The Perfect Rocket

Ok, Roger, is she lying too?

The story surfaced yesterday and by now everyone has heard about Roger Clemens and the country singer. Whom he took back to a hotel room when she was 15. Now, I'm never going to allege that I am the most saintly person in the world. I have my moments of ups and downs but even I know that a grown man, with a wife and two kids, and a 15-year-old in a hotel room, alone, when they are not related, is a BAD idea. Even if nothing happened (and according to stories nothing did until later when she was legal...I guess Rog has some sense), this has got to be one of the worst judgement calls (right up there with lying to Congress).

Either the world really is out to get him or he is profoundly stupid. No one if backing him up. Even the country singer has confirmed the story. Granted she was vague and gave no details but she said that she cannot refute anything that appeared in the Daily News story. I understand that since President Clinton, it's become "cool" to say "I did not have sexual relations with that woman." Notice Clemens never said that. The statement (again from his legal team and not from him) stated that nothing "inappropriate" happened. I suppose later he will say that having an extra-marital affair was not inappropriate. Perhaps he and Debbie were like Ross and Rachel and "on a break" when he was involved with Ms. McCready (sorry for the "Friends" reference but you know that you all watched it during its first few seasons). I dunno. All I know is that he just keeps looking worse and worse. I'm wondering how many more people he will accuse of lying before all this is over.

The best part is that even now if he wanted to come clean and admit everything he would walk right into a perjury indictment. Just be a man. Admit it like Pettitte and Knowbloch and everyone else who has owned up to it. Say it was a poor decision. Come away with a little dignity and maybe save a speck of the reputation you had as one of the greatest pitchers of all time because right now all you look like is a fool.