He really sounds like he means it when he says he never did it. Either he's got extremely selective memory where he's totally blocked out the fact that he did do it. I don't think I've ever heard somebody have such conviction in their denial, but we all think he's a liar on this subject, right?
The seven-time Cy Young Award winner also continued to deny that he was given steroids and human growth hormone by his former personal trainer Brian McNamee, saying it was "impossible" that drug paraphernalia supplied to federal prosecutors by McNamee has his DNA on it.
Clemens also said he still considers former teammate Andy Pettitte a friend, though he also held firm to his assertion that Pettitte "misremembers" a conversation in which Pettitte said they discussed performance-enhancing drugs.
"It's piling on, it's hurtful at times," Clemens said of the allegations that have been made against him. "I'm trying to move on."
Clemens, who is under a federal grand jury investigation for perjury following his testimony before Congress, said he decided to end his silence and react to the book because he plans to leave his Texas home for a week's vacation.
"I was informed this book was coming out and thought we ought to talk about it," Clemens told "Mike and Mike in the Morning." "It's important for me to do that."
What a mess. I have no rational reason to believe he didn't do it, and I have no rational reason to believe he did do it. It's all circumstantial or bordering on hearsay, the accusations that are being made are simply staggering, and we just get to sit there and condemn the man in a kangaroo court of public opinion. It's even worse than A-Rod in the sense that Clemens' denial itself has become a some thing to ridicule - just as much as A-Rod' apologies on admission. They can't win. You can't win. The press can't win. The courts can't win. Nobody wins. What a friggin' mess!
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