A show of hands for people who give half a shit what Roger Clemens says in his 60 Minutes interview? Anyone? McFly? He “swears” that he didn’t use steroids or whatever else his trainer said he did. One way or another, a lawsuit seems likely. All the Rocket needed to fuel up was a few Flintstones vitamins, Captain Crunch, B12, the occasional twix bar, and LIEdocaine. A Harvard med school professor had this to say about B12: “For someone like Roger Clemens, who certainly looks robust, the likelihood that he would be deficient in vitamin B12 is a stretch,” Groopman said, noting that he had not seen Clemens’s medical records. “It would have no physiological effect. It would only have a placebo effect.”

To recap: The Mitchell Report named dozens of players (over 70) who cheated using PEDs. Much of the information in the report was gleaned from two sources: a trainer, Brian McNamee, and a clubhouse attendant, Kirk Radomski. As best we can tell, only one player has stepped up to deny their accusations, and that player is Roger Clemens. Brian McNamee trained Clemens and Andy Pettitte. He said both cheated. Pettitte admitted to cheating. This is what is commonly referred to as fighting a losing battle.

Unrelated, because we have no other place to cram it in: Dane Cook does stand-up for seven hours, sets a record. Says an emailer: “If nobody laughs, does it count?” Somewhere, Bill Simmons stews.

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