Maybe Roger Did Drugs, Maybe He Didn’t?
Well, according to the Boston Globe, Roger Clemens’ agent released an 18,000-word statistical report Monday to rebut allegations the pitcher’s career rebounded about the time he was accused of using performance-enhancing drugs.
Are you serious?
I really don’t know what to think anymore with this whole steroid debate — especially, with this guy.
“Clemens’ longevity was due to his ability to adjust his style of pitching as he got older, incorporating his very effective split-finger fastball to offset the decrease in the speed of his regular fastball caused by aging,” said the report, created by Randy Hendricks and two associates at his firm.
Clemens’ former trainer, Brian McNamee, claimed in last month’s Mitchell Report on doping in Major League baseball that he injected the pitcher with steroids and human growth hormone at least 16 times in 1998, 2000 and 2001. Clemens vehemently denies the allegations, and Clemens and McNamee are among five witnesses scheduled to testify before a U.S. Congress committee on Feb. 13. Clemens also has sued McNamee for defamation.
Hendricks’ report includes 38 charts, one of which shows Clemens’ ERA was lower than the league average in all but two of his 23 major league seasons. The report also compares variations in Clemens’ career with those of Randy Johnson, Curt Schilling and Nolan Ryan, and maintains slumps often can be correlated with injuries.
“Of the six years that feature Clemens’ best ERA margins, two occurred in Boston, after he had been in the major leagues for several years; two occurred in his two years in Toronto; and two occurred after he switched leagues and pitched for the Houston Astros,” the report said.
Ok….
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