Nope!
Roger Clemens!!!
And it is the Globe's above-the-fold, front-page feature!
"Clemens indicted for drug denials; Ex-Sox star faces 6 counts over testimony to Congress" by Bob Hohler, Globe Staff | August 20, 2010
Former Red Sox great Roger Clemens, his legacy as imperiled as baseball’s integrity by the steroid scandal, was indicted yesterday on multiple charges of lying to Congress when he denied plying himself with illegal performance-enhancing drugs.
Baseball’s all-time leader with seven Cy Young Awards, William Roger Clemens was charged by a federal grand jury with one count of obstruction of Congress, three counts of making false statements, and two counts of perjury stemming from his sworn testimony in 2008 before a House committee investigating baseball’s steroid era....
They are going to waste taxpayer dollars on this while lying torturers and mass murderers that told lies are ignored?
Oh, right, Congress was complicit in all that.
Clemens joins home run king Barry Bonds and former American League Most Valuable Player Miguel Tejada as the only major leaguers charged with crimes connected to the steroid crisis....
Globe is puffed up on something.
“Our government cannot function if witnesses are not held accountable for false statements made before Congress,’’ said Ronald C. Machen Jr., US attorney for the District of Columbia. “Today the message is clear: If a witness ignores his or her responsibility to testify honestly, there will be consequences.’’
I'm insulted by that statement.
I am simply disappointed by my fellow citizens:
"For many at Fenway, he’s now a candidate for Hall of Shame" by Marissa Lang and David Abel, Globe Correspondent And Globe Staff | August 20, 2010
Kenny Doyle III, 12, , clutching his mitt: “I hate people who use steroids.’’
Already hating at such a young age.
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It was hard to find anyone around Fenway Park yesterday who didn’t have a similar opinion about the pitcher who made his Major League Baseball debut with the Red Sox in 1984 and became one of the team’s greatest pitchers, before earning fans’ ire by defecting to Toronto for the 1997 season, and then to the Yankees....
Did Roger Clemens ever kill anyone?
Has he tortured anyone?
Told lies that led to wars that killed millions?
Kevin Krueger, 35, of Natick, a T-shirt designer selling T-shirts outside Fenway, said there should be no Hall of Fame in Clemens’s future now, that with the indictment, the pitcher is getting what he deserves....
Still angry over Game 6, huh?
Sly Egidio, 34, stood on the corner of Lansdowne Street and Brookline Avenue outside Fenway Park, selling programs and shouting questions at passersby.
Let's not go into the bar, 'kay?
“Hey, what do you think: Was Clemens guilty, yes or no?’’ he asked about a half-dozen people walking past. They all said yes.
Trial is already over?
The vendor, who has spent 19 years selling programs at Fenway, waxed philosophical about the state of the game and said people put too much stock in athletes....
And whose fault is that, MSM? Who built them the pedestal?
Egido said he used to like Clemens. “Now, to me, he’s dead, because he cheated,’’ he said. “Most importantly, he hurt the game.’’
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However, Chris Griffen, 42, a writer from Pleasanton, Calif., thought that no matter how damning the allegations, Clemens should still be inducted into the Hall of Fame....
Ah, the great debates of our times!
