Baseball, Apple Pie, and steroids

The Roger Clemens trial is underway and you can read about it here if you want to:

 http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/baseball/other_mlb/view/20120418roger_clemens_jury_selection_like_slow_baseball_game/srvc=home&position=recent


It isn't my place to judge Roger Clemons, Barry Bonds, or Mark McGuire, but common sense will tell you that maybe Andy Pettit didn't lie when he said is friend Roger Clemons was using Steroids.

I was at Minute Made Park a few years ago when Barry Bonds broke Babe Ruth's walk record.  It was a magical moment.  I felt a connection to history and the significance of what Babe Ruth had done.  Turns out it was all phoney.

I used to think about what would have happened if Mohammed Ali faced Mike Tyson when they both were in thier prime.  If you take steroids out of the equation then Tyson probably wouldn't even have been considered. 

Steroids has been terrible for baseball.  In the short run it generated some interest when the home run records were being broken but it just comes down to cheating and that isn't what baseball is all about.

Roger Clemens should have just accepted the reality of the situation and kept his mouth shut.  He could have lived happily ever after with his millions of dollars and steroid shrunken penis.   I actually would like to believe he didn't use steroids and didn't lie to congress but somebody needs to explain why Andy Pettit would have lied and said he did and then I will give him a little more benefit of the doubt.