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Gary Dzen / Boston Globe:
Transcript: Clemens on ‘60 Minutes’ — Below is the complete transcript of Mike Wallace's interview with Roger Clemens, which will air this evening on “60 Minutes". The transcript is courtesy of CBS: — STUDIO OPEN: WITH 354 WINS, ROGER CLEMENS IS ONE OF THE BEST PITCHERS IN THE HISTORY OF BASEBALL.
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Pat Jordan / Baseball Analysts:
Friends — It's nice to have friends, especially friends one makes during the course of business. It's even nicer if those new friends are celebrities. Take Mike Wallace, for example. At 89, Mr. Wallace has made a lot of celebrity friends during the 40 years he has been a reporter for CBS's “60 Minutes.”
Ronald Blum / Associated Press:
Report: Clemens Sues Accuser McNamee — NEW YORK — Roger Clemens beat Brian McNamee to court, filing a defamation suit against the former trainer who claimed to have injected him with performance-enhancing drugs. — Clemens filed the suit Sunday night in Harris County District Court in Texas …
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Wallace Matthews / Newsday:
McNamee's attorney: Baloney — Roger Clemens may have done himself one bit of good in his “60 Minutes” interview last night. A lawyer for Brian McNamee, Clemens' accuser, says it is less likely that McNamee will bring a lawsuit against Clemens for defamation.
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MLB.com:
Transcript of Clemens on ‘60 Minutes’ — Wallace voiceover: With 354 wins, Roger Clemens is one of the best pitchers in the history of baseball, no question about it. But there are questions now about whether Roger Clemens cheated to enhance his record and prolong his career.
USA Today:
Clemens: steroid, HGH injections ‘never happened’ — Roger Clemens said during an interview with 60 Minutes on Sunday that he was never injected with illegal performance-enhancing drugs by his former trainer and doesn't know what he can do to prove his innocence.
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ESPN:
Clemens refutes former trainer's claims, might not sue — NEW YORK — Roger Clemens discussed taking a lie-detector test, was “shocked” close friend Andy Pettitte used human growth hormone and, in his first interview since the Mitchell report, said — again — that he probably will retire.
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John Delcos / USA Today:
Clemens, Pettitte asked to testify before Congress — Roger Clemens denied taking steroids on his website. He will deny taking them Sunday night on 60 Minutes. — He now gets a chance to deny it before Congress. — Clemens and his accuser, his former trainer Brian McNamee …
David Pinto / Baseball Musings:
Clemens on 60 Minutes — The interview is starting now. — Update: Clemens is clearly upset at all this. — Update: You'd think CBS could bring for a HD camera. Maybe they're afraid Mike Wallace looks too scary in HD. — Update: Clemens's answer about why McNamee would tell the truth …
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Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Brian Cashman: Three written in for pen — By Brian Cashman's estimation, only three relievers are assured of slots in the Yankee bullpen - Mariano Rivera, Kyle Farnsworth and LaTroy Hawkins. The rest of the pen, Cashman says, is likely to come from the team's pool of young pitchers …
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John Walsh / Hardball Times:
Best Outfield Arms of 2007 — This is now the third year that I've evaluated outfield arms here at the Hardball Times and I must say it's one of my favorite analyses to do and write up. For one, I myself cannot wait to find out which outfielders did the best job of controlling the running game during the previous season.
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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Clement says he's in ‘a cool situation’ — It is good to be Matt Clement and again be able to pitch. — It is even better to be believed. — Less than a week after signing an incentive-heavy, one-year contract to become a cog within the Cardinals' rotation, Clement says last Thursday represented …
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Chris Jaffe / Hardball Times:
Tommorrow's Cooperstown election results today — Every year the annual BBWAA vote for Cooperstown transfixes me. I love guessing how the vote will shake out. — Over the years, I've discovered 10 rules of thumb that make the annual ballot quite a bit more predictable. None are perfect, but they work.
Rob Biertempfel / PittsburghLIVE.com:
Bucs' Parker hopes 12th time is the charm — TRIBUNE-REVIEW — If he had a ballot, Dave Parker would think twice before putting Barry Bonds or Mark McGwire into the Hall of Fame. — But Parker would not hesitate to vote for himself. — “I was probably the best player in baseball from 1975 until '80,” Parker said.
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