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Expect former MLB superstar Roger Clemens
to get nothing more than a slap on the wrist in
his federal steroid perjury trial.
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Is it me
Eye On Sports baseball followers or does it seem like disgraced MLB legend Roger
Clemens has it ‘sweet’ in his federal PED perjury trial?
I mean,
really, at this point in MLB’s long, sad, decade-long steroid saga, who really
cares? After seeing countless ‘heroes’ fall by the steroid wayside, (Thanks
McGwire and Sosa) does any American really believe federal taxpayer money
should be spent on going after guys that throw and hit a ball for a living?
(Hell-to-the-no)!
Add in the
fact that Clemens is almost assuredly the last MLB player to ever stand before
a federal judge and jury for acts that took place solely on a baseball field –
and you can see where this trial is going, no matter how much evidence the feds
have on Clemens.
Clemens’
estranged buddy Andy Pettitte basically told the world he ‘misremembers’
everything he told the feds about Clemens and how he took illegal steroids over
a year ago and now, this trial will be ending at some point in the very near
future, mostly because the feds won’t be able to get two jury members to go
along with their money-wasting nonsense any longer.
While
Clemens is almost guaranteed of getting off with nothing more than a slap on
the wrist, I’ve gotta’ say that it bothers me to no end to see how lightly his
steroid usage is being taken when compared to the way the media – and most of
the country – vilified players like Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa to no end in the
court of public opinion.
However,
in the end, I want to say no matter what happens to Roger Clemens, I am just
ecstatic that all of baseball’s steroid stupidity will soon be a closed matter
as far as the federal government is concerned.
I mean,
really, how sad is it to know that, with all of the life-altering housing,
medical and employment problems taking place in the country, that our federal
government has the time – and apparently the money – to go after Major League
Baseball players?
This is
federal money that could have been spent helping others, but no, it was so
important to prove that some of these baseball players were cheaters!
As a
tax-paying adult with children, all I can say is that a sad era in American
history is about to finally come to an end – and I, for one, couldn’t be
happier!
