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McNamee bitter over taping of call — Brian McNamee comes across as a scared and confused man during Friday's 17-minute conversation with Roger Clemens, deeply worried about his son's poor health and his frayed relationship with his most famous client. — But the fear and the confusion …
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McNamee Speaks — Clemens' ex-trainer reacts to 60 Minutes interview — Brian McNamee sits mostly stone-faced as Roger Clemens, his onetime client and close friend, brings the heat. “Ridiculous,” “hogwash” — terms used by the seven-time Cy Young Award winner to discredit McNamee's bombshell testimony …
Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
Raw and Edited: The Two Versions of Clemens — The moment Roger Clemens cut off his news conference Monday by walking off (still, in high dudgeon, remembering to take his bottle of water), I said to myself, “Now that's television!" — This was live, raw, sour Roger, the one you get in a foul mood …
Neil Best / Newsday:
Latest spectacle has compelling figure in Clemens — The truth about what went into Roger Clemens' tush and when gets more muddled by the day, but one thing has become clear in the latest 21st century sports media spectacle: Nothing — not even the long, sordid Barry Bonds saga …
Peter Botte / NY Daily News:
McNamee says Roger a user, not ‘abuser’ — Brian McNamee mostly has remained silent and out of the public eye for the past month, watching Roger Clemens try to discredit his former trainer's steroid allegations in the Mitchell Report both in a “60 Minutes” interview that aired Sunday and in yesterday's press conference in Houston.
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Gene Wojciechowski / ESPN:
Clemens has made his case, but logic asks for more … Despite the official attorney-issued statements, the Web site-controlled video denial, the “60 Minutes” interview and Monday's weird, defiant and wholly unsatisfying news conference with reporters, Roger Clemens' version of the truth still has more holes than a batting cage net.
ESPN:Clemens plays tape of conversation with distraught McNamee
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Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com:
Hall welcomes Gossage into its doors — NEW YORK — The “Goose” is on the loose in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. — A year after Tony Gwynn was a first-time electee, along with Cal Ripken Jr., the induction ceremony on July 27 in Cooperstown, N.Y., will again have a distinct Padres flavor.
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Gossage voted into baseball Hall; Rice just misses — NEW YORK — Rich “Goose” Gossage became only the fifth relief pitcher elected to the Hall of Fame, earning baseball's highest honor Tuesday on his ninth try on the ballot. — Known for his overpowering fastball, fiery temperament and bushy mustache …
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Wax Heaven
Murray Chass / New York Times:
A Reliever From the Old School Awaits His Hall of Fame Day — The Yankees' new relief pitcher lost three of his first four games, and people, including catcher Thurman Munson, were wondering what was going on. That pitcher, Rich Gossage, thereafter to be known primarily as Goose …
Fox Sports:
M's, Reds still interested in O's Bedard — Andy MacPhail, the Orioles' president of baseball operations, left his options open when he said last month that there was a “strong likelihood” the team would not trade left-hander Erik Bedard.
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Pettitte undecided if he'll testify before Congress — When Congress convenes hearings next week about the Mitchell report, one current Yankees pitcher still doesn't know if he'll be in attendance. — Jay Reisinger, the lawyer for New York pitcher Andy Pettitte, told 1050 ESPN …
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards have arbitration coming up — Scott Boras has a bunker of computers loaded with nearly 130 years of statistical history and 35 staffers dedicated to prepping arbitration cases for clients like Rick Ankiel. — Yet even with all his resources whirring into action, it's improbable they'll find a case anything like Ankiel's.
Washington Post:
Joe Gibbs Resigns as Redskins Head Coach — Redskins Coach Joe Gibbs is resigning, team sources confirmed this morning, ending an emotionally trying year with a decision that took players and coaching staff by surprise. — The team is planning a news conference this afternoon to discuss …
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Kevin Goldstein / Baseball Prospectus:
Blue Jays Top 11 Prospects — Four-Star Prospects — Three-Star Prospects — Two-Star Prospects — Just Missing: Ryan Patterson, OF; Curtis Thigpen, C; Tracey Thorpe, RHP — 1. Travis Snider, OF — Drafted: 1st round, 2006, Jackson HS (WA) — 2007 Stats: .313/.377/.525 at Low-A (118 G)
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Atkins among players awaiting raises — An explanation for the Rockies' $16 million spike in payroll to around $70 million is starting to take shape. The club has started talks with its arbitration-eligible players, most notably third baseman Garrett Atkins.
