Saturday, April 19, 2008

Roger Clemens

I was reading Jose Canseco's latest book (Vindicated), and he mentions of how players used to say they were using "B12." This apparently was the code name for steroids at the time. It's interesting to hear Clemens state that Brian McNamee (his trainer) injected him with B12 in his rear. I'm thinking to myself....why on earth would you inject B12 through your ass (with the help of a guy) when you can first inject this through your arm or take B12 supplements. Sounds really weird. But looking at Clemens stats, the second best year he ever had was in his early 40's. Usually, people's bodies tend to break down once they peak 35.. Clemens struggled, then all of a sudden became the invincible hulk. Look at guys in their 40's now...Randy Johnson is no longer what he used to be (he did win a CY Young though when he was 40), Maddux has lost a few steps, Glavine, and many others. I wrote about this two years back, and people were skeptical...however, after this fiasco with McNamee, it seems that Clemens did use 'roids.

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