ROGER CLEMENS RUMORS
Garner testifies at Clemens trial
By JOSEPH WHITE
AP Sports Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Phil Garner told one great Roger Clemens story after another.
Clemens working out in a flak jacket with 60 pounds of weights. Clemens yelling at himself. Clemens yelling at others. Clemens noticing that home plate was a little bit out of line.
Garner was sitting on a witness stand, but he sounded at times as if he were again...
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McNamee's estranged wife will be called to testify
Defense lawyers for Roger Clemens say they'll call the estranged wife of Brian McNamee, Eileen, to testify, though her lawyer told reporters Thursday that he wants to ensure that her previously granted immunity remains intact, according to multiple reports. McNamee may have implicated her in a number of ways during his testimony, including possible mail fraud. Clemens'...
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The Roger Clemens Trial. Am I beating a dead horse? I bet that would pull better ratings.
As the weeks go on and the Roger Clemens trial begins to be buried further within the marginalia of the sports page, I’ve started to wonder if I’m beating a dead horse. Is this really that important? Is the state of the game really in as much peril as I fear?
The estranged wife of Brian McNamee, Clemens’ chief accuser, was expected to take the stand as a defense witness...
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Clemens backed by former catchers
Roger Clemens lost something off his fastball in his 40s but still succeeded by pitching smarter, his former manager testified Thursday.
''He continued to have great success, but for different reasons,'' said defense witness Phil Garner, who managed Clemens with the Houston Astros from 2004-2006. ''He didn't just overpower teams; he outsmarted teams ...
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Split-finger or HGH? Trial debates Clemens career
Knowledgeable baseball fans can argue all day whether it was the split-finger fastball - and not performance-enhancing drugs - that kept Roger Clemens on top of his game well into his 30s and beyond. His lawyers are trying to make that point at a trial where basic terms such as ''Fenway Park'' and ''foul pole'' require an explanation for a jury of...
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Catcher bolsters Clemens' claim on B12 needles
Roger Clemens' former catcher with the Toronto Blue Jays testified Wednesday that he had seen vitamin B12 ''shots lined up ready to go'' for players, a claim also made by Clemens and for which he was charged with obstructing Congress.
Clemens is charged with obstruction of Congress, perjury and making false statements for denying to Congress in 2008 that he ever...
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Clemens lawyers emphasize work ethic
Lawyers have launched their defense of Roger Clemens with what seemed more like a testimonial dinner than a trial, putting on a pair of witnesses who described in reverential terms the famed baseball pitcher's work ethic in high school and college.
The message the defense began hammering home Tuesday was that hard work, not steroids or human growth hormone, turned Clemens into...
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Impending Irrelevance of the Hall of Fame
As the Roger Clemens perjury trial reaches its ultimate conclusion, baseball is witnessing the end of an era. Roger Clemens is one of a litany of players who dominated baseball with never before seen power, aggression, and strength as performance-enhancing drugs permeated throughout America’s past time. Baseball reached new highs as records were broken, fastballs...
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Clemens trial a sad ending for imperfect career
There is something sad about this Roger Clemens, bloated and desperate, clinging with white knuckles to a legacy he can't possibly keep.
Granted, he is mostly just trying to keep himself out of prison at this point. He has to fight that fight. But it began with his legacy. Against a lot of evidence to the contrary, he wanted us all to believe The Rocket had not been artificially...
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Canseco says he believes Clemens
Jose Canseco, who professes to know more about steroids than anyone, strongly supports Roger Clemens' claims, saying he believes the pitcher never took steroids.
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