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Originally Posted by tomegun

The media doesn't jump on Clemens because they like him, but they have been jumping on Bonds for years because they don't like him.

I agree with JR here. You just aren't reading or watching the same things I am if you think Clemens is getting a free (or free-ish) pass. In fact, Jon Heyman of SI.com has a column today in which he describes Bonds as a "winner" in the Mitchell aftermath since nothing new really came out on him and now everyone gets to see a portion of the players all around him who were cheating, too. (Clemens, by the way, was labelled a "loser" in the column.)

I think the evidence is rather compelling that both Bonds and Clemens cheated. I think the evidence is rather compelling that both of them were great (Bonds, to a more obvious degree than Clemens) BEFORE they started cheating. So, they didn't cheat to keep their MLB jobs (like others surely did); instead, they cheated for glory or records or "domination" that they could not or would not earn honestly.

I do feel some sympathy towards players like Pettitte and Roberts who dabbled and now have admitted. I do not feel any sympathy toward players like Bonds and Clemens who enhanced themselves regularly and now continue to lie about it.