Roger Clemens Wants Your Questions, Houston

1. Regardless of the truthfulness of the claims that have been made about you, how would you go about restoring fans' trust in you?
2. How do you plan on fulfilling your personal services contract with the Astros?
3. Do you want to pitch again?

Oh, one more question.

You named your children Koby, Kory, Kody, and Kacy. If/when you birth a child from one of your multiple extramarital affairs, would that child be so lucky as to have a name that starts with the letter "K"?

THANKS ROCKET!

From your perspective, please describe what a realistic, positive ending to this story would be. And, if I may follow up, what actions are you taking to see that this comes to pass?

Thanks.

Ahh Rocket, when will you learn? Being an arrogant jackass every single day in court and throughout your whole ordeal all those months ago is not going to be undone. Throwing your wife, throwing andy pettite, and everyone else under the bus in the process.

Even if you were strictly """"""""hypothetically"""""" clean, who would believe you?

Why not just tell the truth then? Or how about even after the first few months you lied about it? Little fishy no to come clean now? There's nothing else to it, it's not like you couldn't have spoken up during the trials.

Wow! You're career is in the toilet! Everything you have worked hard for is being trashed and a lot of people don't respect you. How does that make you feel?

Hey clemens - you're a loser, a has-been washed up ex-athlete. You're lower than Barry Bonds. Mike Piazza seems like a great guy. I hope the steroid use was worth it!

My question - who is a bigger loser, you or your brother Randy? On one hand, he was a druggie loser but at least he fessed up to his problems. You, also a druggie loser, still claim to be innocent (a lie). If i ever see you around houston, i'll tell you what a loser you are to your face.

do you think you will ever get into the Hall Of Fame?

& seriously, with so many other players now admitting PED use (like an allstar team list), with positive test results looming from 03, with the prevalence of PEDS & the pressure to use them & the fact that your physical appearance & on-field performance mirrored those very conditions - please explain how we are to believe that you just happen to be the one exception - the one guy caught in a rainstorm but somehow never got wet like everyone else?

When Brian McNamee asked you on that taped phone call "what do you want me to do?" why didn't you ask him to just tell the truth? He sounded desperate to help.

Well, how nice that we get the chance to ask Roger Clemens a question and all we have here are people responding with 5th grader comments and bashing.

I would like to make a comment before asking my question.
First, it' is amazing to me that people who do not know you personally have already made judgements based on media reporting. It's quite comical actually that we in this country have gotten to the point where we cannot think or read for ourselves. We listen to the media and believe everything that is reported. Really sad.

I am apparently one of the few that has actually read the documents and "evidence" against you on the congressional website. What I find interesting, is that there are absolutely no documents or interviews that were conducted besides the one with Mr. McNamee where you have been accused of even having a conversation about steroids. And what is more, even Mr. McNamee said in his deposition that he never really had any conversations with you about it. I find that odd that he is telling the investigators he injected you but there is not one test that you failed, nor one other person that can corroborate Mr. McNamee testimony against you. However, he can seem to remember what your Nanny was wearing at this barbeque that seems to be the lynch pin in all of this, yet Mr. McNamee says in his deposition that he asked the federal investigators to remove the statement that he saw you purchasing steroids at Jose Canseco's bbq, but they refused. It is also interesting to note that Mr. McNamee states in his deposition that long before the Mitchell Report was released, he was "shopping a book because he had nothing better to do." That is suspicious.

My first question to you is why do you believe that Mr. McNamee brought these allegations against you?

I know that most people in this country tend to gravitate to the negative with people who have done great things with their lives due to their own feelings jealousy and inadequacy. But one would think that you would have the benefit of the doubt before an admitted drug dealer and rapist.

And my second question is do you believe that you will get a chance to present your side of the story in a court of law?

And if you do not, what will be your recourse if any? Will you write a book?

My last question is, I have a son who is a pitcher in high school, if you had once piece of advice that you could give him regarding pitching what would it be?

Roger – since you’re not a lawyer, you are not always able to craft for yourself the best arguments, but there are several points I am surprised you don’t make.

First, people keep saying that because Andy Pettite and Chuck Knoblauch confirmed McNamee’s stories about them, we should believe his story about you. The line is “why would he tell the truth about them and not you.” But what they all leave out is that McNamee’s stories have not been confirmed by all the athletes he has accused. David Justice and Jose Conseco have both denied the stories that McNamee has told about them. So it is not just you who is calling a McNamee a liar.

Second, a lot of people say that McNamee did not dare lie after he made his deal with prosecutors, because he could have gone to jail. The problem is, he definitely did lie even after he made his deal. The prosecutors, and the Mitchell people, no doubt asked McNamee if he had any physical evidence to back up his claims, and he said no. But after you went public against him, he magically came up with the pads and syringes he claimed to have saved. So he either lied when he said he had no physical evidence, or manufactured the evidence and falsely claimed it was genuine. Either way, there is no doubt he lied after making his deal.

Third, with regard to Andy Pettitte, people always criticize your for saying that Andy misremembered. But if one reads Andy’s deposition, it is immediately apparent that he did. He claims to have had conversations with you and McNamee in late 1999 or early 2000 in which you both said that you had used HGH. But McNamee says he never gave you HGH until the 2000 season, 6 to 9 months after Andy claimed to have these conversations. So Andy completely contradicts McNamee. The Democrats’ lawyer recognized this in the deposition.

However, Andy did not want to testify in person, and instead gave an affidavit, in which the dates of his conversations mysteriously changed to a more vague timeline. I know you don’t like to impugn Andy, but one has to wonder if the investigators encouraged him to change the dates of his conversation in exchange for his not having to appear in person.

Fourth, recent revelations by Kirk Radomski about a shipment to your house have been portrayed as damaging your story, but you should point out they actually support your story and contradict McNamee. Radomski says in 2002 or 2003 he shipped HGH addressed to you, care of McNamee, at McNamee's request (Radomski has never communicated with you). McNamee claims he injected you with HGH only in 2000, so that shipment could not have been to inject you. The shipment did occur around the time Debbie was injected. But McNamee testified that he had no idea where the HGH injected into Debbie came from -- he says you just pulled it out of a bag and gave it to him. So either McNamee lied, and he got the HGH for Debbie from Radomski, or the HGH was for some reason totally unrelated to you.

Since journalists seem unable or unwilling to realize these and other big holes in the allegations against you, it is up to you to point them out, or the public will never know.

Roger,

1. What is truth?
2. One sandwich? I go with french Dip. I know larry King is in my corner. Yourself?
3. What are your thoughts on The Oxford Comma?
4. What I am is what I am, you what you are or what?
5. What does Mineral Ice on The testicles feellike?
6. A follow up if I might-Steve Donohue. Easy with the hands or sandpapery? he seems like a bear.
7. is their one true religion? I have my suspicions, but ya can't be too careful (LOL).
8. Lost. What the fuck? Amirite?!

Thanks a bunch,
Mike

I didn't see a question there, Howie.

@tideturns
As luck would have it, I actually read Andy Pettitte's deposition. As I recall Andy Pettitte did not "testify" because he didn't want to have his father brought into the situation because his father was the one who provided him with the second set of injections that Andy Pettitte conveniently did not reveal or lied about to the public in the beginning. Which by the way his father purchased at a gym near Andy Pettittes home that just happened to be owned by andy Pettittes brother in law. Andy says in his deposition that Roger Clemens and he were having a normal conversation and Roger Clemens told him that he had "heard" that HGH helped you recover. What's more is that in 2004 when Andy Pettitts elbow was still bothering him, he states that he went to Brian McNamee and asked what he could do and McNamee suggested HGH.

So, why wouldn't Andy Pettitte, if he supposedly knew Roger Clemens was using HGH, and they are as you say, best friends, why wouldn't Andy Pettitte go to Roger Clemens instead of McNamee?

What effect do you feel this controversy has had on Koby's career? What advice are you giving him to deal with a potential life in the big leagues should he make it. Do you feel his chances are any lessened by public sentiment despite his own talents?
Also, tell us all what your foundation does and any recent work.
Thanks,
Mark

Enough nonsense about Howie's 'wife'. We have a legendary player who, until recently, was guaranteed a spot in the Hall of Fame.

Let's get back to our questions for The Rocket. And Mr. Clemens, again, thanks so much for being willing to do this.

My question, Rocket - If we could guarantee you that Howie's special lady were under 18, wouldn't you want to see some photos? Maybe the tasteful boudoir shots she had professionally done for their anniversary, maybe the more...'Hustler-esque' series she sent me for my birthday?

Please fill us in on your thoughts.

Anybody got any weed?

Hit me up.

Tim-Tim,

As a "man of God", I'll thank you to not lump me in with Howie and his daughter pimping ways.

Thanks a bunch, "Tim Shady".

Fat kids are harder to kidnap.

Ugh....

Leave me out of this please.

Tim-Tim ate all the Cracklin' Oat bran.

I signed up for this site specifically to ask questions of the man, the myth, the ROCKET, and check out other's questions and all i see are dudes on here making stupid cracks who'd never even PLAYED sports or known more than stats and whatnot......talking trash. TimTim? Howie? Give me a break - go back to Yeshiva classes and boarding school and let us speak with a REAL MAN.

Rocket. By now the truth seems to have leaked out, whatever your earlier PUBLIC stance. You could take this as an OPPORTUNITY to stand up for yourself and every other athelete who sees NOTHING WRONG with using whatever means neccessary to build our physiques and improve our performance. There is a REASON that performance enhancing drugs enhance perfromance --- they work. There is a REASON steroid users break records. It improves us.

You would be a HERO to SO MANY real people out there. Think about it.

We can be all excited about putting a man on the moon or building solar plants but a simple drug - a TOOL - is frownned upon. I blame the MEDIA, Howie. Let's hear some nonsense from you now....

Please respond ROGER

DBOLDANNY- Spot me!

Wow Houston. Way to go, and you wonder why celebs stay away from opening up to us? Geesh!

Do yourself a favor Mr. Clemens, withdraw the offer to answer questions, what a waste of time.
I am truly embarrassed by these people.

Roger, please shut up. Don't you know we're sick of you.