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="A Boy Named Seo"]="metirish"]="AG/DC"]Here comes Carolyn Maloney. Who thanks Clemens for his professional accomplishments....barf. But then she hit him with some very hard, very basic questions. Asked him why he repeatedly told peeps he never knew Mitchell wanted to talk to him when on 60 Minutes, he told Wallace he opted not to based on his lawyer's advice. Clemens then threw his agent under the bus saying he was never properly notified. She then asked him if he'd agree that his agent did him a great disservice, to which he of course, responded yes. She asked him next if he fired any of these people who kept this damaging information from him and fumbled a bit and said no. Did that next guy just ask him what hat he'll be wearing in the HOF??? Jim Baumbach doing the blog on Newsday says Maloney " just caught Clemens in another potential perjury moment" with that line of questioning.... ] She got Clemens to agree that he told Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes that he did not speak to former Senator George Mitchell because he was advised by his lawyers not to. But in his deposition with the committee investigators, Clemens said six times that he did not know Mitchell wanted to speak to him. "I had no idea Senator Mitchell wanted to speak to me," he said in his deposition.

AG/DC wrote: Here comes Carolyn Maloney. Who thanks Clemens for his professional accomplishments....barf.

Interesting , from Newsday blog. ] 11:53 a.m. Rep. Stephen F. Lynch (D-Mass) just revealed that, based on the testimony of a leading expert in MRIs, an abscess that was on Clemens' buttocks in 1998 is "more capatible with Winstrol injections" and not a B-12 shot, as Clemens insists. McNamee states he injected Clemens with steroids, which led to the abscess. (The Blue Jays handed over medical records to the committee, and Clemens' attorney on Monday handed over an MRI of that abscess after pressure from the committee, Lynch said.) Rep. Tom Davis came to Clemens' defense, saying Lynch's question was out of line. Davis' defense of Clemens is interesting; it's seems he is taking Clemens' side. 11:36 a.m. Now Rep. Dan Burton (R-Indiana) is pushing McNamee on the Canseco party, why he kept the syringes, vials, etc. Burton really went after McNamee and his history of lies. "He is a titan in baseball, and you, all these lies, are destroying him," Burton said to McNamee. There is a theme here. The Democrats are going after Clemens. The Republicans are going after McNamee. Make your own conclusions.

From a Newsday blog. ] 11:23 a.m. Davis' line of questioning reads as if it's coming from a script from Rusty Hardin.

Clemens tells panel " I did not use performance-enhancing drugs "... Clemens rolls out all time chestnut - " "If I am guilty of anything, it is of being too trusting of others"

I thought he was strictly a PH but he started eight games at first for the Dodgers last season, he has a good shot at making the opening day squad?

From Newsday. ] The affidavit of Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte helps to support the account of Brian McNamee, Roger Clemens' former trainer, that he gave Clemens injections of banned drugs, according to a ranking member of the congressional committee investigating the use of illegal drugs in baseball. Newsday.com first reported the story last night after interviewing Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) yesterday. Davis said that in an affidavit given to the House Oversight Committee, Pettitte's account matches McNamee's in most details, but that in a separate affidavit to the committee, Clemens said both are mistaken. Sources said McNamee has told investigators that in the winter of 2002, he, Clemens and Pettitte were working out together at the gym in Clemens' Houston home. According to the sources, McNamee says that during a break in the workout, Pettitte went over to McNamee by himself and asked: "How come you don't give me the stuff you give Roger?" McNamee supposedly replied, "Because it's illegal."

Tony Armas Jr is looking for a # after signing a minor league deal Monday with Los Mets.

Whatever happens with this case I can see Hardin with his own TV show...he seems made for it( and I don't mean that as a compliment).

] Waxman Warns Clemens Attorney on Intimidation Sunday, February 10, 2008 WASHINGTON � House Oversight Committee Chairman Henry Waxman blasted comments in Sunday's New York Times attributed to the attorney of all-star pitcher Roger Clemens. Waxman, who is holding a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on Wednesday on steroid abuse in Major League Baseball, said Clemens attorney Rusty Hardin shouldn't be trying to intimidate a federal law enforcement agent. The Times quoted Hardin as saying it would be "unbelievable" and "brazen" for federal agent Jeff Novitzky to appear in the audience at the hearing in which Clemens is supposed to testify publicly on whether he illegally doped up with performance-enhancing drugs. Novitzky helped to turn former trainers Brian McNamee and Kirk Radomski into federal informants for the baseball probe. Much of the information fingering Clemens and former teammate Andy Pettitte as abusing steroids � revealed in former Sen. George Mitchell's investigative report for Congress � rests on information from McNamee and Radomski. Hardin told the Times that if Novitzky ever "messes with Roger (Clemens), Roger will eat his lunch." The Times report apparently lit a fire under Waxman, who suggested Hardin was trying to intimidate a federal officer. Waxman wrote a letter to Hardin telling him that it is not up to Clemens or Hardin as to gets to attend the hearing. "Some of the previous comments by both you and the attorneys representing Mr. McNamee in recent weeks have struck me as inadvisable but I have refrained from making any comment. If today's quotation is accurate, however, it goes beyond any personal enmity that exists between Roger Clemens and Mr. McNamee," Waxman wrote, adding that he has no idea if Novitzky will attend the hearing because "as an independent branch of government, our inquiry operates independently of the executive branch." "Given your long service as both a prosecutor and a private attorney, I trust you did not intend your comments to be a signal that there could be adverse repercussions to a federal law enforcement official for attending the hearing or taking other official actions. I would urge you to clarify the record at your earliest convenience," Waxman concluded

The Juno Blacklash. How the backlash started.

soupcan wrote: but Kal Penn as the son is seriously miscast (and by the way, is just not a terribly good actor) . I thought the same thing, he ruined the movie for me, agree that the Dad was excellent and the son's cheating wive was HOT.

I'm with metsmarathon on this, I can't check fantasy sports from work anymore(sucks) and if AI don't check in before I leave for work I miss some moves, IIRC though yahoo is not updated before 7am each day. 48 hours is fine with me.

In, I'm determined to give a better showing in this league than I did last season. Cheers for setting this up 83.

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Crazy story in Newsweek. ] Baseball's Other Drug Problem Are players using an ADD diagnosis to evade the amphetamine ban? By Charles Euchner | Newsweek Web Exclusive As Major League Baseball begins to dig out from its steroids scandal, new kinds of performance-enhancing substances are sweeping big-league clubhouses: Ritalin, Adderall and other drugs designed to help with Attention-Deficit Disorder. According to records MLB officials turned over to congressional investigators as part of George Mitchell's probe into steroid use in baseball, the number of players getting "therapeutic use exemptions" from baseball's amphetamines ban jumped in one year from 28 to 103�which means that, suddenly, 7.6 percent of the 1,354 players on major-league rosters had been diagnosed with ADD. One possible reason for this increase: in 2005 baseball banned the use of "greenies," amphetamines that help players remained focused and energetic through the rigors of a 162-game season. Amphetamines were once as common as deli spreads in big-league clubhouses�in some, greenies were used to spike the coffee. Players are now seeking doctors' prescriptions for ADD medications, usually Ritalin and Adderall, apparently to replace the now-illegal energy boosting drugs. (Ritalin is the trade name for the drug methylphenidate, and Adderall is an amphetamine-dextroamphetamine; they are both considered stimulants.) Certainly, some of the players getting prescriptions for ADD medications may have a legitimate medical need, says David Goodman, a Johns Hopkins University doctor who has been invited to help Major League baseball develop a new strategy for amphetamines. But he calls the ADD drug spike "troubling," since it inevitably raises suspicion that players have simply found a way to evade the amphetamine ban. No cases of abuse have been reported. Determining which cases might be bogus would require a thorough study of both the prescribing doctors and the thoroughness of their examination process. Baseball commissioner Bud Selig says the league is investigating the ADD diagnoses to determine which ones are legitimate medical problems and which ones might be attempts to evade the amphetamines ban. Separating the legitimate users from the abusers won't be easy. Estimates of ADD vary widely, from as little as 4 percent among adults to as much as 16 percent among adolescents and young adults. A diagnostician needs to assess a variety of behaviors�some of which may seem like ADD but in fact be other conditions. (The medical establishment often uses the term ADHD�attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder�interchangeably with ADD). A diagnosis of ADD requires not only evaluating an adult's behavior and mental state but also looking into the individual's childhood and family background. ADD is a genetic condition that makes its first appearance early in life. The symptoms of other conditions�bipolar disease, anxiety disorder, depression, developmental or learning differences�can make ADD diagnoses tricky and subjective. Complicating the issue is that sports can both strengthen and undermine a person's mental well-being. The intense physical activity fosters a level of focus and commitment that helps the athlete improve the functioning of the brain. In fact, athletic competition can be the best cure for ADD, says Dr. John J. Ratey, an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the author of "Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain." Ratey has treated athletes who suddenly displayed the symptoms of ADD after injuries sidelined them. He prescribed medications during the down time, then weaned the athlete once he got back into action. On the other hand, the lifestyle of professional athletes�constant travel, bad food, abuse of alcohol and drugs, irregular sleep patterns�can scramble the brain, undoing all the good effects of the exercise. Improper drug use often masks real needs. "People with ADD often look for a way to self-medicate and they're more susceptible to using [illegal drugs] that promise to sustain their effort," says Dr. Sanford J. Silverman of the Center for Attention Deficit and Learning Disorders in Scottsdale, Ariz. New therapies go far beyond exercise. Silverman uses neurofeedback to improve brain functioning. Patients wear a helmet that tracks brain activity. Visualizing and physical exercises help to stimulate the underactive parts and tamp down the overactive parts. ADD requires customized treatments, Goodman notes. "The effect of exercise is variable from athlete to athlete," he says. "Some do better with medications and some do better with exercise." With the steroids scandal still rippling through baseball, MLB is under particular pressure not to allow a new drug controversy to develop. Management faces a twin challenge: preventing the use of drugs that give some players unfair advantages by souping up their bodies like race cars while not denying medication and other assistance to an athlete suffering from a legitimate malady. Ultimately, experts say, the best way to identify both legitimate medical conditions and illicit drug use is to devise top-to-bottom systems that track a player's progress on a number of dimensions. To know a player is to know when he might be heading off course. Euchner, a lecturer in English at Yale University, is completing a book about suicide at the Golden Gate Bridge. http://www.newsweek.com/id/108730

Incredible.

Great story, I gots to ask if you nailed any of the dancers or did the jocks get them.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I'm lobbying to get my high school marching band back together. We played Shea once. Well you can't just tell us that without giving us the details.

Newsday is reporting that McNamee told the federal prosecutors Thursday that Debbie Clemens took HGH....doesn't say when.......WOW.

IIRC someone here at the time checked out the legal codes for swimming pools in Panama, or tried too at least......maybe I am confused but I remember a lot of chat about that incident.

Clemens is back on the Hill today with two lawyers and a PR person and is slated to meet six more representatives after meeting 12 yesterday, why is he being indulged like this?

Freedom of course is not free, or so I've read on the Sprain Brook. That vid was from two years ago if that means anything( probably not to the Rooster) Pedro's at bat music now must ne Alice in Chains "Rooster".

I've no problem with it.

I agree with Grim, I probably was in favour of # 31 being retired when Piazza wa here but with the passing of time I think it shouldn't be , not that his accomplishments have diminished in my eyes but rather I can look more objectively. With the new stadium coming the next few years should draw huge crowds so it's not like they will need these nights to create buzz.