According to an Associated Press report, Roger Clemens admits to receiving injections…of painkillers and vitamins.
Clemens made the admission during his 60 Minutes interview with Mike Wallace. The segment will be aired Sunday, jan. 6.
During the CBS interview, recorded last Friday at Clemens’ home in Katy, Texas, Clemens was asked whether McNamee had injected him with any drugs.
“Lidocaine and B-12,” Clemens responded. “It’s for my joints, and B-12 I still take today.”
Lidocaine is a local anesthetic that can be used by dentists and in minor surgery. It also is available as part of ointments used to treat skin inflammation.
Clemens told CBS that McNamee’s accusation was “ridiculous” and said he “never” used banned substances.
“Swear?” CBS’s Mike Wallace asked Clemens.
“Swear,” Clemens responded.
Don’t you just totally believe now?
The New York Times is hauling out their big bigs for this one. Sports media writer Richard Sandomir’s Jan. 4 column ponders whether the veteran reporter “Will … be as effective as the Wallace of yore? Is he still a journalistic bulldog who will ask the relevant questions? Will he make Clemens squirm if need be?” and asks viewers to judge for themselves, not the pre-program hype. Meanwhile George Vecsey asks “What Did Pitcher Know and When Didn’t He Know It?”
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