So, Clemens will have to answer questions about physical performance decrement and subsequent improvement.
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The issue was just tabled for future years, when players like Bonds and Clemens will be back on the ballot, reigniting the debate anew.
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The New York Times is reporting that Roger Clemens will be indicted on charges of lying to Congress about his use of performance enhancing drugs.
But the prosecution is likely to play to the human tendency to reduce information overload, which means Clemens will have to explain how his number of wins took a precipitous dip during the 1993-1996 seasons and recovered thereafter.
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Next year will be an extremely controversial one as Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds, two of the best to ever play the game, will appear on the ballot for the first time.
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As the seven-game series moves to the Mets' home turf tomorrow, however, Clemens, 38, will have much more than his paycheck to worry about.
And then, he said they had another conversation in 2005 in which Pettitte came to Clemens and asked him what will you say in public if someone asked you about this.
If that's indicative of what the prevailing opinion will be six years from now, when Clemens becomes eligible, then he won't see his plaque hang in Cooperstown.
Baseball will go on, of course, but for Clemens, the tough part is just beginning.
In fact, it's terribly ironic that Bonds and Clemens, who share so very little, will forever be joined in infamy.
W.A.A. as they will consider for election first time candidates Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mike Piazza, Sammy Sosa, Craig Biggio and Curt Schilling.
Should the umpire raise his hand after Clemens' first delivery, a "1" will register on the U.S. Cellular Field scoreboard under the "strikes" column.
"This gathering of baseball's brightest stars will be an outstanding platform to grow the game internationally, " said Commissioner Bud Selig of a tournament that will in fact include such top names as Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Mike Piazza.
But like a Roger Clemens or a Lance Armstrong, if Cohen goes down, it will cause others to reconsider their actions.
The other complication is the Roger Clemens perjury trial, which Pettitte and his wife, Laura, will be thrust into as key witnesses for the prosecution.
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Clemens Fuest, an Oxford don who advises the finance ministry, reckons the government will find some money for income-tax relief before the next federal election in 2013, although less than it promised at the outset.
It's not clear who's telling the truth and I guess we'll find out because both Clemens and his accuser, Brian McNamee, the trainer, have testified under oath and will testify publicly.
Our guess is that Bonds and Clemens, both of whom clearly put up Hall of Fame numbers during the pre-steroid era, will ultimately make it.
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