Shut up Roger Clemens, just shut up

Note: Not all of the stories in this blog will be about steroids. It's just the hot topic right now.

On Tuesday morning, Roger Clemens appeared on the "Mike and Mike in the Morning" radio show on ESPN radio to refute the claims that he took performance enhancing drugs. The topic has made its way to the forefront of the sports world again because a book entitled "American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America's Pastime" hits the book stores this week. Clemens failed to convince the masses that he didn't cheat, but he did manage to dig himself a hole that even his roid pumped body can fit in.

Although the accusations of his steroid use were made about a year and a half ago when the Mitchell Report was released, Clemens still attempted to bring new evidence of his innocence to light.

When asked if Brian McNamee ever injected him with steroids, Clemens said, "He’s never injected me with HGH or steroids. You know guys, let me just add to it. Common sense…our family has a history of heart conditions. My brother had a heart attack in his late 40’s, my step-dad died of a heart attack."

Unless new cutting edge research has recently surfaced that I'm unaware of, step fathers have nothing to do with family medical history. Clemens, a multi-millionaire, hired a public relations firm to help him deal with the release of the new book and to help guide him while he pleads his case. This means that everything he says is vetted in front of these public relations gurus who are getting paid hundreds of dollars an hour. I guess that one slipped through the cracks.

Andy Pettitte, who admitted to taking performance enhancers."once or twice" also said that Clemens took them. On this topic, Clemens said, "Andy misremembers and there’s only been a couple of times I’ve been in contact with Andy since then because of the legal issues and we’ll let that play out, we’ll let that play out that’s all I can say about it." Andy misremembers? Pettitte had nothing to gain from outing Clemens. He said what he said because he is a good ol' Christian boy who can't tell a lie.

Roger, you took steroids. You know it, I know it, and Mindy McCready, the 15-year-old aspiring singer you allegedly had a decade long affair with knows it. At one point in time, you were the best pitcher on the planet and you were beloved by the home fans and despised by your rivals for your unmatched work ethic and dedication to the game. Now, you've taken an extremely ungraceful fall from grace, but you still can't avoid the spot light. You continue to deny the use of steroids for the same reason you took them in the first place - you crave the attention. Your legacy is now in question and depending on how voters feel in five years, you may never make the Hall of Fame, despite having Hall of Fame talent before you cheated. Now you're embarrassing yourself even more as you shamelessly continue to lie to America. It's time to put your tail between your legs, go home to your ranch in Houston and sit on the stacks of money that you fraudulantly earned.

It's well documented that all of your kids first names start with the letter 'K' because you were indeed the king of strike outs. Well, if the steroids haven't left you sterile, and you have another kid, here are a couple of suggestions so your child's name can truly reflect your real legacy: Kon artist and Krook.