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Maybe just a move by those wishing for a "fair & level playing field," Roger Clemens' free agency price took a major hit a year and a half ago after a farce report.
And thus, so did a league full of high-priced players otherwise known as, "workers."
Note to all: socialism does not work, especially in baseball. People are naturally selfish, especially owners. They have the most invested too. But being selfish is not a mortal sin and not listed as one of the ten commandments. Instead it quite naturally creates competition which comes from it, quality.
Forget about "quantitative theory" (or utilitarian law) which seeks to place an average numeric value on a person, because people have too many varying qualities. Socialism's false ideology only seeks to justify a societal-means to an end.
It also allows for both slavery and abortion, or "another owning the rights of a 'person' endowed by the Creator.
Consider the Milwaukee Brewer's ownership who took their baseball revenue shares (redistributed from the Yankees) and turned around investing it in their Car Dealership. But maybe that will help their team—somehow.
It's almost like a politician who pays off his campaign-contributors with tax payer money (like the Auto Industry & Union or Citigroup) while taking away from an entire country full of tax payers. It is focused and intent with a target on absolute government control and actually only benefits the very few.
Obviously revenue sharing is not about the Brewer's market and this proves that it is really about padding another owner's bank account.
Is it possible that those pushing for "a fair & level market" just want to redistribute the total amount of revenues into the "poor-owner's'" pocket instead of the poor workers who they promise to help unite?
Afterall, where was Donald Fehr--who's job it is to represent the players--during this malay?
Selfish-owners are stealing from the market with League permission and pocketing the overall revenue. Revenue created by fans. That is unless you are with the Yankees, who actually pay their players (indentured servant) their just worth according to that market.
Clemens ended up with a clean urine sample in 2003, even after McNamee told another that he "thought" Clemens would fail. So much for McNamee's thought. If Clemens had been a user you can guarantee he would have failed a test.
Irony?
Now, on a day that David Ortiz all but dares federal agents to prove their case against his PED use, ESPN reporters are going out of their way to cover for a Big Lie by PaPee.
- I know—what goose—right, ESPN?
My nephew just called to ask me "what supplements & vitamins was Ortiz taking?" He made his youth league All Star team and wants to perform well. He is researching vitamins and supplements as I type.
Great job, ESPN.
Come on David, get real. Life is about more than just stats or average numerical data. There is a major quality in life that goes missing from numbers alone. You are better than this, Dave. You are supposed to have a soul.
The ability to stand up with courage to any occasion is one of the qualities missing from numeric code. The Hall and its voters should consider this fact carefully.
Manny Ramirez stood up. He stood and dared agents to "move his & Ortiz's mountains" for the benefit of the league and of society itself. It's called arrogant ignorance.
How can Ortiz test positive for "vitamins & supplements" during a mutually agreed "Steroid Testing Program" which was established to give a ratio of players using STEROIDS?
Why would federal investigators care about "vitamins & supplements" anyhow? Do they now represent the Hall of Fame and baseball? If so, when will the amphetamine-cheaters be invesitigated, because that list is a whole lot longer than the current one.
Still other medias decry the 2003 test as "unreliable." Is a test that only shows specific chemicals in one's body as unreliable as... Brian McNamee?
Clemens was forced out of the game via false accusations made by a drug-dealing rapist who broke the law and was trying to stay out of jail by achieving “a deal” with Federal Agent’s Novitzky (FDA) and Parella (Prosecutor):
A) in order to keep his job title,
B) to protect his money laundering program and
C) to maintain a relationship with his family (though now divorced).
And now ESPN reports that maybe the test results were "unreliable."
- Why did McNamee lie? Did he lie? Please, enjoy.
At what point did federal investigators decide to break from “the objective” (page 340, Mitchell Report) and "give a deal" to a drug dealer and self-professed liar, all in order to hunt down a player?
It wasn't until after his first two interrogations, according to McNamee when recorded by one of Hardin's private investigators, that he was offered immunity for drug-dealing and most likely (per his depo) his money laundering program.
At first, McNamee denied Clemens involvement. But he didn’t get a dealers' deal until he accused Clemens. Why is that?
Page 14, Dr. Ron Taylor interview by Oversight Staff, Dr. Taylor testified:
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Dr. Taylor: "A B-12 injection I would give. I've only given it twice in my career, and once was to Roger Clemens, as you know. It was on a home stand in Toronto on July 17 - 22, in that period. They haven't got it documented in the report, as you know. It said it was 7 to 10 days before July 28, 1998.
Investigator: "Okay. Do you remember giving the shot?"
Dr. Taylor: "Yes, I do."
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Brian, now about that deal? Maybe you should just write a book about what the feds did to malign you.
B-12 or not to B-12, that is the question:
B-12 is a co-enzyme, a natural bacteria type bi-product of a normal diet which includes meat. A vegan (Roger) is one who does not eat, nor consume any animal bi-products (milk, cheese, eggs)—nor any animals whatsoever (fish included).
When Clemens was asked at his hearing “if he was a vegan” it was a weak attempt (by the Rep from Boston—go figure [probably a friend of Mitchells too]) of putting him on the spot. It was a political ploy of demonstrating the absurd by being absurd; an attempt to make Clemens look bad.
Clemens gave the best of all possible responses, answering, "A what?"
The Boston Rep looked like an asshole as he went onto describe what a vegan was in front of the whole nation. Thank you, Boston—fans like “the meat” of the issue though.
Maybe you should ask David Ortiz if he eats vegetables too.
In other words, Boston can’t stand Clemens because he got a ring before they did—it’s all about their jealousy. Their Envy. They should go to church and make confession for their unclean souls before going to Communion again.
B-12 is crucial for the body’s' metabolism and provides every cell in the body with energy. Requesting B-12 is in line with Clemens going to Dr. Taylor and complaining of "fatigue."
Contrary to what "hip Congressmen" try to infer there is no way of telling how a professional, multimillion dollar athlete's body might respond to fighting stress.
Do they experience more physical and mental stress than the norm? They probably do.
Roger, your mother was right after all. She struck 'em out and wasn’t even there in the physical.
Have you seen the new "energy drink" ads on ESPN lately, such as "5 Hour Energy?" Guess what the primary ingredient is: B-12.
Millions of people take B-12 everyday and aren't laughed at for it. Hell, I'm drinking one right now and make no mistake about it—it is not winstrol!
Blue Jays Doctor Patrick Graham, said he never saw any evidence that Clemens was using steroids.
Dr. Graham further admitted to receiving B-12 and Lidocaine injections with Clemens, while working out with him.
As McNamee claims to have "not heard of Clemens taking B-12 until 60 Minutes", he must have known it as a physical trainer for the Toronto Blue Jays, responsible for training their ace pitcher, Roger Clemens.
Protocol outlined by Dr. Ron Taylor demands he knew as a professional baseball trainer.
In his deposition, McNamee outs himself. He put himself with Craig as he was treating the injury caused by Dr. Ron Taylor, who is of course accredited and a REAL doctor. Again, the injection was in July. Not June.
Abscessing
McNamee said the Winstrol "botched injection" pooled because he pushed it too hard. If it did pool, per Doctor Murphy, an abscess “would have resulted.”
Victor Conte said, “McNamee's statement was ‘inaccurate.’ Winstrol is never ‘pushed too hard’, it is a thin liquid. You start to inject it, and then bam. It's in."
McNamee states the abscess as being in July and that "Tommy Craig knew." Craig then swore that the only injection-injury that he knows about was relative Dr Taylor's B-12 injection.
The MRI shows no scar, no mark of an abscess, no developing abscess, or anything resembling an abscess, or a recently healed abscess.
MRI's are mechanical, and don't lie about missing abscesses. MRI's show everything, good, bad and ugly; and they don't succumb to any pressure to report otherwise.
An abscess starts off as an infection underneath the skin ands swells. It would cause great discomfort until treated.
They develop below the skin (NOT on the top layer—Like a "contusion") and with time it’d become bright red, to a head. They are professionally drained by trainers all the time and sometimes surgically.
More importantly, the tissue where the injection took place becomes exposed to infection as does the muscle.
An abscess would take months (sometimes years) to recover from; start to finish. It would take at least two weeks to develop (most likely longer)—and only IF TREATED—would take another two months to completely recover.
The fluid that was drained would have also consisted of "Winstrol," thus making a huge, "egg-sized abscess" bound to cause a serious injury, per Conte.
Consider Mickey Mantle's abscess which caused him to drop out of the 1961 Home Run Race spectacular. An abscess caused from an injection of cortazone forced The Mick to put down the bat for two months through season's end with no further play. At all. Roger Maris went onto earn the single season Home Run record.
Roger Clemens never even missed one game, let alone even lose one. And as Conte said, if he suffered an abscess from an injection he would have had an "egg sized" hole in his body.
McNamee's alleges that Roger learned to use "a small band-aid to cover the abscess, and stop the bleeding." That would be like plugging a hole in a damn wall with chewing gum.
McNamee also said, "I would rather be known a liar than a drug dealer." In the long run McNamee will get his wish.
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