Roger Clemens pitches Saturday

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

This might be the dumbest thing I've read in weeks. You are aware that he's been a little busy these past 4 years?

Pfft... maybe his highly paid shysters have been busy...

His acquittal is all the proof anyone needs that there is a difference between a legal verdict of "not guilty" and actual condition of being "innocent".

I think the theory that he is angling to reset the clock on his HOF eligibility so as to not appear for the first time along side Bonds, Sosa, and Piazza, plus push his final ballot appearance out to 20 years into the future is likely the actual motive here.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by Dakota

Pfft... maybe his highly paid shysters have been busy...

His acquittal is all the proof anyone needs that there is a difference between a legal verdict of "not guilty" and actual condition of being "innocent".

I think the theory that he is angling to reset the clock on his HOF eligibility so as to not appear for the first time along side Bonds, Sosa, and Piazza, plus push his final ballot appearance out to 20 years into the future is likely the actual motive here.

That wouldn't surprise me at all. I suspect that's part of the motive too.

[grunewar]

Roger Clemens exceeds expectations on mound ? USATODAY.com

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by Dakota

His acquittal is all the proof anyone needs that there is a difference between a legal verdict of "not guilty" and actual condition of being "innocent".

I gather this translates to your "assumption of guilt" on his part?

If you should perchance end up as a defendant some day I hope your jury doesn't go on that premise.

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

I gather this translates to your "assumption of guilt" on his part?

If you should perchance end up as a defendant some day I hope your jury doesn't go on that premise.

How could you possibly "gather" that?

There most certainly IS a big difference between actually being innocent and not being proved guilty. When his whole case rested on the credibility of McNamee, making 12 people have "reasonable doubt" in McNamee's truthfulness is not even close to those same people actually believing Clemens was innocent.

But, apart from the rules of criminal court, the preponderance of evidence (the standard in civil court) would certainly point toward Clemen's guilt, IMO.