, the Daily News reported.

Clemens' lawyer, Rusty Hardin, confirmed a long-term relationship but told the newspaper it was not sexual.

"He flatly denies having had any kind of an inappropriate relationship with her," Hardin said. "He's considered her a close family friend. ... He has never had a sexual relationship with her."

McCready's lawyer, Lee Ofman, said he did not have any comment on the Daily News story.

Clemens was 28 and a married father of two when he first met McCready, the newspaper reported.

The story, which appeared on the newspaper's Web site Sunday night and in editions Monday, quoted several people who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the situation.

The revelation could undermine Clemens' reputation, which is central to the defamation suit the former pitcher has filed against former personal trainer Brian McNamee. McNamee contends Clemens used performance-enhancing substances during his major league career.

"If true, it's just another example of Roger's pervasive prevarications which will be at the core of any defamation case," said McNamee's attorney, Richard Emery, in an e-mail to The Associated Press.

The newspaper said Clemens sent cash to McCready to help her with legal issues and reached out to her when she was in jail last year in Tennessee.

The 32-year-old McCready was sentenced last September for violating probation from a 2004 drug arrest and was released from jail last Dec. 30. The violation occurred in July when McCready was accused of scuffling with her mother and resisting arrest at her mother's home in Fort Myers, Fla. She still must serve two years' probation.

McCready had a No. 1 single in 1996 with "Guys Do It All the Time."

Hardin did not respond immediately to an e-mail from the AP.

Clemens apologizes for 'mistakes in personal life'

By RONALD BLUM, AP Baseball Writer1 hour, 5 minutes ago

Roger Clemens apologized Monday for unspecified mistakes in his personal life but denied having an affair with a 15-year-old.

The Daily News reported last week Clemens had a decade-long relationship with country star Mindy McCready that began when she was 15 and an aspiring singer. The newspaper also linked the star pitcher to former Manhattan bartender Angela Moyer and Paulette Dean Daly, a former wife of champion golfer John Daly.

"Even though these articles contain many false accusations and mistakes, I need to say that I have made mistakes in my personal life for which I am sorry," Clemens said in a statement issued by spokesman Patrick Dorton. "I have apologized to my family and apologize to my fans. Like everyone, I have flaws. I have sometimes made choices which have not been right."

The apology was first reported by the Houston Chronicle.

Brian McNamee, Clemens' former trainer, accused the pitcher in December's Mitchell Report of using performance-enhancing drugs in 1998, 2000 and 2001, before players and owners agreed to ban them from baseball.

Clemens, a seven-time Cy Young Award winner and 354-game winner, has repeatedly denied using steroids and human growth hormone and filed a defamation suit against Brian McNamee.

"I believe my personal life has nothing to do with the accusations of steroid and HGH use," Clemens said. "I have already made clear that I did not use them. Now, I have been accused of having an improper relationship with a 15-year old girl. Nothing could be further from the truth. This relationship has been twisted and distorted far beyond reality. It is just one of many, many accusations that are utterly false.

"I realize that many people want me to simply confess and apologize for the conduct that I have been accused of, but I cannot confess to, nor apologize for, things I did not do. I have apologized to my family for my mistakes, and having offered this apology to the public, I would ask that you let me and my family deal with these matters in private."

Clemens' lawyer, Rusty Hardin, said Friday he will talk with his client about whether to proceed with the defamation suit following a wave of unpleasant publicity.

"He's getting pummeled," attorney Rusty Hardin said then. "I've never seen somebody get beat up like this. In some ways, I think we're on uncharted ground."

The decision on whether to drop the suit rests with Clemens.

"That's always a decision the client has to make," Hardin said. "That's not the lawyer's decision."

[Dan Gould]

Roger throws another one, high and tight, at anyone suggesting that he give it up.

I have to wonder though if that line "I have sometimes made choices which have not been right" will come back to haunt him. And he better be damn sure that he never mentioned steroids or HGH to any of these women, particularly Mindy McCready.

[Chalupa]

Monday, May 5, 2008

Ozzie's blue side comes out in pregame tirade

ESPN.com news services

If this was the pregame interview, what could Ozzie Guillen possibly have said after the Chicago White Sox lost again Sunday?

Guillen unleashed his verbal wrath before the White Sox faced the Blue Jays in Toronto, after having been asked a humorous question about a minor leaguer's recent performance and his chance at cracking the White Sox lineup.

That apparently was all it took. Guillen's profanity-laden stream of consciousness touched on Cubs fans, White Sox fans, the media, Lee Elia, and himself.

"Right now everyone in Chicago is making lineups -- 'Call up this guy, call up that guy.' ... If we had 50 people allowed on the roster, we could do that. That's what ticks me off about Chicago fans and Chicago media: They forget pretty quickly. A couple of days ago we were the [bleeping] best [stuff] in town. Now we're [bleep]," Guillen said to the aforementioned Chicago media before the game.

Guillen observed that Chicago still loved the Cubs, even though they have not won a World Series since 1908, but the White Sox -- winners of the 2005 World Series -- did not receive the same affectionate support.

"We won it a couple years ago, and we're horse[bleep]," Guillen said, according to the Chicago Tribune. "The Cubs haven't won in [100] years, and they're the [bleeping] best. [bleep] it, we're good. [bleep] everybody. We're horse[bleep], and we're going to be horse[bleep] the rest of our lives, no matter how many World Series we win.

"We are the [bleep] of Chicago. We're the Chicago [bleep]. We have the worst owner [Jerry Reinsdorf]. The guy's got seven [bleeping] rings, and he's the [bleeping] horse[bleep] owner."

Guillen brought up Elia, the former Cubs manager who blew his gasket over what he considered to be ungrateful, unforgiving and unsupportive Cubs fans in an infamous tirade that recently marked its 25th anniversary.

"How about the Cubs celebrating that Lee Elia bull[bleep]? How many times do I curse people out? I will make a lot of money with my [stuff]. I have to keep going because in the future Ozzie will need money, and I can say, 'Here, give me money, here's the 10-year anniversary of my time I called [Jay] Mariotti stuff and the time I went on the radio and cursed out Mike North,' " Guillen said.

The North incident Guillen referred to is from mid-May 2007, when Guillen called in to North's Chicago radio show and the two got into a spat (with Guillen providing most of the profanity). And in June 2006, Guillen lashed out at Mariotti -- a columnist with the Chicago Sun-Times and frequent contributor to ESPN's "Around the Horn" -- and referred to Mariotti using a homophobic slur.

The White Sox had been in first place in their division from April 15 until Saturday night, but are on a five-game losing streak and now 1½ games behind the Minnesota Twins.

"People are panicking," Guillen said. "Did we play a real bad week? Yes, we did, we stunk. But it wasn't too long ago that we were 'the biggest surprise in baseball, wow, look at the White Sox.' "

[Big Al]

I wish Ron Washington was like Ozzie Guillen. Hell, I wish Guillen was managing the Rangers!

[Tim McG]

Giants in 3rd place, with the Padres and Rockies below them!

Shocks me too, Berigan.

Butcha know what?

I'll take it

Edited May 6, 2008 by GoodSpeak

[Tim McG]

Don't worry, Clemens and Bonds have a far greater chance of making the Hall than Gagne, who didn't dominate long enough to ever get consideration, steroids or no steroids. He'll fall off of the ballot in two, maybe three years after his first year of eligibility. Or if he doesn't regain his form and show that he can be dominant in the steroid-testing era, he'll drop off the ballot right off the bat by getting less than 5% of the vote in his first year.

Speaking of Clemens and Bonds and the Hall, I saw an interesting segment on PTI. In the aftermath of the whole "who else slept with Roger Clemens?" reporting, they asked to give odds on Clemens making the Hall. Kornheiser said that Clemens is "radioactive" now and that there is a maybe a 20% chance he'll get in, via the Veteran's committee. Wilbon said he was full of shit, there's a 96% chance he goes in on the writer's ballot.

And I have to say I was somewhat surprised to see the AP reporting that Rusty Hardin stated he would discuss with Clemens whether or not he should go forward with the suit, saying that "he's getting pummeled" and "in some ways, I think we're on uncharted ground."

And McNamee's lawyer isn't exactly being gracious at this news:

"It's much too rational a move for them to make," he said. "Everything about the way they've handled this case is irrational, so I wouldn't expect them to act rationally now."

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I get your point, Dan. And in some respects you are absolutely right.

Here's my problem: How about all that Clemens slept with some woman bullshit...like it really matters relative to the case the government has trumped up against him?

The government has nothing to do with the reports about Roger-the-family-man's paramours. The reporting has been done almost exclusively by the New York Daily News, which has been out front and exceptionally accurate in its investigation of the Mitchell Report as it relates to Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte. I have no possible clue why you would relate this reporting to any governmental prosecution for perjury. The reporting relates solely to Clemens "reputation" and how much McNamee's statements could have damaged it, should Clemens prevail in his defamation suit.

Its all about that, not the government's investigation.

Which brings up something else: How can you claim that a case is "trumped up against him"? His PED supplier has turned state's evidence against him. Everything he has told the Feds (and Mitchell, and Congress) has been proven true (He told them he injected Pettitte, Pettitte says that's true. He says he injected Knoblauch, Knoblauch says that's true. He says he injected Debbie Clemens, Debbie Clemens says that's true. He's told the truth about everyone except Roger? That doesn't pass the laugh test, and we haven't even gotten into the testimony of Andy Pettitte.

The evidence of perjury is as far from "trumped up" as it gets, and it has nothing to do with Roger's whoring around.

It tells me the government has no case [and as with Bonds...I mean, c'mon, tax evasion is all they have? Such bullshit.] is trying to find some dirt, any dirt to destroy his character.

I don't know what you've been reading, but the indictment returned by the BALCO grand jury is for perjury and obstruction of justice. There is no tax evasion charge.

Yet.

San Jose Mercury News did the same shit to Bonds.

I submit the goverment has everything to do with it. As with Bonds, they have no case [unless they are going to prefer tax evasion charges like they did with Bonds; such bullshit] so they prefer instead to wipe out the man's career with stories of sexual inpropriety [through their lawyers] and by hiding behind a tabloid-like story in the local rag.

Meanwhile, I patiently await the goverment's steroid charges against Gag-me.

Edited May 6, 2008 by GoodSpeak

[Dan Gould]

San Jose Mercury News did the same shit to Bonds.

I submit the goverment has everything to do with it. As with Bonds, they have no case [unless they are going to prefer tax evasion charges like they did with Bonds; such bullshit] so they prefer instead to wipe out the man's career with stories of sexual inpropriety [through their lawyers] and by hiding behind a tabloid-like story in the local rag.

Meanwhile, I patiently await the goverment's steroid charges against Gag-me.

You continue to amaze me, and not in a good way.

You want to insist that this is the government. Fine. You do that. The fact is that they have been investigating Clemens for all of what, six weeks. In his column last week, Mike Lupica declared that "four reporters have invested four months on the story" of the affair with McCready.

"they have no case"? How can anyone with a brain declare that? They have Brian McNamee. They have Andy Pettitte and Laura Pettitte, Debbie Clemens and Chuck Knoblauch. They have extremely contradictory evidence from team medical personnel on Clemens claim of receiving B-12 and Lidocaine shots. They have physical evidence that may directly link Clemens at the genetic level.

If anything, the government has a stronger perjury case against Clemens than they do against Bonds, because of two crucial differences:

1) Bonds' trainer has refused to testify against him. McNamee is the crux of the case against Clemens, and because of his own risk (jail if he lies) and his proven honesty (Pettitte, Knoblauch, Mrs. Clemens) makes him a powerful eyewitness.

2) Clemens boldly and foolishly denied outright all claims against him, while Bonds very artfully and carefully answered direct questions about BALCO steroids and the evidence they had against him.

And last but not least, you should at least be aware that the government does not go after individual users of steroids, they go after distributors, and they go after anyone who recklessly and cravenly commits perjury in a legal proceeding.

First, its I want MLB to take away Gag-me's record.

Now, its I want the Feds to arrest Gag-me.

Grow a brain or give it up.