Pettitte: Clemens discussed HGH
Feb 13, 2008 9:15:23 GMT -5
Post by majorbludd on Feb 13, 2008 9:15:23 GMT -5
Pettitte: Clemens discussed HGH
02/12/2008 11:32 PM ET
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
WASHINGTON -- Roger Clemens had a conversation with Andy Pettitte in 1999 or 2000 about using human growth hormone, according to a sworn affidavit provided by the New York Yankees pitcher.
The revelations could be crippling for Clemens as the former big league hurler prepares to face his principal accuser, former personal trainer Brian McNamee, in a hearing scheduled for Wednesday.
Pettitte told a congressional committee about his exchange with Clemens as an additional piece of testimony in lieu of appearing on Wednesday, according to The New York Times. Pettitte's new affidavit is supplemental to the 2 1/2 hours of testimony Pettitte provided before Capitol Hill lawyers on Feb. 4.
Originally expected to testify at Wednesday's hearing in Room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building, Pettitte was excused this week from appearing.
In a joint statement released Monday, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) said that Pettitte had answered all questions presented by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
His testimony -- along with that of former Clemens teammate Chuck Knoblauch and admitted steroids dealer Kirk Radomski -- would not be required, the statement said.
While Pettitte was also named in the Mitchell Report, he swiftly acknowledged twice using HGH during the 2002 season with McNamee's assistance, hoping to recover from injury.
That admission made it more likely that the committee would be more interested in Pettitte's close personal knowledge of Clemens' past actions, rather than Pettitte's own. It is believed that in addition to the affidavit, certain statements made in Pettitte's deposition are unfavorable to Clemens' case.
McNamee's allegations were a major part of Sen. George Mitchell's report on performance-enhancing drug use in Major League Baseball, which was released on Dec. 13 and contained nearly nine pages devoted to Clemens alone.
McNamee claimed to have personally injected Clemens with steroids or HGH on at least 16 occasions in 1998, 2000 and 2001. Clemens and his attorney, Rusty Hardin, refuted those claims, even filing a defamation lawsuit against McNamee that was moved to a Houston federal court on Tuesday.
Clemens has steadfastly and vigorously denied McNamee's claims that he used performance-enhancing drugs -- most notably steroids and human growth hormone -- in the latter stages of his Major League career.
After testifying under oath for more than five hours last week, Clemens has launched a grass-roots campaign of sorts to meet with representatives who will preside over Wednesday's hearing.
Clemens met privately with 25 of the 40 committee members after beginning his door-to-door visitations last Wednesday, the same day McNamee provided more than seven hours of testimony under oath supporting his claims against Clemens.
McNamee's attorneys also later revealed a cache of bloody gauze pads, used syringes and drug vials that allegedly were used to inject Clemens at his Manhattan apartment in 2000, while Clemens was pitching for the Yankees. Those items have been turned over to the United States government for testing.
Pettitte is slated to join Yankees pitchers and catchers at the club's Tampa, Fla., training facilities on Thursday. Even though he will not physically be in the Washington, D.C. area on Wednesday, his presence promises to be strongly felt.
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
02/12/2008 11:32 PM ET
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
WASHINGTON -- Roger Clemens had a conversation with Andy Pettitte in 1999 or 2000 about using human growth hormone, according to a sworn affidavit provided by the New York Yankees pitcher.
The revelations could be crippling for Clemens as the former big league hurler prepares to face his principal accuser, former personal trainer Brian McNamee, in a hearing scheduled for Wednesday.
Pettitte told a congressional committee about his exchange with Clemens as an additional piece of testimony in lieu of appearing on Wednesday, according to The New York Times. Pettitte's new affidavit is supplemental to the 2 1/2 hours of testimony Pettitte provided before Capitol Hill lawyers on Feb. 4.
Originally expected to testify at Wednesday's hearing in Room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building, Pettitte was excused this week from appearing.
In a joint statement released Monday, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) said that Pettitte had answered all questions presented by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
His testimony -- along with that of former Clemens teammate Chuck Knoblauch and admitted steroids dealer Kirk Radomski -- would not be required, the statement said.
While Pettitte was also named in the Mitchell Report, he swiftly acknowledged twice using HGH during the 2002 season with McNamee's assistance, hoping to recover from injury.
That admission made it more likely that the committee would be more interested in Pettitte's close personal knowledge of Clemens' past actions, rather than Pettitte's own. It is believed that in addition to the affidavit, certain statements made in Pettitte's deposition are unfavorable to Clemens' case.
McNamee's allegations were a major part of Sen. George Mitchell's report on performance-enhancing drug use in Major League Baseball, which was released on Dec. 13 and contained nearly nine pages devoted to Clemens alone.
McNamee claimed to have personally injected Clemens with steroids or HGH on at least 16 occasions in 1998, 2000 and 2001. Clemens and his attorney, Rusty Hardin, refuted those claims, even filing a defamation lawsuit against McNamee that was moved to a Houston federal court on Tuesday.
Clemens has steadfastly and vigorously denied McNamee's claims that he used performance-enhancing drugs -- most notably steroids and human growth hormone -- in the latter stages of his Major League career.
After testifying under oath for more than five hours last week, Clemens has launched a grass-roots campaign of sorts to meet with representatives who will preside over Wednesday's hearing.
Clemens met privately with 25 of the 40 committee members after beginning his door-to-door visitations last Wednesday, the same day McNamee provided more than seven hours of testimony under oath supporting his claims against Clemens.
McNamee's attorneys also later revealed a cache of bloody gauze pads, used syringes and drug vials that allegedly were used to inject Clemens at his Manhattan apartment in 2000, while Clemens was pitching for the Yankees. Those items have been turned over to the United States government for testing.
Pettitte is slated to join Yankees pitchers and catchers at the club's Tampa, Fla., training facilities on Thursday. Even though he will not physically be in the Washington, D.C. area on Wednesday, his presence promises to be strongly felt.
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
