Published 2/14/2008
at Yahoo! Sports - MLB News
Joe Girardi spent his first day as manager of the New York Yankees mapping out plans for spring training, not sitting in front of a television watching the congressional hearing on steroids in baseball. No team has been affected more by fallout from the Mitchell Report, which contained allegations that Roger Clemens and current Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte used performance-enhancing drugs.
(link)
Tags:
Related Content
Roger Clemens’ Fight Challenges MLB’s Credibility
sportsofboston.com 2/14/2008 — By denying and totally refuting anything that Brian McNamee has said, Roger Clemens is challenging the very foundation of the Mitchell Report. McNamee provided a lot of information that became public from the Mitchell Report, including testimony about Roger Clemens, Chuck Knoblauch, and Andy Pettitte. If McNamee is lying then the Mitchell Report loses a lot of credibility.
Breaking news: Pettitte excused from spring training until Monday
yankees.lhblogs.com 2/13/2008 — After speaking with Brian Cashman and Joe Girardi on Tuesday night, Andy Pettitte was given permission not to report to spring training until Monday. The rest of the team’s pitchers and catchers will report tomorrow.
“It was an easy ...
Rocket fool...
blog.baseballdigestdaily.com 2/14/2008 — We remember all the fun and games surrounding the physical evidence at the O.J. trial. Even if they find Clemens DNA (which Clemens acknowledges would exist), there would be the problem of proving that it had never been tampered with. Hopefully they won’t try to see if a syringe fit in a pin hole in Clemens butt--if it doesn’t fit you must acquit?
Clemens' Nanny Deposition
bizofbaseball.com 2/14/2008 — The following is the deposition of Roger Clemens' nanny , who has her name redacted from the document -- we do not know her name based on the testimony collected by the House committee investigators. This interview would have taken place yesterday (Tues., Feb. 12) and is a preliminary transcript of a phone interview.
Knoblauch Denies Knowing Clemens or Pettitte Used PEDs
bizofbaseball.com 2/14/2008 — Following up on today's hearing, while Chuck Knoblauch did not testify before the committee, he did provide a deposition to committee investigators. Within the transcript, Knoblauch denies ever knowing about any PED use by Andy Pettitte or, more importantly, Roger Clemens .
Harper: Girardi faces early challenge —
NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 2/14/2008
So the Joe Girardi era begins with a Yankee-sized problem, as Andy Pettitte, his best big-game pitcher, asks for some extra time to recover from the nightmare of both admitting to taking HGH and essentially calling Roger Clemens a liar.
...
