Breaking News!!!

We here at Red Sox and Stuff have breaking news to share with you today! That news is............. IT'S OFFICIAL, JORGE POSADA IS AN IDIOT! Let's take a look at the following quotes from Posada in regards to Roger Clemens' congressional hearing.

“He sounded real truthful the other day and that’s all I wanted to hear,” Posada said. “I believe Roger.”

Is he serious? Roger sounded truthful?

Is anyone besides me thinking that Roger may have naked pictures of Posada in some compromising position? Or maybe, just maybe some inside information on how Posada was able to put up career numbers 13 seasons into his career at the age of 35. Have you looked at Posada's stats for last year? He had the highest slugging percentage, batting average, on base percentage, and number of doubles of his entire career. Just giving you something to think about.

When Posada was asked if Pettitte's testimony had him reconsider Roger's story he once again stood firm behind Roger saying....

“It’s been so long ago that they talked about it, so I don’t know,” Posada said. “Andy said that they talked about it, and right now, I don’t know much about it. It’s going to keep going on. Rocket said it was a miscommunication or whatever, and I believe Rocket.”

With that said, is it just me or does Posada have to be brain dead to believe Roger's ridiculous sequence of events? I guess I'll leave that up to you to decide. Just remember, you heard it here first!

Team Steroid and Team Clean Rosters

Ok. Here are the results of the All-Star Steroid Team and the Team Clean rosters. I have only used players who were given to me by you, the readers.


Team Steroid

1B Mark McGwire
2B Chuck Knobloch
3B Troy Glaus
SS Miguel Tejada
RF Barry Bonds
CF Brady Anderson
LF Sammy Sosa
DH Rafael Palmero
C Pudge Rodriguez

SP Roger Clemens
SP Andy Pettitte
SP Kevin Brown
SP Paul Byrd
SP Orlando Hernandez

RP Eric Gagne
RP Brenden Donnelly
RP John Rocker


Team Clean

1B Albert Pujols
2B Chase Utley
3B A-Rod
SS Derek Jeter
LF Manny Ramirez
CF Grady Sizemore
RF Vladimir Guerrero
DH David Ortiz
C Mike Piazza

SP Pedro Martinez
SP Josh Beckett
SP Johan Santana
SP Brandon Webb
SP Jake Peavey

RP Mariano Rivera
RP Trevor Hoffman
RP Jonathan Papelbon

At the suggestion of SoxDevil (overthemonster.com) I chose to use only players from the steroid era on "Team Clean". Also, "Team Clean" was coined by Tommy (overthemonster.com) I liked it and therefore stole it!

So, here are the two teams. Think there is a big name missing? Leave a comment and let me hear your argument.

Now for the fun part. Which team is better? In a best of 7 series who would win and why? I'm looking forward to some good arguments for both teams.

Congress, Clemens, McNamee and Spygate

Well what a day today was. I think I am actually dumber for having listened to that nonsense on Capitol Hill today. Did we learn anything new? Yes, McNamee is a bit of a weasel and may have some skeletons in his closet. Yes, Roger Clemens is a HUGE EGOMANIAC and apparently doesn't mind that McNamee had his wife's pants around her ankles in their bedroom while he stuck something in her ass unbeknownst to him. (I'm talking about the needle of course) Yes, Congress should have better things to do, but apparently doesn't, and still has some members who are star struck just as they were with the first round of Steroid Users. As for Arlen Specter and Spygate, shouldn't he just admit that he's a bitter Eagles fan and that he's just pissed off that they keep losing? For all you people out there that think this is a good thing because you hate the Patriots for being winners let me remind you that it may be the Patriots today but where do we draw the line? Maybe you work at a private company and Congress decides they want to come in and do some drug testing because they have heard that there are some users working there and they don't think that management has handled the job of punishing them adequately enough. Are you for that? Do you want them micromanaging your company's personnel decisions? Call it what you want, that's exactly what this is. So even though watching Big Head Roger today was good for a laugh or two it doesn't change the fact that he shouldn't have been there to begin with.

Note to Congress:

It's a game people! We have real problems in our country that affect real people and you get paid to take care of those. Why don't you try doing that job well before you start trying to run the NFL and MLB?

Getting back to Clemens, If he would have just shut his big yap he wouldn't be in this situation. He has displayed all the negative aspects of Pride. Rather than admit that he is human and maybe had a few lapses of judgment, he has decided to throw his wife under the bus and to treat you and I like we are complete morons. Does he really think that we are all dumb enough to buy his BS? If he would have gone the honest route like Pettitte and the others then this would all be over by now. Unfortunately it looks like he decided to lie, thinking he could fool everyone, to preserve his reputation. In the end that will be the reason he no longer has one.

Help Me Build a Steroid All-Stars Team!!

I was sitting at home the other day reading through more of this Roger Clemens drama when suddenly it occurred to me....Wouldn't it be interesting to make an All-Star team comprised of only players we know have taken steroids, and those that we all but know have taken them? case in point, Roger Clemens)

So here's what I'm asking from all of you: Give me the best steroid user you can find for each position (ex. pitcher- Roger Clemens), but then, give me the best non steroid user counterpart that you can think of (past or present). My goal is to collect 2 starting rosters. Team Steroid, and Team Natural so to speak. After I receive all the suggestions from all of you I will post the 2 teams rosters and then we can debate (if you choose) which of the 2 teams is the superior one. Remember, I need suggestions for all positions. Please look at what others have posted so we can try to avoid duplicates.

Do I Owe Dan Duquette an Apology?

I am sitting here wondering if I owe Dan Duquette an apology and I don't quite know what to make of it. Ever since Roger Clemens left the Red Sox back in 1996 I've been cursing out Dan Duquette for thinking that Clemens was, as he said, "in the twilight of his career". At the time I couldn't help but think that it didn't look like he was in the twilight of his career when he won the Cy Young Award up in Toronto in 1997 and 1998, or, for that matter, when he won it again in 2001. So, for almost 12 years now I've been giving the middle finger to Duquette for being an idiot. But now, with all these allegations that Clemens has been cheating since 1998, what am I to do? If Clemens is found to have cheated do I have to give Duquette credit for knowing that Clemens' career was winding down? Looking back, Duquette made some great acquisitions. He picked up Pedro Martinez, Manny Ramirez, Derek Lowe, Jason Varitek, and in the process gave up Carl Pavano (that alone earns him new found respect from me), Heathcliff Slocumb, and Tony Armas Jr. Talk about coming out smelling like roses! Anyway, not that Dan Duquette will ever read this, or would care even if he did, but.... I AM SORRY for doubting you. I don't know how many other people out there have been holding a grudge against him like myself, but it seems to me we all may owe him one big apology and maybe, just maybe, a thank you as well.