Innocent until proven guilty?

According to a story in this morning's New York Times, Roger Clemens did not test positive for any banned substances in the 2003 round of testing that led to the present PED policies. Clemens’ lawyer Rusty Hardin obtained the test results by waiving the player's right to privacy regarding the results. These results have been passed on to Congress which has been investigating the claims against Clemens.

“The results show Roger was negative in every respect, performance-enhancing drugs and masking agents,” Hardin said. “The only reason why I mention it now is because Roger is being mentioned with Sosa and Rodriguez, who have been tied to 2003 tests, and Roger didn’t test positive.”

“The medical records were in the same stuff that we sent with the testing results,” Hardin said. “And it’s strange to me that they chose to make the stuff that made Roger look bad from the medical records public and not the drug-testing information.”

Ok, so let’s recap what’s happened here. Clemens former trainer Brian McNamee and statements from former teammate Andy Pettitte both implicated Clemens as a steroid user. Now Clemens’ attorney appears to have evidence that he is clean.

This is all pretty confusing at the moment as nothing appears to be as it seems. I imagine that Clemens would deny dogging Jeter too, even though we have evidence. I guess that’s his prerogative though. After all, it is Fourth of July weekend right? Innocent until proven guilty should be the theme……

Brian McNamee's statements in the Mitchell Report made claims about use from 1998 to 2001. He provided needles and used gauze that he insists he saved for nearly a decade as evidence to support his claims. Forget all of that. And forget the evidence we have of him dogging Jeter, pay no mind.

This will all play out over time. For now Clemens gets the benefit of the doubt……. - Mike Gross

Michael Gross, in conjunction with a prominent sports agency runs a strength, conditioning and agility program that many agents send their “to-be-drafted” athletes, prior to being drafted. Many pro athletes have also used the facilities for rehabilitation after injury. Over 90 professional athletes including current MLB ball players have attended his institution during the past 3 years.