Roger's Trouble!

How the mighty have fallen. The once sure thing is no longer. Not only may Roger Clemens never get into the Hall of Fame, he may end up doing jail time.

Forget for a moment whether the whole steroids report was a witch hunt, was fair, or was done correctly. Clemens decided he was going to take on the system. He thought his arrogant demeanor which served him so well on the baseball diamond, would serve him well once again. It didn’t!

I cannot tell you if Clemens lied under oath. I cannot tell you if he took HGH or steroids. I can tell you, as a friend of mine said, Roger Clemens got some bad advice. Clemens went to Congress and thought he could come off as sounding intelligent and make the people who spoke to fell silly. It didn’t work.

Had Clemens kept his mouth shut, he would have most likely ended up in the Hall of Fame. May not in this era because people are so frustrated with steroid usage they are taking it out on everyone, but at some point, even if it were the Senior Committee, Clemens would have gotten in.

I feel safe in saying, if Roger Clemens goes to jail, he will never get into the Hall of Fame. Perhaps there is something to be said for taking the Mark McGuire or Sammy Sosa approach. Still, regardless of how you may feel and regardless of whether or not it is fair, Andy Petite has come out of this looking good and probably did nothing to hurt his chances of getting into the Hall. So, you can actually admit to things and look good. Unfortunately for him, Clemens did not do that.

The once feared pitcher has now become the laughing stock of many of my baseball friends.