A REPUTATION LOST?

Roger almost had me going his way. The whole act was beginning to win me over. Then he played the tape. Let me ask you, if you had a friend who just threw you under the bus, destroying your reputation and your future, would you have been so calm on the phone with him? I would have been screaming like a lunatic. Unable to control my anger from such a deep feeling of betrayal. Not "Cool Hand" Clemens though. Cool as a fan. Never raised his voice and never lost his composure. Is that the same guy that you've seen on the field firing 95 mph fastballs and broken bats at opposing players? Is that how we are suppose to believe he would react to something like this? I keep waiting for him to break into his best impression of Jack Nicholson while screaming "you can't handle the truth!" Is this charade anything other than Clemens using smoke and mirrors to avoid taking responsibility for the choices that he has made in the past? Let's look at this rationally and without emotion. Does McNamee have anything to gain by lying? Now ask yourself the same of Clemens. What do you come up with? Did you hear McNamee's voice on that tape? What did you hear in his voice? Anguish? Sadness? Perhaps you heard the words of a man who had to choose between the betrayal of a friend or going to prison and destroying his family. Now, what did you hear in the voice of Clemens? Purpose? Calculation? Lack of emotional involvement? Clemens has made a decision to go "all in" with his denial, and with that decision has opened himself up to a game of which he has never played before. A game in which the end result will be, one of two men, himself or McNamee having their lives irreversibly damaged. If Clemens is innocent I hope the truth comes out and sets the record straight. If however, in the end, we find out that McNamee is telling the truth it will be a very sad day for Roger Clemens and for anyone who believed in him. Instead of being remembered as one of the all time greats he will be remembered as a man who not only let pride ruin his life, but a man who tried to ruin the life of another for that same selfish pride.