Oh brother....

How many rings does this circus have????

Brian McNamee told congressional investigators Thursday that Roger Clemens' wife took human growth hormone before she appeared with the pitcher in Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue in 2003, according to a Washington source.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball..._roger_cle.html

Oh my god. I'm starting to think Clemens might just kill McNamee at this point, or have him killed.

I wondered last Tuesday why Debbie Clemens wasn't in tow along with all those lawyers when Roger showed up at the Congressional office building. I speculated to myself that she was afraid she'd be asked to give her testimony, too -- but she certainly could have refused (then been served with a subpoena).

Now, it's almost a certainty she will be called. And I'll bet if she tells the truth, she'll admit to being the one who gave Roger his shots before McNamee came on the scene (between 1996 and 1998), and after Roger left the Yankees to pitch for the Astros.

I can't believe how convoluted this issue -- Roger so vehemently disagreeing with the findings of the Mitchell Report -- has become.

I think Roger and his legal team clearly underestimated McNamee and the lengths he will go to in order to prove he's telling the truth.

Agreed - I think they thought they could a) intimidate him with their lawyers and the threat of lawsuits b) scare him off by bringing up his past issues, hoping to make him want out of the spotlight or c) get him to slip up with something that would undermine his testimony - i.e. the tape where you know they were hoping McNamee would ask for money.

They figured if they exerted the right pressure, McNamee would either give up or slip up and render all his testimony useless. I think they forget that if McNamee is shown to be lying - he's going to jail. This isn't really playing chicken - McNamee has every reason to tell the truth.

Well this may explain the anger she showed here

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GEd3pS1jXJ4

roid rage?

When I was wondering about Debbie Clemens' absence accompanying Roger the other day, that ad flashed through my head, and I was wondering if what she was saying and Roger wasn't hearing was,



...or something to that effect.

I think Clemens' issue of denial off the bat was a HUGE mistake that he cannot backtrack on. Can, but due to his insolence/arrogance won't. Once Pettite came out and admitted to it, Clemens was left out to dry. Once he said absolutely not, he was committed to winning this thing. I just hope he ends up doing time. Doing the roids was one thing, really something i could barely care about, but lying under oath is a whole other can of normal sized, non-PED enhanced worms.

I know my hatred of this man borders on maniacal, but this new story really makes me giddy.

That picture of Debbie Clemens above reminded me of another buff, muscular wife of a baseball player:

Hmmmm. Does make you wonder, after this latest news bombshell.

That's Arod's wife?

All this time I thought he was posing with some underprivledged boy from some third world country that he sent a few dollars to. Learn something new everyday.

If that's what $250 million gets you...wow. Really. Wow. At first I was thinking that he should be able to do much, much better. But then I realized that she has like a spare vagina on her knee or something. Maybe that's a useful thing.

My own opinion is that Cynthia Rodriguez had some facial work done to make her features look a little more feminine between that pose with ARod, and this one: On second thought, maybe not -- more feminine, I mean.

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I just feel like joking around a little bit at the Clemens' expense.......My caption for this picture, apparently taken during the Rockets' 2006-2007 season:


Don't do it, Roger. Don't start the whole cycle all over again, and go back to the Yankees......
.....we don't need the money.......we certainly don't need the attention......... Are you listening???

After looking at the last few pics that you just posted, my ego is boosted. Nice to see that a person who's baseball career was cut short by injury and essentially became a "never was" can do better in the female department than 2 sure fire Hall of Famers.As much as I hate my ex, I would still take her over those 2 she male looking $(&*#&* 's

Clemens wife swings the bat.

I was Googling for something else on good ol' Debbie, and accidently found the 2-1/2 minute video made of the photo shoot for that 2003 SI swimsuit picture. Yikes. You hot-blooded guys ought to amuse yourselves with a peek

If you go here, then find the picture (4th row, 2nd pic....hey, you don't have to look at EVERY one of those videos!!), a video window will open.

What I want to know is, WHAT was the gal with the red wiry hair doing kneeling in front of Roger and Debbie? She looked like she was...well, never mind.

Colin Cowherd is going on right now on ESPN Radio about how Debbie Clemens should do a new work-out video called "Birth Your Way to Flat Abs". He says if she looks that good after having 4 kids she should be saying "yeah, after every kid was born my abs were flatter than they were before!" It was funnier than anything else we've heard this last week....

It's just amazing that a multimillionaire's wife was able to get into shape for a photoshoot that was going to appear in a national publication. The mind boggles.

Why am I in denial? I don't know or care if Debbie Clemens took HGH, I'll leave that to the folks that have an ax to grind with Clemens. I just find it a little funny that no one is imaginative enough to come up with *any* scenario other than PEDs as the reason behind an extraordinarily wealthy woman being in great shape.

It might have something to do with the fact that the guy who is responsible for exposing Clemens is the one stating that Debbie also did HGH.

And to answer your question, you are in denial because all of your team's World Series Championships this decade have been tainted.

Oh wait, there haven't been any.

Well, technically, they do have some within a decade. They just don't have any in the 21st Century.

And, BBtB, why on a Sox board would we want to think of theoretical possibilities that Debbie didn't juice? It's just too... juicy the way it is. Plus, obvious.

I'd make a Patriots joke but I don't care about football.

Damn.

I got nuttin.

I would have gone with: "Oh yeah? This decade? We've got 3 rings in the past ten years, more than you!"

But you blew it.

I continue to marvel at the late Will McDonough's depiction of Clemens as "The Texas Con Man." He fixed that sobriquet on Clemens in 1997 and it becomes more accurate every day here in 2008.

Imagine how Pettitte feels, having to contradict his boyhood idol. They haven't communicated as friends in more than a month. Now their lawyers talk to each other. I think Andy sees the con in Roger more clearly with every passing day. Roger's like the guy who did coke with a pal, they get caught, and Roger denies that he ever used the stuff. Actually, that's pretty much what happened here.

He was referring to 2001-present, not within the last 10 years. That's what he meant by "this decade" otherwise he would have said "in the last ten years." If he had said the latter, then I would have swooped in.

Your assistance is unwanted and inadequate.

As is SSA's sex life.


I had to take that shot BBtB. It's all part of my own personal Spring Training as I hone my Yankee/Red Sox battle skills.

Try HGH. You'll be a beast in no time, and your stomach will look hot.

Or, you know, the professional photog with his studio that has computer programs to airbrush the any imperfections. I don't care if she used HGH or not, but citing a photo shoot as evidence is pretty weak. I hope none of you ever serve as jurors on a case anyone I know is involved with if that's your threshold.

I'd try the HGH to improve my sex life, as long as it didn't lead to hookups with any women who look like Roger or A-Rod's man-beasts. I don't (usually) like being dominated in bed.

People, enough about about the power of HGH to make ugly women keep on being ugly.

We should be talking about the fact that The Rocket has unequivocally been cleared of all charges.

See, I'm just jaded enough by now to think that Clemens paid off Canseco, a man I judge could be easily bought, same way as Bonds bought his trainer's silence.

I did see Bob Costas on Politically Incorrect the other night talking about how Clemens has done all the things an innocent man would do in this situation.

Badly.

There was a hilarious quote from Jessica Canseco's book "Juicy" where she describes what steroids did to Canseco. I kinda think they affected his brain matter as well as other, uh, organs...

Canseco said in that recent affidavit:



There's a lot of wiggle room in that statement. I think what McNamee was getting at was that Clemens was doing a little investigative work asking Canseco...something...in that tete-a-tete (or threesome) at the 1998 party in Florida, as a precursor to actually approaching McNamee. Canseco has already documented in his book that he had multiple conversations with Clemens about different types of steroids and how to use them. And there is no way Clemens' lawyers will try to discredit him because he is the same person now saying Clemens wasn't at the party.

Oh, yeah, one more thing -- Rep. Tom Davis has denied actually saying Pettitte's testimony is consistent with McNamee's, saying Pettitte's affidavit doesn't get into a lot of detail. What made me laugh, though was this, referring to Pettitte, but it could also be applied to Roger:



If tomorrow's testimony goes all awry for Roger, does that open the door for a plea of temporary insanity?

I found such a 'scenario' on her very own webite: debbieclemens.com

On Diet:

'My diet has always been pretty consistent, I have never deprived myself of foods that I enjoy, rather I eat them in moderation. My eating habits changed when I reached the age of 35. I now watch my carbohydrate intake, I have dramatically cut back on eating bread and pasta. Now I eat a lot of protein rich foods.

I typically eat a small breakfast, like a nutrition bar and a cup of tea.For lunch I eat a salad, then around 3 o’clock I have a nutrition bar for a snack. I consistently eat some type of fish for dinner, my favorites are: salmon, halibut, sea bass, snapper and tuna. The final tip I have is to eat the real thing!

I feel that your body knows how to process real butter, sugar, salt etc…so I think it is perfectly fine to eat those items! I feel that you should be able to eat what you like, the main thing that you should focus on is controlling the amount that you are eating.” – DC

On Fitness:

Always eat something an hour or two before you workout. I usually eat a mesotech light bar or some kind of energy / protein bar.
I love a buddy system! Try to find others who have the same goals and interests about being fit. It is always helpful to call and keep one another motivated.
Never go more than 2 weeks without exercising. Sometimes we all take a break or get distracted, or life has a way of having other priorities that are important. Try not to go too long before getting back on track.
Remember you always feel good after a great workout and are so happy you did it! Smile and congratulate yourself for the great work you put in for yourself and your good well-being!

She has to be on PEDs, because anyone that knows anything about fitness and nutrition knows you don't have a small breakfast.

I thought Debbie's mouth was going to disappear completely from sight, she was compressing her lips so much when her hubby was reading (thanks to some loose interpretation of witness testimony under oath vs. not, I'm sure) her statement about getting an HGH shot from McNamee. She looked very tense, and her body movements were odd, leaning forward, then back, then forward again, like she was very uncomfortable.

I don't know if I'm "misremembering" this, but was there actual testimony from anybody -- Debbie's unsworn statement, Roger under oath, or Brian McNamee under oath, or any of the Congressional Hearing speakers reading from depositions -- that Debbie got the HGH shot in the prescribed place, her belly button (abdomen)? It seems to be I heard (or thought I heard) references to her getting shot in her butt. But that'd be wrong, wouldn't it, if it were an HGH shot?

I guess I could look it up, but my eyeballs are falling out of my head, I've watched so much TV and stared at this monitor so much all day. I probably won't watch TV for a month now.

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Some wit over at SportsJournalists.com just asked, "So, when is this going to be out on DVD?" Question of the day.

Thanks; that settles it for me.