An interesting post by a bloger made me……

Despite the stats, Clemens career was on the downturn prior to arriving in Toronto. Boston saw that he was starting to show signs of age. And yet remarkably, he had a sudden resurgence in his career at an age when most pitchers are past their prime?

Saying he was already locked into the Hall of Fame is also a weak argument. Bonds was also likely a HOF lock prior to his head swelling 5 hat sizes. Yet he clearly used something to enhance his performance, to make himself one of the best of all time. He would not be the home run king without cartoonish 70 homerun seasons. The steroid use and being one of the best all-time are inseperable. One simply can not say ‘well he was one of the best anyway.’

In his last four years with Boston, he won 40 games. In the next two seasons with Toronto he won 41. He had the lowest ERA of his career at 1.87 at the age of 42. And Clemens would not have been as dominant in his 40’s without the juice. You really don’t think steroids helped this man sustain his career far beyond what it would have been without the juice? You need to stop drinking the Clemens Kool-Aid my friend.

His lifetime ERA is higher after these injections.

And there is no proof steriods improve your performance. Steroids don’t give you extrsa talent to accurately throw a pitch or hit a ball on just the right spot.

It is all total bullshit. Steroids are nothing but Dumbo’s feather (google it if you don’t know what that means). And Clemens is wise enough to see through this.

I think its glaringly apparent why athletes always resort to the Vitamin B excuse when they are caught with steroid use.

The whole article is part of the joke that everyone who gets caught red-handed has an excuse. Whether its Palmeiro and Clemens claiming it was B-12, or Bonds claiming it was flax seed oil. And these excuses are transparent stories that talk down to their fans, because they think we’re just that stupid.