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Comments on: Day Three: The situation’s looking worse all the time for Roger http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2007/12/16/day-three-the-situations-looking-worse-all-the-time-for-roger/ Media, Baseball, Boston, the Red Sox, Music, Literature, and Mnookins Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:34:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: tinisoli http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2007/12/16/day-three-the-situations-looking-worse-all-the-time-for-roger/#comment-324149 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:53:15 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2007/12/16/day-three-the-situations-looking-worse-all-the-time-for-roger/#comment-324149 I agree with amos. Pettitte's admission may be a smart political move––deal with it now, and then get a standing ovation from the fans at the Toilet. But we will never know if Pettitte is being truly honest, and we should take his "just two times" story with a grain of salt. And let's remember that before a witness came forward to essentially corroborate what came out of the Grimsley story, Pettitte was denying (in non-denial language) that he'd ever done PEDs. It's also nonsensical to say that you are not seeking an edge, that you're only trying to heal, when you take HGH. Something that makes you recover faster certainly gives you an edge over those players who are recovering the natural way. And by returning faster to your team, you are giving your team an edge they otherwise couldn't enjoy. Injuries can destroy a team's chances, as we saw in '06 with the Sox. If HGH essentially minimizes the impact of injuries and fatigue, then a team of HGH users will probably do quite well. But who the hell really buys Pettitte's excuse, anyhow? Let's remember that Pettitte, like Clemens, got a lot bigger in the latter half of his career and during the honeymoon years of his friendship with Roger. He fits the profile and he's a proven liar, so why should we assume he took HGH just twice? I agree with amos. Pettitte’s admission may be a smart political move––deal with it now, and then get a standing ovation from the fans at the Toilet. But we will never know if Pettitte is being truly honest, and we should take his “just two times” story with a grain of salt. And let’s remember that before a witness came forward to essentially corroborate what came out of the Grimsley story, Pettitte was denying (in non-denial language) that he’d ever done PEDs. It’s also nonsensical to say that you are not seeking an edge, that you’re only trying to heal, when you take HGH. Something that makes you recover faster certainly gives you an edge over those players who are recovering the natural way. And by returning faster to your team, you are giving your team an edge they otherwise couldn’t enjoy. Injuries can destroy a team’s chances, as we saw in ‘06 with the Sox. If HGH essentially minimizes the impact of injuries and fatigue, then a team of HGH users will probably do quite well.

But who the hell really buys Pettitte’s excuse, anyhow? Let’s remember that Pettitte, like Clemens, got a lot bigger in the latter half of his career and during the honeymoon years of his friendship with Roger. He fits the profile and he’s a proven liar, so why should we assume he took HGH just twice?

]]> by: amos http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2007/12/16/day-three-the-situations-looking-worse-all-the-time-for-roger/#comment-324061 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:10:55 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2007/12/16/day-three-the-situations-looking-worse-all-the-time-for-roger/#comment-324061 “If what I did was an error in judgment on my part, I apologize.” That passes for classy? That's as mealy-mouthed an admission as is possible. And don't get me started on the whole "it wasn't against the rules when I did it" crap, or the nauseating, "I was only thinking of my team" drivel. Pettitte covered his ass as best he could considering that the facts of the matter were settled. He never took responsibility like what Nitkowski would call "a big boy". “If what I did was an error in judgment on my part, I apologize.”

That passes for classy? That’s as mealy-mouthed an admission as is possible. And don’t get me started on the whole “it wasn’t against the rules when I did it” crap, or the nauseating, “I was only thinking of my team” drivel.

Pettitte covered his ass as best he could considering that the facts of the matter were settled. He never took responsibility like what Nitkowski would call “a big boy”.

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