so baseball has began to lose it's status as the national passtime, though perhaps the amount of scandal is more of an indication of the state of the country than anything else. like baseball is a mood ring for the united states. barry bonds, arguably the greatest hitter of our generation, broke hank aaron's record and little to no one cared because he looked like the incredible hulk compared to his original bruce banner. hank aaron didn't even show up to show him support.
now, arguably the greatest pitcher of our generation, Roger Clemens, has a hearing with congress about taking HGH. Okay Roger, if you want anyone to believe what you are preaching, please get everybody in your camp on the same page. First of all, it is glaringly obvious that the man took HGH. If the statistics (weight, pitching statistics) aren't a strong enough indication that the man has consumed more drugs in the past ten years than Courtney Love and Tommy Chong combined, then how about the testimony of his former trainer, Brian McNamee and former teammate Andy Pettite. What does Brian McNamee have to gain by coming forward saying he injected pitchers with illegal drugs? what possible rational could he have for lying about it? And why would Andy Pettite, a successful pitcher as well, go to the trouble of including Roger in the implications? And how in the world did this become a partisian issue? I mean I understand that Roger is a conservative, but how does that somehow garner him the support of every conservative representative in congress, and should that really make him innocent? As I recall, these same representatives felt very diffferently about Barry Bonds. I am just wondering how an issue like steroids becomes so muddled that the facts are disregarded and the situation devolves into a bipartisan quarrel. Is there more at risk here politically than is being let on?
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