Baseball memorabilia collectors are one of a kind. They'll hold on to anything really; anything that "brings them closer to the game," as they often say. Turns out, Brian McNamee's no different. According to the New York Times and McNamee's lawyers, Roger Clemens' former trainer has physical evidence that corroborates McNamee's story. As in, he still has syringes. Seriously: According to a lawyer familiar with the matter, McNamee had syringes used to inject Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone that still had traces of Clemens's blood. McNamee gave those syringes to federal prosecutors last month when they came to New York to meet with McNamee and his lawyer, Earl Ward.There are a few caveats here. One: Those syringes better still have some sort of steroids on them. Otherwise, they do nothing to prove anything more than what Roger Clemens has already claimed, which is that McNamee injected him with Lidocaine and B12. (Right.) Two: Who keeps syringes that long? Doesn't that seem kind of weird? Fishy, even?
The lawyer said McNamee would sometimes inject Clemens at the pitcher's apartment in New York and would then take the syringes with him because he had a hazardous waste disposal at his own home in Queens. The lawyer said McNamee still had some of those syringes even after the Mitchell report was released last December and that he gave them to Internal Revenue Service special agent Jeff Novitzky. The lawyer said McNamee also had gauze pads used to remove blood from Clemens's skin after injections from 1998-2001. Those gauze pads have also been turned over to federal investigators.
But if this is what it seems to be, it could be the bombshell that ends the he-said-Roger-said we've seen in the past few weeks. It also means that those syringes were used to inject Roger Clemens. Which means they were filled with fluid. And then stuck in Clemens' ample butt. And then ...
Gross.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
2-06-2008 @ 4:56PM
theomnivore said...
I agree with your line of reasoning; I think Clemens is dirty and quite obviously lying about it. But steroids/HGH on the syringes means nothing. McNamee had sole posession of them for years before giving them to the government. If (as Clemens claims) McNamee is lying about the whole ordeal, certainly he would have made sure the evidence he gave the government had evidence of illegal substances on it. It isn't hard to take a used syringe and dip it in illegal drugs that you've already admitted to using.
That said, if the syringes turn out to have Clemens' DNA and steroids, he loses all believability.
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2-06-2008 @ 4:57PM
nickstoli said...
Who keeps syringes that long? Um, who keeps semen-stained dresses?
Things don't look good for Rocket. I think his argument is, my understanding was Brian was injecting me with B-12 and lidocaine.
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2-06-2008 @ 6:38PM
bigflyer said...
Rajah, the clock is running. The big stinky lie about your not taking roids is going to be ripening in the Congress committee room tomorrow.
Instead of the gray suit next week, how about a slightly used blue dress for your wardrobe before the public part of the hearings?
How can so much arrogance fit into that tiny brain of yours?
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2-06-2008 @ 7:09PM
Adam said...
it could be from any other player, maybe with the same blood type or something? maybe McNamee injected Clemens while he was ASLEEP , therefore why Clemens is denying it! He just didnt KNOW! LOL!
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2-06-2008 @ 7:39PM
Stephanie Stradley said...
Seems to be an extremely strange report on many levels.
And not a bombshell as even if the report is accurate, the evidence would likely be inconclusive. McNamee could have syringes with blood/DNA evidence on them that he could later taint with steroids. Clemens has admitted to shots, so doctoring up a shot would be easy.
Yeah, that would be weird. But so would keeping bloody syringes for years.
Seems to me there are a few possible scenarios:
1. McNamee is telling the truth. That he saved these steroid/DNA tainted syringes in case he had to reveal them to the world exactly after Clemens testified under oath.
2. McNamee is telling a partial truth. That he saved the steroid/DNA tainted syringes because some day he thought he could make money from proof that Clemens did steroids. Blackmail? Tell all book?
3. McNamee is lying. He took the lidocaine/B-12 syringes and doctored them with steroid samples, either at the time of the shot, or more recently. He has incentive to have "proof" as he is currently in litigation he cannot afford. I do not believe that any testing would be able to say how old the sample was taken.
Whatever scenario you believe, the evidence as described in this report can have various explanations, whether you think they are plausible or not.
Just a thought.
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2-06-2008 @ 7:52PM
Jeremy said...
Any evidence in this case can be rebutted. It is a he said he said case and that is why Roger is willing to lie under oath. The risk of jail for a year is worth trying to save his career. He cannot admit he did it or take the 5th or his career is worthless and everyone will think he is guilty. Therefore lie, create doubt, and maybe he will skate. Worth the risk, especially to someone who will cheat.
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2-06-2008 @ 8:09PM
SAL said...
THE GIANTS DEFENSE RANK NUMBER ONE IN THE WHOLE FOOTBALL, PATRIOTS FAN SAID, THE PATS ARE BETTER THAN GIANTS, YOU SAW AT SUPER BOWL, WHAT DO YOU THINK! LOOK THE STATS, WHEN GIANTS IS HEALTHY THE DEFENSE CANT TOUCH IT! GIANTS PLAY THE TOUGHEST SCHEDULE THAN PATRIOTS, WOW, RUN SCORE UP HIGH POINTS, JETS, BILLS, DOLPHINS 2 TIMES THIS, BENGALS, RAVENS, EAGLES, BROWNS, NO NO DEFENSE, LOOK AT STATS, ARE U KIDDING ME, STOP STOP WHINING OVER AND OVER, PATRIOTS NO CHANCE TO BEAT THE GIANTS, STILL WHINING, WOW
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2-06-2008 @ 8:33PM
steve said...
Testing would tell how old the sample is. If he doctored the syringe he's a real idiot.
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2-06-2008 @ 9:10PM
nickstoli said...
Mike Piazza must be really enjoying life these days. I wonder if he calls up the Rocket and says, "How do you like me now, bitch?" and hangs up.
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2-06-2008 @ 11:40PM
freernnr said...
This is all a little fishy....who keeps a bloody gauze pads and syringes for that long? And he could have contaminated them with steriods or human growth hormones at any time since then. This whole evidence thing is meaningless and has no subtance. Roger may have done steriods, but this is not the smoking gun.
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2-07-2008 @ 1:09AM
Karem said...
Hey people get a freaking life, who cares about roids and baseball. As long as Joe Jackson sits in Heaven or wereever , Thinking about Judge Landis and his justice and how corrupts Major League Baseball is , No body cares about steroids, Pete Rose has aleready bet on it. Ty Cobbs hates the blacks and hispanics and so on , you all suck
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2-07-2008 @ 2:07AM
A BaseBall Fan said...
I with a few of you....who keeps stuff with DNA, blood, used medicine and used gauze???? What was his initial purpose...to blackmail one day when he ran out of dough? Sick sh+t! Better looks out guys...some one is keeping used condoms for the last 8 years in a lock box!
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2-07-2008 @ 7:10AM
THE VOICE OF REASON said...
UH OH............LOOKS LIKE ROGER HAS A BLUE DRESS TO CONTEND WITH NOW ! TOO BAD HE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS BEFORE HE SWORE BEFORE THE GOVERMENT THAT HE DIDN'T USE ANY PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS ! THEY IMPEACHED A PRESIDENT OVER SUCH EVIDENCE, SORT OF.
THE CLEMENS LEGACY TO BASEBALL MAY BE HIS PRISON TERM. HE SHOULD HAVE STAYED RETIRED AND GOT HIS SLOT IN THE HALL OF FAME. NOW.....WHO KNOWS WHERE HE'LL END UP ? IN A FACILITY WITH THE LIKES OF MIKE VICK OR MIKE TYSON ? ROGER CLEMENS OR BRIAN McNAMEE......
SOMEBODY'S GOING TO PRISON, GOOD THING THEY'VE BOTH WORN PINSTRIPES BEFORE. WHY ISN'T STEINBRENNER IN ON THIS DEAL ? HE HAD THEM BOTH "WORKING" FOR HIM !
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