Clemens' true colors coming to light

Chioke Hassan,Baltimore,Md — Fri, 02 May 2008 22:25:51 GMT

Dear Mike
I think Roger Clemons is going to just retire. He had his day in sun.

Clemens' true colors coming to light

richard derbyline vt — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:49:59 GMT

just leave him alone the dont call him the rocket for nothing his personal life has nothing to do with his careear look he never brought it on the feild and he is stillone of the greatest pitchers of all time

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CLIFTON MAZE TAMMS IL — Sat, 03 May 2008 14:32:11 GMT

the longer these athletes keep screwing up the less i want to watch them. i love baseball, basketball, & football. but the longer this continue's the less i will watch. it is ashame that people making the kind of money they make are not more adult acting. HOPE ST. PETER IS RICH TOO.

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Junior Clintford — Sat, 03 May 2008 18:23:36 GMT

Well, Josh Howard admitted to smoking up during the off-season, and look where it got him. Up in smoke, literally. The Mavs are out of the first round again and Howard played poorly.
At least his namesake is tearing it up in Orlando.

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Eddie Kerr — Sat, 03 May 2008 23:09:26 GMT

It sounds like you're talking about David Wells! He was slammed over and over for "being himself".

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don powell, 412 4th st, franklin, pa. 16323 — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:19:20 GMT

THIS GUY CAN'T APOLOGIZE FOR SOMETHING HE DIDN'T DO! IS EVERYONE BUT HIM NUTS AND MAKING UP THINGS TO MAKE HIM LOOK BAD. I DON'T THINK SO ROGER, THE OLD ADAGE, WHERE THERE IS SMOKE THERE IS FIRE.

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Don Keesee, Oklahoma City, OK — Tue, 06 May 2008 03:28:17 GMT

Gee, what's God (hope ya don't mind if I use a big G) got to do with any of this? We may have turned sports into a religion, which it ain't, but that doesn't mean we can then turn real religion into a sport, or into anything else, or into nothing. Can't be done, actually. For the essence of real religion is beyond our control.

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Paul Drebitko — Tue, 06 May 2008 10:51:23 GMT

Roger Clemons is suffering from Richard Nixon syndrome. The morning after the break in if he had just said," my guys got a little out of control, its my fault since I am the boss, and we will try to do better next time, he would have finished out his second term that he was elected to". The day after the Mitchell Report came out, and he knew what was in it, if he had done like his "friend" Andy Pettitte did, he probably would not be in the quagmire he now finds himself. The male ego is sometimes your worst enemy and Roger is finding this out daily.

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John Del Ricci, Providence, Rhode Island — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:12:01 GMT

I agree, it seems we as a society desire a hero so much we think that because he can throw or hit a baseball, he is deserving of hero status and hero worship. It is a sad commentary on us as a society. We need to stop elevating these gifted but totally human sports figures to something they are clearly not. However one comment Mike Celzic made is really un-called for and that is to equate this hero worship with religious beliefs. Mike said, "Once we buy into the premise of the hero, everything else just falls into place." He then said that some day scientists will find this type of belief connected to the same belief circuitry as religion. Within the scope of religious beliefs there is much more evidence of Truth than just hero worship of a human being. For example the manuscript evidence of the New Testament, which was written originally by eyewitnesses to the events give us great reason to believe the facts that are presented there. Christianity is not on the level of a mis-guided belief in a sports hero, but in believing the evidence that God has revealed Himself to mankind through His Son, Jesus Christ, who is the ultimate Hero based on the facts of the New Testament and history. I agree with the article, except for these statements and think that the whole idea of society desiring to make sports figures heroes points to our inner desire to know the ultimate Hero, God.

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LE, seattle, washington — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:06:31 GMT

Do you think you're some kind of "man's man" Celizic, because you are constantly referring to the infidelity of athletes as "par for the course" and "that's just how it is"? You like rubbing elbows with slime and holding them up as "heroes," and then reporting on their "entitlement issues?"

I'm pretty sick of your entitlement issues. You defend horse racing as a "noble sport" which is only at fault because the horses have become "faster and more brittle," but you conveniently leave out the part about how they are doped to within an inch of their drug-addicted lives to entertain degenerate gamblers and corrupt owners. Oh...wait...gambling is a "man's man's" pasttime, isn't it?

You are truly disgusting, Celizic. Condolences to your wife and mother. Clemens is a pig no matter what his profession. What's your excuse?

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lagnaf — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:12:19 GMT

I admired Clemens for the type of attitude he had on the mound. After everything that has become public, I realize that his attitude is what has gotten him into this situation. He evidently thought he could "bully" Congress. I feel bad for his wife and kids because that have had to be subject to his "bullying". And who really knows what went on behind those closed doors.

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ME seattle washington — Wed, 07 May 2008 01:41:48 GMT

Didn't they teach you in "journalism school," you self-absorbed waste of bandwidth in a bad hat, that God is spelled with a capital "G". What a putz!

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Mike Blanchard, Porland, Maine — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:27:44 GMT

Nice article, as I agree with so many points... As I've said for months now, Roger is getting exactly what he asked for... Had he just not commented on the Mitchell report, he'd be on the way to the Hall... Since he used his power to get the "opportunity" to lie outright to congress, I'm afraid he must go to jail... Lying to congress isn't like to you or I... Being truthful MUST be sacred and if it can be proved your weren't, you should pay the price, in jail.

He actually believes his lies as truth... Bye bye Roger,,, only because of what you brought on yourself, else all would be nearly forgotten by now...

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Dirt Dog, Portland, ME — Thu, 08 May 2008 00:26:33 GMT

Stupid is as Stupid Does!!!!

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dectra — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:09:58 GMT

CHEATER. PERIOD.

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Ashley, Colorado — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:41:08 GMT

I never really knew anything about Roger Clemens cause I'm not much of a baseball fan. But I'm totally disgusted by the way he's handled himself since the Mitchell Report came out, and this isn't calculated to make anyone happier. The man is a superstar athlete, something he cultivated and is proud of. But now he's a crybaby who can't take the extra scrutiny? Gimme a break!

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Dave Pincebourde — Mon, 19 May 2008 23:59:57 GMT

"the idea attached to many religions that holds that if people are successful, it’s because god likes them. We hear it often enough from athletes who keep saying they do great things because god wants them to."

What athletes say about God confounds me as well. If they win, they thank God for blessing them. Huh? You mean he blessed them and to h-e-double-hockey-sticks with the losers?

Given how successful someone as degenerate as Clemens can be in sports speaks against the active intervention of god in sports. I think that's what Mike is saying, and it's a valid point.

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Jamie Smith, Pittsburgh, PA — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:00:26 GMT

Roger is an egotistical self-righteous jerk who cheated the sport with HG and steroids, etc, cheated on his wife, continues to delude himself into believing the myth he created where by he is a higher and superior being to us all when again he is an egotistical self-righteous jerk who cheated the sport with HG and steroids, etc, cheated on his wife, continues to delude himself into believing the myth he created where by he is a higher and superior being to us all when again he is an egotistical self-righteous jerk who cheated the sport with HG and steroids, etc, cheated on his wife, continues to delude himself into believing the myth he created where by he is a higher and superior being to us all when in fact he is a dirt bag who does not deserve to step foot into the baseball hall of fame.