Monday, January 07, 2008

Clemens: The truth is somewhere out there

I watched Roger Clemens' interview last night on "60 Minutes" and it is difficult to tell who is lying and who is telling the truth on either side.
A few pitchers, if the path is followed properly and if they are so physically inclined, CAN pitch into their mid-40s. Clemens' idol, after all, was Nolan Ryan and no one has accused the Ryan Express of carrying a car load of steroids on the journey.
Did he? No one knows for sure, which is the proper answer with Roger Clemens.
Ryan DID play in the steroid era, and was on teams with admitted steroid users. But no one believes he did and no one should automatically take the word of one person that someone did.
But is awfully difficult to unprove a negative. It's like proving he didn't beat his wife. Who would ask that in the first place?
I just don't know.

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