“A recurring question is why Clemens or any other player named in the report simply didn’t come forward and meet with Mitchell investigators, once he was asked to do so. Part of the reason was uncertainty about what they were going to be asked, and uncertainty about what George Mitchell’s version of due process was going to be.

“Two days before the Mitchell report was released, a veteran agent described the concern: ‘Imagine if you got a summons to appear in court next Tuesday, but nobody would tell you why. Nobody would tell you what the charges are, nobody will tell you anything about the evidence being presented, and nobody will tell you who the witnesses are. When you have a case in court, there is a time of discovery so you can prepare a case. There was nothing like that, in any way, with the Mitchell people.’”

First of all, I think if you’re contacted by George Mitchell, who was well known to be writing a report on the use of steroids in baseball, and you happen to be a major league baseball player, you might have a pretty darn good idea of why he was calling you. The least you could do was leave him a voicemail saying, “I didn’t do it.” Plus, the irony here is just too delish to resist. Yes, you could imagine you got a court summons…but first, you’d have to picture the Mitchell Report with subpoena power!

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I am not saying that I disagree with what he is trying to say, but here is a well-known sportswriter basically condemning a person as a liar without even attempting to give a basis for his gut feeling.

Anyway, Clemens is a stupid, fat, liar. Shaughnessy is the very same blowhard that he likes to label Schilling.

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