Monday, February 18, 2008

Pettitte & Clemens, Steroid Users?


The New York Yankees has the most well known players around the world, not only are they the highest paid baseball players, and the best looking (in my opinion), they have won more world series then any other team. So when the story hit the public that two of their well known players, Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens have taken steroids or human growth hormones to better themselves in the game, it came as a shock to many people. However, unlike Pettitte who admitted to have taken them and apologized for it, Clemens is continuing to deny the accusations. The first accusations were made when the Mitchell Report on steroid use in Major League Baseball was released. Pettitte admitted to using HGH (Human Growth Hormones) in 2002 and 2004 while having an elbow injury, but only briefly both times, he admitted this in his testimony in front of congress last week. Both players, Pettitte and Clemens who are close friends, both worked with Brian MacNamee who was their trainer. MacNamee or Mac as Pettitte referred to him as, was the one who admitted to giving both Pettitte and Clemens the HGH. Andy testified that he and Clemens in fact did take these steroids and Clemens is saying it is not true. Clemens stated, “Pettitte must have "misremembered" me telling him that I used HGH in 1999 or 2000”. What I say is yeah okay Clemens, just admit and move on; most people will respect you more for it anyways!

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