Looking back some day, Roger Clemens is NOT going to list 2008 as one of the top ten years of his life. Retirement has been tough on the Rocket.
First, he had to deal with the Mitchell Report and fending off steroid allegations. The most shocking of which was that he let another man spend time alone in a bathroom with his wife while she was being shot up with something he didn’t know anything about.
As if steroids wasn’t enough, this week the story breaks about him having a long term affair with country singer Mindy McCready.
I’m not going to get into that because I like to be consistent in my positions. I’ve always maintained the Clinton-Lewinsky tryst should have been a private matter, so I’m not going to beat Roger Clemens up now about cheating on his wife.
That said, Clemen’s fall from grace has been remarkably quick. I don’t know that anyone in recent sports history has fallen so far so fast.
Roger needs a break and I’m going to give it to him. The best thing to do in these kinds of situations is to get ahead of the story.
So, as a public service to The Rocket, here’s a full accounting of the secrets and misdeeds that Clemens has been hiding:
- He’s principally responsible for the insanely high price of gas.
- Food prices, yup, like the gas situation. That’s Roger too.
- Iraq. Ok this one he’s not taking the rap for. Clearly it’s the fault of the Bush Administration. On the other hand, if the President ends up pardoning Roger for steroids, he might reconsider taking the fall for Iraq.
- The alleged liberal media bias.
- Rush Limbaugh’s addiction to pills.
- The Jason Kidd trade.
- The falling housing prices in your neighborhood. Only your neighborhood.
I could go on, but in all likelihood Clemens will be adding more himself tomorrow…
