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At this point, why not?
Roger Clemens might write a book to get his side of the story out in his nasty dispute with Brian McNamee, his former trainer . . . "I've already written one book earlier in my career. ... At this point there have been many conversations about me sitting down to write another one, and I guess that is a real possibility.''
Amazon actually has him down as the author of two books, one with Peter Gammons and another with Jonathan Mayo. Given that they're both about how incredibly awesome he is, one can only assume that they're fiction, so maybe Roger isn't counting these. There's only one little snag to this potential book deal, however:
In addition, a federal grand jury in Washington is investigating whether Clemens lied when he told a Congressional committee that he didn't use performance-enhancing drugs.
Because it's always a good idea to provide a grand jury with 200 pages of new information when you're facing a perjury indictment. Some of your answers may have been ambiguous and unchargeable! What a public service it would be for Clemens to provide enough context to them to render the lies in full, clear relief. Obviously this book is a bad idea that no good lawyer would ever allow is client to write.
Thankfully, though, Rusty Hardin is Clemens' lawyer, and based on everything he's done for Roger thus far, there's no reason to believe he's a good lawyer. As such, we may very well see this wonderful book on the shelves by Christmas!
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The hubris of this man is unbelievable. It will (continue to) be his undoing.
And also the fact that seems to be physical evidence in support of McNamee's assertions that might trip Clemens up...
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5519149.html
Having lived 41 years in Boston and gone to many Red Sox games, I was a big fan of Roger Clemens. Sadly, like many former fans, it is impossible to believe him at this point. If he did not cheat, he should simply go on national TV, be checked to be sure he has not taken some kind of tranquilizing drug, and take a polygraph test.
If he won't do it, it is simply because he knows he can't do it and pass. The reason all of the drug problems in baseball went so long undetected is the strong opposition of the leaders of the player's union, who thought they were doing what was best for their members, without recognizing that concealing drug usage would eventually hurt the entire game of baseball.
Thornton Clark