Shut Up Already!
Posted by pauliesplatform on December 23, 2007
Memo to Roger Clemens:
Please shut up with your repeated denials of steroid use. Nobody wants to hear your defiance as you make statements and videos about your innocence. You are guilty in the court of public opinion. You know why? Because no one believes that your friend Andy Pettitte took steroids (which he was man enough to admit) from Brian McNamee and you didn’t. Everyone with a brain knows that Pettitte probably wouldn’t have gone near steroids without your blessing and advice. You were the one who was pals with McNamee and you introduced Pettitte to him. If you think people are gullible enough to believe Andy did steroids and you are just a poor victim of circumstance then you really are delusional. Like it or not you are the steroid poster boy along with Barry Bonds. How do we know? Because you were 40-39 your last four years with the Red Sox and Dan Duquette thought you were washed up. Well, guess what? A decade later Duquette looks like he was right. Without steroids you were nothing after 1996 and you knew it. It’s OK. None of us really mind. Just be man enough to admit your sin. Because these daily denials make you look ridiculous. So what if you weren’t in the Jason Grimsley report? You think America now believes you were totally clean? Guess again. It’s too late for that. America thinks you are just an arrogant prick (like Bonds) and this attitude of defiance to the end only enhances that image. Remember, you are not being judged in a court of law where you must be proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt with indisputable evidence. You are being judged in the court of public opinion where hearsay, rumor and circumstantial evidence are all that’s needed to convict. It’s a battle you’ve already lost because George Mitchell invited you to refute his findings but you hid behind your union and said no thanks. People read that and that’s all they needed to convict you. That’s why everyone thinks you used steroids. Remember that fact the next time you want issue another of your stupid denials. It makes you look like a bigger jerk than you already are if that is still possible. Take a lesson from your friend Andy- act like a man, admit what you did and move on. That’s what real men do. By the way, if you are so innocent how come that libel suit against Mitchell that you threatened has yet to be filed? It seems there are certain questions you still can’t answer. Oh, one last thing. Please retire for good this time. No one wants to see a 46-year-old pitcher pitch half a season at .500 and then break down physically in October. That’s part of your “legacy” too, you know.
Sincerely- Baseball Fans Across America.
Micky Mimo said
Paul,
Well written memo to Roger Clemriods. My thougts are let him continue to play and embarrass himself. All of the evidence shows he was a great redsox pitcher and a cheater with the yankees. That is all we need to understand as redsox fans. Also, no one has written about the fact that after he became Mr. Clemriods he became a obdurate pitcher striking more players with the ball. Someone should calculate some statistics on this fact and publish it.
These are my two cents
Mimo