* "Dogpile on the rabbit."

April 21, 2009

The line comes from an old Bugs Bunny cartoon. Go look it up. But I’ll tell you it refers to ganging up on someone unmercifully. Not that I have any sympathy for Roger Clemens, but jeez, guys, enough already. How many ways can you say “ham and eggs?” (Sorry, Rabbi.)

Jeff Perlman’s book on Clemens was sufficient, telling the story of the rise and prodigious fall of the superstar. Now comes American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America’s Pastime, by the “I-Team” of the New York Daily News sports department, which ran this self-congratulatory story on the achievement:

Daily News Sports I-Team Editor Teri Thompson and reporters Nathaniel Vinton, Michael O’Keeffe and Christian Red collaborated on the definitive book about the dominant pitcher and his Hall of Fame-caliber career (emphasis added).

Should one expect the tabloid to be somewhat less biased?

The book comes out May 12. The April 27 edition of Sports Illustrated offers an excerpt. After reading it, I came away with the sick feeling that the authors were trying to make Brain McNamee into an innocent stooge. That’s the problem with excerpts: it’s easy to take things out of context.

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