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Originally Posted by kflo
the biggest problem with the interview is wallace really push the question of why mcnamee would lie. he actually cut roger off, if i remember correctly, as he was about to respond to bring up pettitte.
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I thought Clemens was pretty clear on that. He said he knew absolutely nothing about Pettitte's alleged steroidal injections. As I recall, they numbered less than a handful and were allegedy ad hoc recovery aids. If it was two or three [as I recall hearing], why would Clemens be expected to know of them, or even moreso, why would Pettitte tell him, unless both were openly using 'roids and chatting it up between them?
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Originally Posted by kflo
mcnamee not injecting roger with steroids in other seasons doesn't mean he was clean in those seasons.
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No. But what it emphatically DOES mean that, if Clemens was not on steroids in the 2004 Cy Young season, it does blow up the "incredible" concept of a 41 year old performing way above age expectation, without using.
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Originally Posted by kflo
“If he’s doing that to me, I should have a third ear coming out of my forehead. I should be pulling tractors with my teeth,” said Clemens.
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Do you really believe that the talk about Barry Bonds' hat size or Sosa's incredible hulk body or the echoes of Jose canseco's body morph escaped Clemens' notice? In the context of the media and public depictions of "users" I though Clemens' imagery was a solid down-home metaphor.
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Originally Posted by kflo
this statement in particular made no sense. is he this dumb, or does he think we are?
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No. He made it clear that many are close-minded and have already decided guilt or innocence on the question. He's right. [And, maybe some of "us" are?]
he also waffled quite a bit on the idea of a lie detector, although that's a bit understandable.[/quote]
He didn't waffle at all. He calmy and directly asked Wallace twice as to how reliable they were. He had just, with some emphasis, addressed the allegations themselves convincing some that accusations were being taken to the bank by many. He expressed willingness to take a test and to testify. As to the test, he was concerned whether [in terms of infallibly clearing him] it was worth the effort if results carried no guarantee of exoneration.
Seemed fair enough to me. There are many who put little credibility in lie detector tests.