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Originally Posted by zacs
its pretty clear. the person doing the suing has to do the proving. it couldn't work any other way.
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Exactly, ZacS and that is where Roger is going to have his hands full.
What's next, suing George Mitchell?
How's about the Feds?
What about his lockerroom shower pal, Petite. Or a subpeona for his buddy ~Andy, his former team mates, coaches, the guy from the Mets.
Roger has either knowingly or unwittingly opened up one HUGE can of worms that I find it very hard to believe some lawyer advised him to do. The burden of proof lies on his side of the court and is nothing short of a litigical Mt Washington to prove. That is, unless their allegations are true and the Feds, George Mitchell, and McNamee ALL had it in for the Big Guy.
As to the interview, where was the sincerity?
All I came away with was a big steaming pile of carefully crafted LEGALESE and a response that was rife with numerous examples of plausible deniability, wrapped around several exit scenarios, enveloped by layers of heresay and bold-faced lies.
Where was the calm and steadied look,
directly into the camera categorically denying
any involvement with Mr McNamee and ped laden needles?
Instead, enter plausible deniability "He shot me with B-12 and ladocaine, to the best of my knowledge, ie 'that's what he told me it was'" Exit stategy #1.
Where was his ability to demonstrate heart-felt conviction?
I understand that one would be irate and steaming about being falsely accused, as I was wrongly accused of some domestic violence BS by a nut-job psychotic beetch in FL, some 10 years ago.
I had no team of lawyers, just one, and just before I was about to sign up for the anger mgmt courses that I had to pay $60/wk for and that would only reduce my sentence to probation and mar my record for life, I looked at the interviewer and said "NOPE! I am not signing this piece of paper that says I did this. Take me to court, call in a jury, I never laid a hand on her and I will not admit to something that I DID NOT DO!"
Instead, enter heresay and Roger's camp stating that McNamee was coerced into lying to stay out of jail. Are we to believe that the Mitchell Report is erroneous about Roger based on McNamee's false testimony and the related BALCO investigations but correct about everyone else that they implicated? Did Senator Mitchell and his staff somehow drop the ball when Roger's name surfaced? Wouldn't they be that much more vigilant full-knowing the profundity of such an allegation to an icon of Roger's magnitude and financial resources? "How do I defend a negative? I'm already guilty before I can assemble my high powered lawyers, woe is me. I get no respect, not one inch/ounce!!" Exit strategy #2.
Where is the contrition or the inkling of credibility?
When we pause to consider that HGH does not pump one up, that HGH is more supplemental than developmental, and that it is designed to be more pitcher, defensive safety, relief pitcher, and rehab/recovery friendly than say anabolics ~which would reveal "third ears on foreheads and allow for the pulling of tractors by one's teeth" as Roger so ridiculously opines~ does it not cause us to conclude that there really isn't an eye test for HGH. To even suggest the opposite and obvious, for me, proves the reverse ~or the very thing that he knows cannot be seen and will not be tested for anytime soon.
And while Roget won't be taking any lie detector tests EVER, how many of us believe that he will be submitting to any blood tests to fully and completely exonerate himself? I mean if he is TRULY innocent, why not go the follicle and blood tests routes? Or would that be too easy and too revealing all at once?
Instead enter lies, shadows of the truth, and reasonable doubt. Sure would prevent him from "spending millions upon millions" and would remove the necessity for the alleged drug dealer to "Please, please come forward." "I am the VICTIM, I have been falsely accused!!!" Exit strategy #3.
Still one helluvalot of shat to go down Regarding Roger. Sure would've been nice to see him ride off into the sunset three, four, or seven years ago, stats intact and Cy Young's untainted.............
Guess he thought there was more to prove~~~ with or without the HGH, most likely WITH.
Just doan tell me that Nolan Ryan (GPitcherOAT) was on the shat,
or then MY whole Bissball world will crumble
. I still LOVE the game, and want nothing more deeply than for everyoine to come clean and that includes MLB. At least being my age I am old enough to have known MLB before, during, and after The Steroid Era.
Is it
after yet? I sure hope so, because the Olde Town Team has at least tree or four more WS Titles to WIN in the years ahead, and i sure as hell doan want us to be lumped in with tha juicer losers, yo! GO SOX!!!