Clemens is no different than Bonds

[Reade]

I love those little dispensers.

The candy is pretty good too.

[RickD]

Well yes.

[Arctic Blast]

I've never been a real big fan of Clemens, anyway, because he comes off as an entitled whiner, so this has hardly changed my opinion of him.

[Edge]

Personally I think we have to be careful about the assumptions we make with steroid allegations.

If we get too carried away Roger Maris sure looks like a cheater and Nolan Ryan throwing harder than everyone for so long starts to look mighty suspicious.

[HoustonGM]

As does Davey Johnson jumping from 5 to 43 home runs.

And Hank Aaron having his best season at age 37.

And countless other fluke seasons, or "freaks of nature" like Nolan Ryan.

That is why it is silly to start accusing players based on their statistics. Statistical flukes have happened since baseball became a game, and sometimes, they're just that - flukes.

[Edge]

That's why I have such a big problem with what's going.

It's not that I don't think players cheated. I have little doubt they did.

My bigger problem is that this "great case" essentially comes down to NY area "witnesses" who have little proof other than their word and what they said under the threat of jail time.

Unless the report had more substantial proof (and I use the standard of a case being able to hold up in court), I think it is VERY dangerous to go down this kind of road.

Forgetting for a minute that these are high profile people, imagine if this was acceptable in your own line of work. I work in Public Relations and if my reputation could be shot down by two reporters I've worked with, I'd never be able to stay in my profession.