Baseball Wrap Up: 1/7/07

Fallout from Roger Clemens' appearance on 60 Minutes continues, as Clemens files a defimation suit against his former trainer.

ESPN writer Buster Olney writes that no matter what, Clemens' name was in the Mitchell Report.

Clemens continues to maintain that the only things injected into this rocket, were lidocaine and B-12.

In other steroid news, former Sports Illustrated editor Don Yaeger takes a pass on co-authoring Jose Canseco's next tell all book. (Just a thought, can it still be considered a tell all? Wasn't his first book a tell-all? Shouldn't this be called a "Whoops, I forgot to mention a few things-all?)

Oakland's guys are wondering when their time in yellow and green is up.

Barry M. Bloom, MLB.com writer tries to figure out an ex-Yankee's chances of making the Hall of Fame.

Wondering what the Red Sox Nation is thinking of Roger Clemens?

Check out Mike Lupica's article on Clemens and prision life.

Oh yeah, and in cased you missed it, Andy Phillips signed with the Reds.

Roger Clemens on "60 Minutes"

Clemens is on 60 Minutes, get the hot dogs and sunflower seeds. Here goes a 108 Red Stitches train of thought. Time is in (New York) East Coast Time.
Earlier in the day, a report came out that Clemens and his former trainer had an "emotional" phone call.

Chargers game is running late, "60 Minutes" not starting on time.

7:44 - Clemens asks for an "inch of respect" in a 30 second promo before the show starts. Mike Wallace asks Clemens about taking a lie detector test, editing makes Clemens look guilty.

7:58- CBS Money Watch, sponsored by Flomax. Take my first bathroom break.

8:02- Story on the Executioner. Dude used to work in Boston, K'd a lot of people. Wait, never mind, not the Clemens story.

8:15- End of Executioner Story. Unbelievably honest. Last honest interview of the night? We'll see.

8:18- Teaser for Clemens/Wallace interview.

8:19- GAME TIME!

8:20- I'm angry that what I've done for the game of baseball....that I didn't get the benefit of the doubt. It's hogwash...How can you prove your innocence?

8:21- Hardest working man in throw business. Cute.

8:22 -Wallace quotes Mitchell report. Clemens denies everything.

8:23- Why would Brian McNamee want to betray you?

8:24- Clemens says "I should be pulling tractors with my teeth."

8:25- Clemens: I was shocked, I was angry, a lot of emotions.

8:26- Clemens: I think he's been buting and moving steroids. Uh-oh...sounds like a lawsuit could be in the works...

8:27- Clemens: I had no knowledge in what Andy (Pettite) was doing.

8:28- Lynocane and B12- Clemens admits to having McNamee inject him with something.

8:29- Clemens worried about amount of Vioxx pills given to him.

8:30- Wallace is pushing buttons. I would have punched his wrinkly ass by now.

8:31- Clemens: I don't know if I can defend myself, a lot of people have already made up their mind. Will talk to Congress, especially about Vioxx.

8:32- Clemens agrees (sort of) to a lie detector test. Challenges whether or not lie detector tests actually work.

8:33- The higher you get up on a flagpole, the more your butt shoes. Clemens, retiring, wait...probably retiring.

Whew! Interview over.