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In a surprising twist to their public war of words, Roger Clemens and his former trainer, Brian McNamee, spoke by telephone Friday night, Newsday has learned. It was their first contact since the Mitchell Report was released Dec. 13, and a person close to the situation described the hourlong conversation between the longtime friends as "emotional." [link]

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Clemens and McNamee Have Odd Phone Conversation
Published 1/6/2008 by Bronx Liaison at Bronx Liaison
... According to Newsday, Roger Clemens and his former trainee turned stoolpigeon, Brian McNamee spoke via telephone on Friday evening. ...

Newsday: Clemens, McNamee have ‘emotional’ phone talk
Published 1/6/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Newsday: Clemens, McNamee have ‘emotional’ phone talk Psst...Bri, the “Lucy Does a TV Commercial” episode is on tonight. Do yourself a favor and catch it. In a surprising twist to their public war of words, Roger Clemens and his former trainer, Brian McNamee, spoke by telephone Friday night, Newsday has learned. It was their first contact since the Mitchell Report was released Dec. 13, and a person close to the situation described the hourlong conversation between the longtime friends as “emotional.” It is unclear whether Clemens or McNamee ...

I just called to say I love you
Published 1/6/2008 by Nick-YF at YFSF
... From Newsday: In a surprising twist to their public war of words, Roger Clemens and his former trainer, Brian McNamee, spoke by telephone Friday night, Newsday has learned. It was their first contact since the Mitchell Report was released Dec. 13, and a person close to the situation described the hourlong conversation between the longtime friends as "emotional." There's a Cingular dropped phone call commercial joke here that I don't have the energy or imagination to make.  ...

Clemens and McNamee speak on the phone
Published 1/6/2008 by Andrew Fletcher at Scott Proctor's Arm - A New York Yankees Blog
From David Lennon at Newsday: In a surprising twist to their public war of words, Roger Clemens and his former trainer, Brian McNamee, spoke by telephone Friday night, Newsday has learned. It was their first contact since the Mitchell Report was released Dec. 13, and a person close to the situation described the hourlong conversation between the longtime friends as "emotional." It is unclear whether Clemens or McNamee initiated the call, and attempts to reach representatives for both of them Saturday night were unsuccessful. Clemens ...

Paging Brian McNamee : Collect Call From The Rocket
Published 1/6/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... While Kirk Radomski waits patiently by the telephone for a call from Bobby Bonilla that never comes, it would appear as though at least baseball legend remembers an old clubhouse buddy.  From Newsday’s David Lennon. ...

ROGER CLEMENS TALKS TO BRIAN MCNAMEE
Published 1/6/2008 by HG at YOU BEEN BLINDED
... Talk about straight outta left field. According to Newsday, Roger Clemens and his former trainer Brian McNamee had a phone conversation. I don’t know if ...

Reach Out and Touch Someone
Published 1/6/2008 by StatsGuru at Baseball Musings
... , Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee spoke by phone on Friday night . I hope one of them had the good sense to record the call. Posted by David Pinto at ...

Roger Clemens and Will McNamee Have a Phone Conversation
Published 1/6/2008 by Pat Lackey at FanHouse
Filed under: New York, Yankees, AL East, MLB Gossip, PEDsI don't even know how people find this kind of stuff out, but apparently Newsday is reporting that Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee talked on the phone on Friday night. It is unclear whether Clemens or McNamee initiated the call, and attempts to reach representatives for both of them Saturday night were unsuccessful. Clemens and McNamee have been friends since 1998, when the two were together on the Blue Jays, and it was ...

Clemens, McNamee Have "Emotional" Phone Call
Published 1/6/2008 by redsock at The Joy of Sox
David Lennon, Newsday: In a surprising twist to their public war of words, Roger Clemens and his former trainer, Brian McNamee, spoke by telephone Friday night, Newsday has learned. It was their first contact since the Mitchell Report was released Dec. 13, and a person close to the situation described the hourlong conversation between the longtime friends as "emotional." It is unclear whether Clemens or McNamee initiated the call, and attempts to reach representatives for both of them Saturday night were unsuccessful. ...

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