Deadspin reinvigorates the Roger Clemens issue.  Does he or doesn’t he?  Use anabolics that is.

As we prepare for the annual Somebody Ask Roger Clemens To The Prom sweepstakes, Seth Mnookin reminds everyone that Clemens is pretty much as tied to steroid rumors as Barry Bonds is…

What’s notable (to me, anyway), is how few people actually asking
whether Clemens’ remarkable endurance (some would say resurgence) is
due to some kind of PED. After all, it’s not like there’s any shortage
of red flags. Clemens is arguably one of two players — the second
being Barry Bonds — whose Hall of Fame career was (is) capped (being
capped) by his most dominant years coming after the age of 35.

Clemens was reputedly named in the Jason Grimsley affidavit which…disappeared into thin air.  We listed this issue as one of the 10 questions of the 2007 MLB season.  Baseball’s Steroid Era presents the evidence fir Clemens juicing here.

Interesting that none other than David Ortiz (Boston.com) mentions Roger Clemens when defending

Sammy Sosa.  Why is Clemens on Ortiz’ mind?

"It doesn’t matter what people say. People say [Roger] Clemens used
steroids, people say Mark McGwire used steroids. People say a whole
bunch of players used steroids, but nobody can prove that, you know
what I’m saying?

Denny McLain does more than mention Clemens here.  This is a story on a McLain talk by The Daily News Report out of Tennessee:

He (McLain) made it clear he believes players such as
Ivan Rodriguez, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens all eventually will be
exposed beyond all doubt as steroid users. He noted changes in the
physical appearance of both Rodriguez and Bonds in recent years, and
pointed to Clemens’ sustained greatness as likely evidence that they
used performance-enhancing substances.

“Bonds? C’mon,” he said. “… Not to condemn
anything (Clemens) did because he had one advantage over everyone else
— he had great stuff. But Lord knows how much better he could have been
if he had been using the stuff.”