Roger Clemens; Queen of Denial

[Guest KC]

I'm quietly enjoying all this too and decided early on to not comment and
let it all play out. It gets better every day between the wifey thing and all.
I'm holding out hope for a near nervous breakdown in front of the cameras
followed by a sobbing admittance of guilt and a pleading for forgiveness.

Then, six or seven years from now he can go in The Hall as one of the great
pitchers of his era.

That's what Rose shoulda done instead of being a head-strong prick too.

[stevejrogers]

Kase, you are freaking scaring me!

From NYYFANS.com

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Originally Posted by silverdsl
I think this is possible - if someone truly wants to believe something they will.

If Clemens was going to deny it, he should have done so immediately, maybe had a brief press conference to explain his side to the media, then kept quiet like Pettitte and others. But the more Clemens talks the more material he gives people to rip apart and the worse it's going to be for him if Pettitte's account (or something else that surfaces) provides evidence that he did in fact use performance enhancers.

Pete Rose is probably a perfect example of this. His "acts of contrition" with the book a few years ago would have been much better received if he had just laid low for all those years, even if he felt "betrayed" by Giamatti's successors (Vincent and Selig).

Certainly Rose looks small as well with that "special" ball signing that he was hawking some time ago when he inscribed "I'm sorry I bet on the game" or something that seemed like it was right out of the opening credits of The Simpsons (reference to Bart's chalkboard running gag), so if he had done a different tactic, or even just came out and admited it at the start rather than spend over a decade bashing the Dowd report, then either the ban would have been lifted and/or he'd be in the Hall.

[Guest KC]

I knew I shouldn't have chimed in.

[Farmer Ted]

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