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12T	San Francisco	72	90	.444	W4
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15	San Diego	63	99	.389	W5
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1	Los Angeles Angels	100	62	.617	W1
2	Tampa Bay	97	65	.599	E1
3	Chicago White Sox	89	74	.546	C1
4	Boston	95	67	.586	E2
5	New York Yankees	89	73	.549	E3
6	Minnesota	88	75	.540	C2
7	Toronto	86	76	.531	E4
8	Cleveland	81	81	.500	C3
9	Texas	79	83	.488	W2
10	Oakland	75	86	.466	W3
11	Kansas City	75	87	.463	C4
12	Detroit	74	88	.457	C5
13	Baltimore	68	93	.422	E5
14	Seattle	61	101	.377	W4

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There, I'm convinced now

2008-02-07 21:16

by Bob Timmermann

The Smoking Gun has pictures of what Brian McNamee claims are the syringes and gauze pads he used to inject Roger Clemens with HGH.

Thankfully, ever since "CSI" came on the air, I have learned enough about forensics that I can perform a DNA test on those syringes by just using my eyes. Yep, it's Clemens DNA. I know it anywhere.

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The AP reports that the beer can in the first photo was found by McNamee in Clemens residence and was used to hide syringes.

Comments

2008-02-07 21:58:50

1. The Mootz

Forget about the steroids, Clemens should be banned from baseball just for drinking Miller Lite.

2008-02-07 22:26:28

2. Bob Timmermann

We don't know whose beer can it is.

2008-02-08 06:19:42

3. Ali Nagib

Wait, you can see DNA, but not fingerprints? What kind of CSI Super Powers are those?

2008-02-08 08:00:27

4. Johnny Nucleo

Why are the unopened packages of needles part of the evidence?

2008-02-08 08:20:23

5. ToyCannon

Gotta love this

While Clemens' camp called it "manufactured" evidence, Emery said the items were "just a collection of stuff" thrown in a box and "kept in a basement for seven years."

Emery said McNamee kept the items because he "had this inkling and gut feeling that he couldn't trust Roger and better keep something to protect himself in the future."

Would it be irony if the prosecutor who was so hung up on nailing Bonds ended up nailing Roger Clemens on perjury charges in the aftermath of his witch hunt if Roger Clemens was his baseball idol?

2008-02-08 10:47:33

6. scareduck

"Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy." -- H.L. Mencken

2008-02-08 12:16:19

7. alex 7

what would McNamee need to trust roger about? "If you don't pay me, McNamee, I'm going to tell people you injected me with steroids"?

2008-02-08 12:44:45

8. ToyCannon

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Wouldn't it be the other way around. If you don't pay for the steroids then I'll tell people you took them. Any trainer who injected any player and was smart enough to keep enough evidence to prove it has all the tools he needs for blackmail.