Clemens Acquitted of All Counts

The next big trial regarding steroids just concluded. Roger Clemens has said for years that he has never taken any performance enhancer including steroids while former teammates and former trainer, Brian McNamee, said that he had. Weirdly enough, old needles were even mentioned. This trial, however, was to decide whether or not he lied to congress. No matter the subject, you don't lie to congress. Clemens, though, was found not guilty of all six counts of perjury. He thanked everyone who helped him and even got a bit choked up during his remarks.

Great, another waste of time. I'm not sure what to think of Roger Clemens anymore. I still don't like him but outside that thought I don't know what to think of him. Is he innocent? Is he guilty and they couldn't prove it? Should we never hear from him again? (yes) But the one thing I would like to say is that we just move on from the mentality of trying to punish anyone associated with the Steroid Era. It's not fair for me to hate on Roger for the PED association as I have cheered for Barry Bonds my whole life and even watched him break the Home Run record. For me I don't care about the Steroid Era anymore. To me, it's an era in baseball and, while it is a tainted era, deserves to have it's history and players represented in the Hall of Fame. You have to remember the good, the bad, and the grey.

I'm not excusing anyone who tries to cheat the game today or in the past. What I am saying is that even a flawed time in baseball has to be remembered.

P.S. The voters are still not going to let Clemens into the Hall of Fame. Whatever.