Grand Jury vs Roger Clemens

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by Digger

The Roger Clemens saga is set to continue. U.S. Congress vs Clemens is headed to extra innings as a the Justice Department brings their case before a grand jury. Clemens had made a spectacle of himself denying usage of HGH/steroids leading up to and juring a congressional inquiry.

Hey Rog, lying under oath (if proven) will cost you big time. Just how steep of a penalty will Clemens face? Will repercussions effect what was once a lock on entry into baseball's Hall of Fame? Will his marriage survive? Remember, not too long ago after Clemens' testimony, rumors surfaced of various road trip affairs.

So far, Roger has been left out of many baseball related promotions. His name removed from a children's wing of Houston area hospital. Baseball writers already questioning his eligibility following association and suspected use of performance enhancing drugs. In other words... Clemens has a long battle staring down at him.

Love him or hate him off the field, Clemens career ranks with the best of all time. I watched him pitch in person many times. During his prime baseball may not have witnessed a more intimidating pitcher. Clemens was a power pitcher who thrived on intimidating hitters with high & hard fastballs. He ruffled many feathers with head hunting bean balls (most notably Mike Piazza).

And now, it's his arrogance which has ruffled feathers of the Justice Department and thousands of fans nationwide. I think many, including myself, wanted to believe Roger was clean. The blogger's world was filled with people chiming in defense of accusations presented by a former friend of Clemens. It wasn't until his close friend and training partner Andy Pettitte acknowledged experimenting (once or twice) with substances. There may or may not have been direct testimony by Pettitte to investigators directly imlicating Clemens. It's my guess there was and it will come to light if a grand jury chooses to indict Rocket Roger.

Personally, Roger shouldn't be the only one up for investigation for perjury. What about Rafael Palmeiro's famous finger waving denial? McGwire's famous non-denial and the other players who gave direct testimony to congressional committee's. Go after them all if there's a case to be made.

As I've blogged many times previously... no player, coach, team owner, baseball commissioner, team physicians or general manager in the know should be given a free pass. The now famous Mitchell Report was a perfect side show of distraction away from league officials and owners. No team owner (usually staunch political contributors) has even been officially interviewed/questioned. Only a couple of team general managers were ever informally questioned about how they discussed players suspected of doping during trade feelers.

The stink from baseball's steroids/HGH saga has mostly dissapated.. but, it's about to come back into public focus with Spring Training getting ready to begin next month. Even a couple of super star deniers are seeking to re-enter America's favorite game (Bonds & Sosa).

It's funny how people in the wrong always scream of their innocence to anyone willing to listen. Whether it's politicians caught with their hands in cookie jars... to spouse's denying affairs when caught red-handed... to baseball players denying use of steroids... why not just fess up to what everyone already knows? People are generally forgiving by nature when truth's are told. Lie, and feel the vengeance.

Roger, you're in deep thanks to your ego running amuck.