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Posted By: Corey R. Shanus

Why do you say that in order to avoid prison Clemen's trainer needed to lie about Clemens? From what's been reported, all he had to do was tell the truth, the substance about what he said being irrelevant as long as it was the truth. I was a bit surprised Wallace did not follow up on this point. Clemen's response was that, as Ted says, the trainer was motivated to lie. Wallace let it go at that, which I think will fuel accusations that he was too soft on Clemens.

Being an avid Yankees fan, I remember watching him in the late 90's and taking particular notice how puffy his face looked. This was before the whole performance-enhancing drug scandal was in the headlines so I wasn't focusing on his possible use of such drugs. I was just noticing something that, to a nondoctor, seemed strange for such a well-conditioned muscular athlete. Clemens in his interview made particular reference that his body did not change. I'm curious if anyone else noticed anything about his physical appearance when he was with the Yankees that roused suspicions.