Letters to the Editor
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Salon front-page headline
says "swining" not swinging ...
While Clemens is used to talking to the media and being interviewed, he's not a smooth liar. The Lidocaine and B 12 line and the condescension toward Pettitte, for example. Neither came off as believable. Then there was the bizarre "he recently called me about fishing" story and the whining that "I helped him out" -- the latter sounded almost like he wished McNamee had been willing to go to jail to protect him, like the trainer who worked with Bonds.
He should just admit he experimented with the stuff, but never used it for very long. I think that's probably the truth. He doesn't think it diminishes his accomplishments, so he feels justified in lying about it now, to defend those accomplishments.
As King says, McNamee had no incentive to single out Clemens. None whatsoever.