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Clemens to Be Indicted for Perjury in Doping Testimony
By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT
Published: August 19, 2010

Federal authorities have decided to indict Roger Clemens on charges of making false statements to Congress about his use of performance-enhancing drugs, according to two people briefed on the matter.

An announcement is expected shortly.

The indictment comes nearly two and half years after Clemens and his former trainer Brian McNamee testified under oath at a hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, directly contradicting each other about whether Clemens had used the banned substances.

The committee held the hearing in February 2008, just two months after McNamee first tied Clemens to the use of the substances in George J. Mitchell’s report on the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. After Mitchell released the report, Clemens launched an attack on McNamee, saying he made up the allegations.

Federal authorities had McNamee cooperate with them in 2008 to avoid charging him with steroid distribution. Clemens will become the second baseball star from the past decade to be indicted for making false statements about his use of performance-enhancing drugs.

In 2007, federal authorities in San Francisco indicted Barry Bonds, the career home run leader, on charges he perjured himself before a grand jury investigating the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative. Bonds, who has retired, is scheduled to go on trial next March.

Like Bonds, Clemens had an illustrious baseball career, and like Bonds his entanglement with baseball’s ongoing drug issue had already jeopardized his changes of going to the Hall of Fame. Both are scheduled to appear together on the 2013 ballot.

Clemens last pitched in the major leagues in 2007. He sat out the first part of that season, returned to the Yankees with a dramatic announcement from George Steinbrenner’s box at Yankee Stadium and then, nagged by leg injuries, pitched inconsistently once he was back in uniform.

His final appearance, in Game 3 of a first-round playoff series that October that the Yankees ultimately lost to Cleveland, ended abruptly in the third inning of the game, when he exited with an aching hamstring. He was 45 years old and he never pitched in the major leagues again.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/20/sp...ZwEQYqSicwTGvQ

[irrelaAnnekly]

This is awesome news. I hope the cheat gets locked up.

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Whenever I see a thread regarding doping, I know before opening who posted it. Moose hates those cheaters.

[katespepach]

Does the raisinette effect wear off once they stop doping or is that permanent?
Just hope the boys in Cell Block D aren't disappointed.

[irrelaAnnekly]

Does the raisinette effect wear off once they stop doping or is that permanent?
Just hope the boys in Cell Block D aren't disappointed.

I hope his towel doesn't fit around his waist as he heads to the showers, so his cellies get a good laugh.

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I'll see your and raise you 2

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LOL, y'all.

[Knongargoapex]

Does the raisinette effect wear off once they stop doping or is that permanent?
Just hope the boys in Cell Block D aren't disappointed.

It does wear off, but if you use testosterone for too long, your body won't produce it any longer.

[katespepach]

It does wear off, but if you use testosterone for too long, your body won't produce it any longer.

At some point the crawl on ESPN2 had someone saying Clemens suffered from erectile dysfunction. Now that random makes sense. I wonder who, uh, what Mrs. Clemens is doing about it.

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At some point the crawl on ESPN2 had someone saying Clemens suffered from erectile dysfunction. Now that random makes sense. I wonder who, uh, what Mrs. Clemens is doing about it.

So in the process of my trying to determine who Roger Clemens is, the person who revealed the erectile dysfunction gem was some sort of country singer who got involved with him when she was 15.

Guy sounds like a real class act.

[katespepach]

Truly a prince among men...

Roger Clemens carried on a decade-long affair with country star Mindy McCready, a romance that began when McCready was a 15-year-old aspiring singer performing in a karaoke bar and Clemens was a 28-year-old Red Sox ace and married father of two, several sources have told the Daily News.

The revelations could torpedo claims of an unsullied character that are central to the defamation suit Clemens filed Jan. 6 against his former personal trainer Brian McNamee. Vivid details of the affair could surface in several media projects that McCready is involved with - including a documentary that begins filming today in Nashville, a new album and a reality show.

McCready, who lives on a quiet, tree-lined street in Nashville, is attempting a career comeback following a string of legal and personal woes.

Contacted by the Daily News Sunday through his lawyer Rusty Hardin, Clemens confirmed a long-term relationship but denied that it was of a sexual nature.

"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."

Hardin said the Rocket's wife, Debbie, knew McCready and that the singer had traveled on his plane.

From a public relations standpoint, Clemens' decision to file the suit against McNamee the night the Rocket appeared with Mike Wallace on "60 Minutes" could end up being the biggest risk he has taken yet. Clemens, under investigation for perjury, has already endured the ignominy of publicly admitting his wife's own human growth hormone use, having photos of bloody gauze and needles linked to him and embarrassing scrutiny of an alleged injection-site abscess on his buttocks.

'Anything is fair game'

The romantic link to McCready, which spanned his stints with the Red Sox, Blue Jays, Yankees and Astros, could emerge as a trump card for McNamee's legal team.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/ba...#ixzz0x9ZuxOEo

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He is so revolting. I will not forget that farce of a congressional hearing. Disgusting patison politics. Democrats - it doesn't make sense you did steroids. Republicans - you achieved this through hard work and your exercise regimen, blaming McNamee for being a historic liar. The idiot cow representative from North Carolina bringing out the four photos of Roger over the years and saying they made sense. Who elects these douche for brains........

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What a bunch of idjuts.
*****

Judge declares mistrial in Clemens case

The federal perjury trial of former star pitcher Roger Clemens was declared a mistrial Thursday after the jury was shown a piece of evidence that was previously ruled inadmissible by the judge.

US District Judge Reggie Walton scolded prosecutors for allowing the jury to see a piece of video of Clemens' 2008 testimony to Congress which he had barred them from introducing in his pre-trial rules.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have taken about a week out of your life," Walton said, according to FOX News Channel. "We have expended a lot of taxpayers' money to reach this point. Unfortunately, there are rules that we play by and those rules are designed to ensure that both parties receive a fair trial. When a judge makes a ruling about evidence that can and cannot be presented, there is an obligation on the part of the lawyers to comply with that ruling.

"The government did not take the effort that it should have taken to alter its evidence to comply with the ruling that I made. As a result of that in my view the ability of Mr. Clemens with this jury to get a fair trial would be difficult if not impossible ... I have to declare a mistrial and terminate these proceedings."

Walton apologized to the jury but said he had "no alternative," and set a Sept. 2 hearing to determine the next step in the case.

More at: http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/J...1411?GT1=39002

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Taxes at works

[katespepach]

What a bunch of idjuts.
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Judge declares mistrial in Clemens case

The federal perjury trial of former star pitcher Roger Clemens was declared a mistrial Thursday after the jury was shown a piece of evidence that was previously ruled inadmissible by the judge.

US District Judge Reggie Walton scolded prosecutors for allowing the jury to see a piece of video of Clemens' 2008 testimony to Congress which he had barred them from introducing in his pre-trial rules.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have taken about a week out of your life," Walton said, according to FOX News Channel. "We have expended a lot of taxpayers' money to reach this point. Unfortunately, there are rules that we play by and those rules are designed to ensure that both parties receive a fair trial. When a judge makes a ruling about evidence that can and cannot be presented, there is an obligation on the part of the lawyers to comply with that ruling.

"The government did not take the effort that it should have taken to alter its evidence to comply with the ruling that I made. As a result of that in my view the ability of Mr. Clemens with this jury to get a fair trial would be difficult if not impossible ... I have to declare a mistrial and terminate these proceedings."

Walton apologized to the jury but said he had "no alternative," and set a Sept. 2 hearing to determine the next step in the case.

More at: http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/J...1411?GT1=39002

What? Really?

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What? Really?

I have to admit, I haven't really been following the case that closely. I find it awfully hard to believe that a prosecutor in a high profile case would accidentally present evidence previously ruled as inadmissible. Makes no sense. Which then makes me wonder if they felt like they were already in an unwinnable position and did it on purpose? Is that possible?

[katespepach]

Look I find a conspiracy whenever someone opens a bag of potato chips. Don't get me started.