Wednesday
Feb132008
It is what it is.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 06:40PM
It was like an accident on the highway. I couldn't not watch the Rocket before a House oversight committee, and I'm the poorer for it.
Like many people, I've more or less assumed Clemens took something at some point and I honestly don't really care. Baseball has been a mess for years. Perhaps it is really making an effort to clean up its act, and perhaps its still just doing public relations. It seems to me that if either the owners or the players were truly serious we'd see some housecleaning. Selig and Fehr (most definitely Fehr) should go, and baseball would come up with a legitimate, stern drug policy. I'll keep waiting for that.
There was something touching but sad about the Rocket fighting for his reputation. Who knows? He may be telling the truth. But at this point a favorable truth could no more dissolve the dark cloud over his head than the man in the moon. Perhaps, however, he can avoid jail time.
I found it funny that Andy Pettitte was treated like such a saint. Too bad he wasn't there to spice things up a bit. Of course, had he been there he wouldn't have seemed so saintly.
Who was the biggest loser in this hearing? Well, McNamee looks like a true scumbag, and Clemens certainly did not achieve his goal of clearing his name. But, once again, Congress is the biggest loser. Over an issue such as this the members of the committee still came down, with very few exceptions, along party lines. It was predictably pathetic.
My only suggestion going forward it that during future hearings the broadcast networks do not list the congressman's home state. Else, how can we not be prejudiced against certain states on the basis of their representatives?
Like many people, I've more or less assumed Clemens took something at some point and I honestly don't really care. Baseball has been a mess for years. Perhaps it is really making an effort to clean up its act, and perhaps its still just doing public relations. It seems to me that if either the owners or the players were truly serious we'd see some housecleaning. Selig and Fehr (most definitely Fehr) should go, and baseball would come up with a legitimate, stern drug policy. I'll keep waiting for that.
There was something touching but sad about the Rocket fighting for his reputation. Who knows? He may be telling the truth. But at this point a favorable truth could no more dissolve the dark cloud over his head than the man in the moon. Perhaps, however, he can avoid jail time.
I found it funny that Andy Pettitte was treated like such a saint. Too bad he wasn't there to spice things up a bit. Of course, had he been there he wouldn't have seemed so saintly.
Who was the biggest loser in this hearing? Well, McNamee looks like a true scumbag, and Clemens certainly did not achieve his goal of clearing his name. But, once again, Congress is the biggest loser. Over an issue such as this the members of the committee still came down, with very few exceptions, along party lines. It was predictably pathetic.
My only suggestion going forward it that during future hearings the broadcast networks do not list the congressman's home state. Else, how can we not be prejudiced against certain states on the basis of their representatives?
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