Once upon a time, I visited Bermuda regularly. Ah, young love. Anyhow, I saw many cricket matches while on the island. Cup Match is a national holiday and well worth the visit. If you can remain sober, fine curried mussel pie is available!
Anyhow, cricket always seemed like a “refined” baseball. The English have a way with things, it seems. But for all the cricket matches I saw, I never saw this. Bravo!
At trial, the government’s evidence will show that Bonds received steroids from Anderson in the period before the November 2001 positive drug test, and that evidence raises the inference that Anderson gave Bonds the steroids that caused him to test positive in November 2001,” U.S. Attorney Joseph Russoniello wrote in a legal filing, according to Reuters.
While it has long been thought to be the case, it is certainly becoming more certain that Bonds took steroids. He did exactly what I wanted Clemens to do: testify under oath that he was clean. The problem with Bonds is apparently, he wasn’t. The federal government is now prosecuting him for perjury.
I’ll await the trial, but it’s difficult for me to see how he can get out of this.
For me, this will taint his entire career. This is Pete Rose territory.
A typo in court papers regarding Barry Bonds filed late Thursday by federal prosecutors touched off a brief tempest over the mistaken belief that he failed a drug test in November 2001, one month after breaking the home run record.
In fact, the government meant to reference a previously reported November 2000 failed drug test, U.S. attorney spokesman Josh Eaton said. That drug test was included in the indictment unsealed last year, when prosecutors said the test was for a player they called “Barry B.”
Someone lied to Congress today. Roger Clemens went under oath today and claimed:
Let me be straight, I have never taken steroids or HGH.
Clemens is not stupid. He has seen that the federal government will prosecute perjury, just ask Barry Bonds. He did what I said he needed to do.
There is one way to clear up the matter for good: put yourself under oath and answer the questions.
I applaud Clemens for what he did today. But consider me still skeptical. Two seats to his right was Mr. McNamee. McNamee claimed today that he injected Clemens many times over the years.
McNamee has credibility issues. So does Clemens. One of them lied; perhaps both. Right now, I am providing Clemens with the benefit of the doubt, but I by no means will declare him innocent. If he had used steroids, he has totally screwed his legacy and should be jailed. Knowing that, how could he have lied to Congress? That’s why he gets my leniency.
